David MacEachron
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| Born | 1934 Grinnell, Iowa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1990 (Age 56) Hastings-on-Hudson, New York State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | US | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Yale, Harvard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interests | “overpopulation” | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vice President and program manager at the Council on Foreign Relations 1962-1974
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David Wells MacEachron was Vice President of Council on Foreign Relations and president of the Japan Society.
Background
MacEachron was born in Grinnell, Iowa, to parents who had been Congregational missionaries in China. He grew up in Oberlin, Ohio, and Des Moines, and received a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Yale. He also got a master's degree in public administration and a doctorate in economics from Harvard.[1]
In World War II, he was in the Navy's Pacific Fleet on a submarine assigned primarily to rescuing downed American pilots.[1]
Career
Mr. MacEachron was successively executive director and president of the organization, which advances understanding between the United States and Japan. Despite his worsening illness, he remained an active adviser to the society's board at Japan House, at 333 East 47th Street.
After the war, his assignments included stints in Paris for the Marshall Plan[2], in Washington for the Bureau of the Budget and in New York where, from 1962 to 1974, he was successively program director and vice president of the Council on Foreign Relations. In later years, he was increasingly concerned about ecological dangers and overpopulation.[1]
He was the president of the Japan Society for 15 years. "He was a staunch advocate of liberalized trade, of close American-Japanese economic cooperation, and of the nations' joint repudiation of any effort to achieve dual dominance of other economies."[1]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:1968 Bissell Meeting | speech | 1968 | Richard M. Bissell | Spook meeting discussing the inner workings of the CIA |
