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Dean Gooderham Acheson
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As Secretary of State
Member of the Council of Foreign Ministers at Paris in 1949
Participated in the negotiation and signing of the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949
Served as chairmann of the third session of the North Atlantic Council at Washington in 1950
Foreign Travels of Secretary of State Dean Acheson
Foreign Relations of the United
States:
1949 (vol. 1-9), 1950 (vol. 1-7), 1951 (vol. 1-7),
1952-1954 (vol. 1-12)
FRUS
online 1949-1953
Profile
Born: April 11, 1893
Died: October 12, 1971
Married: Alice Stanley
Education: Yale
University; Harvard Law School
Occupation: Lawyer
Government Positions
Ensigned in the United States Navy 1918-1919
Served as private secretary to Louis D. Brandeis, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court 1919-1921
Under Secretary of the Treasury in 1933
Assistant Secretary of State 1941-1945
Under Secretary of State 1945-1947
Apponted by the President a member of the commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the government in 1947
Chairman of the American section of the Permanent Joint Defense Board 1947-1948
Notable Events
Practiced law in Washington D.C.