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Edward Reilly Stettinius
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As Secretary of State
Accompanied President Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference in 1945
Chairman of the United States delegation to the United Nations Conference at San Francisco in 1945
Foreign Travels of Secretary of State Edward Stettinius
Foreign Relations of the United States:
1944 (vol. 1-7 & supp.), 1945 (vol. 1-9 & supp. 1 & 2)
Profile
Born: October 22, 1900
Died: October 31, 1949
Married: Virginia Gordon Wallace
Education: University of Virginia
Occupation: Business
Government Positions
Chairman of the War Resources Board in 1939
Member of the advisory committee to the Council of National Defense in 1940
Chairman of the Priorities Board and director of the Priorities Division of Production Management in 1941
Was Lend-Lease Administrator 1941-1943
Special assistant to the President 1941-1943
Member of the Board of Economic Warfare 1942-1943
Under Secretary of State 1943-1944
Was United States representative to the United Nations 1945-1946
Notable Events
Associated with General Motors corporation 1926-1934; became vice president in 1931
Associated with United States Steel Corporation 1934-1940; becoming chairman of the board of directors
Rector of the University of Virginia 1946-1949