| Birth: | Apr. 11, 1893
Middletown
Middlesex County
Connecticut, USA | | Death: | Oct. 12, 1971
Sandy Spring
Montgomery County
Maryland, USA | 
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Educated at the Harvard Law School, early in his career he clerked for Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, prior to entering the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration as Under Secretary of the Treasury. During World War II, he served at the Department of State as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and after the war, he remained in the Truman Administration as Under Secretary of State for Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. On January 21, 1949, President Harry S. Truman appointed him Secretary of State and while in office he played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War. After he left office in 1953, he continued to have influence on US foreign policy serving as an advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He died of a heart attack at age 78. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
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Spouse:
Alice Stanley Acheson (1895 - 1996)*
Children:
Jane Acheson Brown (1919 - 2003)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Dean Acheson | | | Burial:
Oak Hill Cemetery
Washington
District of Columbia
District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Chapel, Lot 18 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Garver Graver
Record added: Aug 05, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6661729 |
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Dean Gooderham Acheson: Sir, thanks for serving as Secretary of State from 1949 to 1953. Remembering you today, happy 120th birthday!
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