EDWARD FOLEY DEAD; EX-TREASURY OFFICIAL AND CAPITAL LAWYER
Special to the New York Times
Published: March 18, 1982
WASHINGTON, March 17— Edward H. Foley, who was Under Secretary of the Treasury in the Truman Administration, died here Tuesday night after a heart attack. He was 76 years old.
Mr. Foley, long prominent in Democratic Party affairs, was the son of a Republican from Syracuse. He started his Government service as a lawyer with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1932, shortly after graduating from Fordham Law School.
Later, after working on New Deal legislation in President Roosevelt's first Administration, he was named general counsel of the Public Works Administration. He also served as general counsel of the Treasury Department in 1937.
Mr. Foley was a colonel in the Army in World War II and served as joint director of finance for the Allied Control Commission in Italy, where he helped to reorganize the Italian Government's financial structure. His efforts at aiding Italy's postwar recovery were recognized in 1975, when he was made a grand officer, Order of Merit, by the Italian Government. Headed Kennedy Inaugural
After the war Mr. Foley returned to the Treasury Department, where he served as an Assistant Secretary from 1946 to 1948 and as Under Secretary from 1948 to 1953. He later established a private law practice in Washington, specializing in tax matters.
He remained active in party politics, and as president of the 750 Club he succeeded in getting 750 Democrats to contribute at least $1,000 each to erase a $750,000 deficit from the 1956 Presidential campaign.
Mr. Foley also played an active role in John F. Kennedy's campaign for the Presidency in 1960, and he was chairman of the Kennedy inaugural committee in 1961.
He was a member of many professional and civic organizations here, including the Alfalfa, Metropolitan, Chevy Chase and Federal City Clubs.
Mr. Foley is survived by his wife, the former Emily Ligon Bowdoin; a sister, Kate Foley of St. Petersburg, Fla.; three stepdaughters, Aileen Train of Washington, Ellen Spaulding of Manchester, Mass., and Julia Key of Locust Valley, L.I., 10 grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.
Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery.
Special to the New York Times
Published: March 18, 1982
WASHINGTON, March 17— Edward H. Foley, who was Under Secretary of the Treasury in the Truman Administration, died here Tuesday night after a heart attack. He was 76 years old.
Mr. Foley, long prominent in Democratic Party affairs, was the son of a Republican from Syracuse. He started his Government service as a lawyer with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1932, shortly after graduating from Fordham Law School.
Later, after working on New Deal legislation in President Roosevelt's first Administration, he was named general counsel of the Public Works Administration. He also served as general counsel of the Treasury Department in 1937.
Mr. Foley was a colonel in the Army in World War II and served as joint director of finance for the Allied Control Commission in Italy, where he helped to reorganize the Italian Government's financial structure. His efforts at aiding Italy's postwar recovery were recognized in 1975, when he was made a grand officer, Order of Merit, by the Italian Government. Headed Kennedy Inaugural
After the war Mr. Foley returned to the Treasury Department, where he served as an Assistant Secretary from 1946 to 1948 and as Under Secretary from 1948 to 1953. He later established a private law practice in Washington, specializing in tax matters.
He remained active in party politics, and as president of the 750 Club he succeeded in getting 750 Democrats to contribute at least $1,000 each to erase a $750,000 deficit from the 1956 Presidential campaign.
Mr. Foley also played an active role in John F. Kennedy's campaign for the Presidency in 1960, and he was chairman of the Kennedy inaugural committee in 1961.
He was a member of many professional and civic organizations here, including the Alfalfa, Metropolitan, Chevy Chase and Federal City Clubs.
Mr. Foley is survived by his wife, the former Emily Ligon Bowdoin; a sister, Kate Foley of St. Petersburg, Fla.; three stepdaughters, Aileen Train of Washington, Ellen Spaulding of Manchester, Mass., and Julia Key of Locust Valley, L.I., 10 grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.
Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery.
EDWARD FOLEY DEAD; EX-TREASURY OFFICIAL AND CAPITAL LAWYER
Special to the New York Times
Published: March 18, 1982
WASHINGTON, March 17— Edward H. Foley, who was Under Secretary of the Treasury in the Truman Administration, died here Tuesday night after a heart attack. He was 76 years old.
Mr. Foley, long prominent in Democratic Party affairs, was the son of a Republican from Syracuse. He started his Government service as a lawyer with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1932, shortly after graduating from Fordham Law School.
Later, after working on New Deal legislation in President Roosevelt's first Administration, he was named general counsel of the Public Works Administration. He also served as general counsel of the Treasury Department in 1937.
Mr. Foley was a colonel in the Army in World War II and served as joint director of finance for the Allied Control Commission in Italy, where he helped to reorganize the Italian Government's financial structure. His efforts at aiding Italy's postwar recovery were recognized in 1975, when he was made a grand officer, Order of Merit, by the Italian Government. Headed Kennedy Inaugural
After the war Mr. Foley returned to the Treasury Department, where he served as an Assistant Secretary from 1946 to 1948 and as Under Secretary from 1948 to 1953. He later established a private law practice in Washington, specializing in tax matters.
He remained active in party politics, and as president of the 750 Club he succeeded in getting 750 Democrats to contribute at least $1,000 each to erase a $750,000 deficit from the 1956 Presidential campaign.
Mr. Foley also played an active role in John F. Kennedy's campaign for the Presidency in 1960, and he was chairman of the Kennedy inaugural committee in 1961.
He was a member of many professional and civic organizations here, including the Alfalfa, Metropolitan, Chevy Chase and Federal City Clubs.
Mr. Foley is survived by his wife, the former Emily Ligon Bowdoin; a sister, Kate Foley of St. Petersburg, Fla.; three stepdaughters, Aileen Train of Washington, Ellen Spaulding of Manchester, Mass., and Julia Key of Locust Valley, L.I., 10 grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.
Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery.
Special to the New York Times
Published: March 18, 1982
WASHINGTON, March 17— Edward H. Foley, who was Under Secretary of the Treasury in the Truman Administration, died here Tuesday night after a heart attack. He was 76 years old.
Mr. Foley, long prominent in Democratic Party affairs, was the son of a Republican from Syracuse. He started his Government service as a lawyer with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1932, shortly after graduating from Fordham Law School.
Later, after working on New Deal legislation in President Roosevelt's first Administration, he was named general counsel of the Public Works Administration. He also served as general counsel of the Treasury Department in 1937.
Mr. Foley was a colonel in the Army in World War II and served as joint director of finance for the Allied Control Commission in Italy, where he helped to reorganize the Italian Government's financial structure. His efforts at aiding Italy's postwar recovery were recognized in 1975, when he was made a grand officer, Order of Merit, by the Italian Government. Headed Kennedy Inaugural
After the war Mr. Foley returned to the Treasury Department, where he served as an Assistant Secretary from 1946 to 1948 and as Under Secretary from 1948 to 1953. He later established a private law practice in Washington, specializing in tax matters.
He remained active in party politics, and as president of the 750 Club he succeeded in getting 750 Democrats to contribute at least $1,000 each to erase a $750,000 deficit from the 1956 Presidential campaign.
Mr. Foley also played an active role in John F. Kennedy's campaign for the Presidency in 1960, and he was chairman of the Kennedy inaugural committee in 1961.
He was a member of many professional and civic organizations here, including the Alfalfa, Metropolitan, Chevy Chase and Federal City Clubs.
Mr. Foley is survived by his wife, the former Emily Ligon Bowdoin; a sister, Kate Foley of St. Petersburg, Fla.; three stepdaughters, Aileen Train of Washington, Ellen Spaulding of Manchester, Mass., and Julia Key of Locust Valley, L.I., 10 grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.
Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery.
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