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Dean Acheson
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American statesman and lawyer (1893-1971)
Dean Acheson was an American statesman and lawyer who served as Secretary of State under President Harry Truman from 1949 to 1953, playing a central role in shaping Cold War foreign policy. He is remembered as an influential architect of key postwar policies including the Marshall Plan and NATO, which fundamentally shaped America's international relations during the second half of the twentieth century.
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Key facts
- President
- Harry S. Truman
- Preceded by
- George C. Marshall
- Succeeded by
- John Foster Dulles
- Born
- Dean Gooderham Acheson , ( 1893-04-11 ) April 11, 1893, Middletown, Connecticut , U.S.
- Died
- October 12, 1971 (1971-10-12) (aged 78), Sandy Spring, Maryland , U.S.
- Resting place
- Oak Hill Cemetery , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouse
- Alice Stanley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. May 15, 1917</span>"}]]}'>1917 )
- Children
- 3, including David
- Education
- Yale University ( BA ), Harvard University ( LLB )
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch service
- National Guard
- Battles wars
- World War I , Operation Valuable
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Middletown
- Place of death
- Sandy Spring
- Spouse
- Alice Acheson
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Position held
- United States Secretary of State
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Episcopal Church
- Award
- Medal for Merit
- Military branch
- National Militia
- Image
- Dean G. Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State (2378493712) (3x4a).jpg
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- 1971-10-12
- date of birth
- 1893-04-11
- cause of death
- stroke
- place of burial
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Dean Gooderham Acheson (/ˈætʃɪsən/ ATCH-iss-ən; April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was an American politician and lawyer. As the 51st U.S. secretary of state, he set the foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration from 1949 to 1953. He was also Truman's main foreign policy advisor from 1945 to 1947 during early years of the Cold War. Acheson helped design the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, as well as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He was in private law practice from July 1947 to December 1948.
After 1949, Acheson came under political attack from Republicans led by Senator Joseph McCarthy over Truman's policy toward the People's Republic of China. During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, President John F. Kennedy called upon Acheson for advice, bringing him into the executive committee (ExComm), a strategic advisory group. As a private citizen in 1968, he counseled President Lyndon B. Johnson to negotiate for peace with North Vietnam.
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