Harry Dexter White

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Harry Dexter White was a prominent American economist and senior U.S. Treasury official who played a leading role in designing the post–World War II international monetary order, including the institutions that became the IMF and World Bank.

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  • collaborated with Henry Morgenthau Jr. ×1

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instanceOf United States government official
civil servant
economist
human
academicDegree PhD in economics
allegedToHaveBeen Soviet agent
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1892-10-09
dateOfDeath 1948-08-16
educatedAt Harvard University
Stanford University
employer United States Department of the Treasury
ethnicGroup Jewish American
familyName White
fieldOfWork international economics
international monetary systems
macroeconomics
monetary policy
fullName Harry Dexter White
givenName Harry
influenced design of the Bretton Woods system
structure of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
structure of the International Monetary Fund
memberOf Democratic Party (United States)
mentionedIn Venona project decrypts
notableIdea advocacy of a U.S.-centered international monetary system
support for strong postwar international monetary cooperation
notableRole chief American negotiator at the Bretton Woods Conference
notableStudentOrMentorRelationship collaborated with Henry Morgenthau Jr.
notableWork contribution to the creation of the International Monetary Fund
contribution to the creation of the World Bank
design of the post–World War II international monetary order
occupation economist
government official
participantIn Bretton Woods Conference
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, United States
positionHeld Assistant Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
Director of the Division of Monetary Research, U.S. Treasury
U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund
religion Judaism
residence Massachusetts
Washington, D.C.
spouse Anne Terry White
subjectOf FBI investigations on Soviet espionage
House Un-American Activities Committee testimony
workedUnder Henry Morgenthau Jr.
workLocation Washington, D.C.

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