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.
Aliases (1)
- collaborated with Henry Morgenthau Jr. ×1
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| instanceOf |
United States government official
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civil servant → economist → human → |
| academicDegree |
PhD in economics
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| allegedToHaveBeen |
Soviet agent
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| causeOfDeath |
heart attack
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| dateOfBirth |
1892-10-09
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| dateOfDeath |
1948-08-16
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| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Stanford University → |
| employer |
United States Department of the Treasury
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| ethnicGroup |
Jewish American
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| familyName |
White
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| fieldOfWork |
international economics
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international monetary systems → macroeconomics → monetary policy → |
| fullName |
Harry Dexter White
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| givenName |
Harry
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| influenced |
design of the Bretton Woods system
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structure of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development → structure of the International Monetary Fund → |
| memberOf |
Democratic Party (United States)
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| mentionedIn |
Venona project decrypts
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| notableIdea |
advocacy of a U.S.-centered international monetary system
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support for strong postwar international monetary cooperation → |
| notableRole |
chief American negotiator at the Bretton Woods Conference
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| notableStudentOrMentorRelationship |
collaborated with Henry Morgenthau Jr.
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| notableWork |
contribution to the creation of the International Monetary Fund
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contribution to the creation of the World Bank → design of the post–World War II international monetary order → |
| occupation |
economist
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government official → |
| participantIn |
Bretton Woods Conference
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| placeOfBirth |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, United States
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| positionHeld |
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
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Director of the Division of Monetary Research, U.S. Treasury → U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund → |
| religion |
Judaism
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| residence |
Massachusetts
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Washington, D.C. → |
| spouse |
Anne Terry White
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| subjectOf |
FBI investigations on Soviet espionage
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House Un-American Activities Committee testimony → |
| workedUnder |
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
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| workLocation |
Washington, D.C.
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Referenced by (4)
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Harry Dexter White
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fullName |
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Bretton Woods system
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influencedBy |
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United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
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keyPerson |
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Harry Dexter White
("collaborated with Henry Morgenthau Jr.")
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notableStudentOrMentorRelationship |