Bernard M. Baruch

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Bernard M. Baruch was an influential American financier and presidential adviser who became a prominent statesman and economic mobilization leader during World War I and World War II.

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instanceOf financier
human
political advisor
statesman
advisorTo Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
awardReceived Army Distinguished Service Medal
birthDate 1870-08-19
birthPlace Camden, South Carolina, United States
burialPlace Flushing Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1965-06-20
deathPlace New York City, New York, United States
describedBySource Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Encyclopaedia Britannica
educatedAt City College of New York
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans
familyName Baruch
fieldOfWork economic policy
finance
war mobilization planning
fullName Bernard Mannes Baruch
givenName Bernard
hasSignature signature of Bernard M. Baruch
knownFor coining the term "Cold War" in popular usage
memberOf Democratic Party (United States)
notableFor advising multiple U.S. presidents
economic mobilization leadership during World War I
economic mobilization leadership during World War II
notableWork Baruch Plan for international control of atomic energy
occupation financier
political consultant
statesman
stock investor
parent Belle Wolfe Baruch
Simon Baruch
positionHeld U.S. representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
chairman of the War Industries Board
member of the Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense
religion Judaism
residence New York City, New York, United States
spouse Annie Griffin

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