John J. McCloy

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American lawyer banker diplomat human statesman

John J. McCloy was a prominent American lawyer, banker, and statesman who served in key national security and foreign policy roles, including U.S. High Commissioner for Germany after World War II and president of the World Bank.

Aliases (2)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American lawyer → banker → diplomat → human → statesman →
awardReceived	Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1895-03-31 →
dateOfDeath	1989-03-11 →
educatedAt	Amherst College → Harvard Law School →
employer	Cravath, Swaine & Moore →
familyName	McCloy →
fieldOfWork	foreign policy → international law → national security →
fullName	John Jay McCloy →
givenName	John →
memberOf	American Society of International Law → Council on Foreign Relations → Warren Commission →
middleName	Jay →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
notableFor	influence on U.S. national security policy in the mid-20th century → leadership in major financial and philanthropic institutions →
notableWork	oversight of German denazification and clemency decisions → post–World War II reconstruction policy in West Germany → shaping early Cold War U.S. foreign policy →
occupation	banker → diplomat → government official → lawyer →
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
placeOfDeath	Stamford, Connecticut, United States →
positionHeld	Advisor to the U.S. Presidents on national security and foreign policy → Assistant Secretary of War of the United States → Chair of the Council on Foreign Relations → Chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank → Chairman of the Ford Foundation → President of the World Bank → United States High Commissioner for Germany →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Ellen Zinsser McCloy →
workLocation	Bonn, West Germany → New York City, New York, United States → Washington, D.C., United States →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
War Refugee Board →	boardMember
John J. McCloy ("John Jay McCloy") →	fullName
United States High Commissioner for Germany →	hasFirstHolder
United States High Commissioner for Germany →	hasOfficeHolder
Warren Commission →	member
Kai Bird ("The Chairman: John J. McCloy, The Making of the American Establishment") →	notableWork
Assistant Secretary of War →	officeHeldBy
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach →	pardonGrantedBy