Dean Acheson

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American politician United States Secretary of State diplomat human lawyer

Dean Acheson was a prominent American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State and was a principal architect of Cold War foreign policy, including the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan.

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Dean Acheson canonical 14
Acheson 2
Dean Acheson as U.S. Secretary of State 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
United States Secretary of State ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
awardReceived Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for History ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
child David Campion Acheson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1893-04-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1971-10-12 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard Law School ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
employer Covington & Burling ⓘ
United States Department of State ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
familyName Dean Acheson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Acheson
fieldOfWork foreign policy ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
law ⓘ
fullName Dean Acheson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dean Gooderham Acheson
genre political memoir ⓘ
givenName Dean ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
notableFor being a principal architect of U.S. Cold War strategy ⓘ
shaping post–World War II Western alliance system ⓘ
notableWork book "Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department" ⓘ
containment policy toward the Soviet Union ⓘ
decision-making during the Korean War ⓘ
design of the Truman Doctrine ⓘ
role in founding NATO ⓘ
support for the Marshall Plan ⓘ
officeEnd 1953-01-20 ⓘ
officeStart 1949-01-21 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Middletown, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Sandy Spring, Maryland, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs ⓘ
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs ⓘ
surface form: Under Secretary of State

Under Secretary for Domestic Finance ⓘ
surface form: Under Secretary of the Treasury of the United States

United States Secretary of State ⓘ
precededBy George C. Marshall ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
servedUnder President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
spouse Alice Caroline Stanley ⓘ
succeededBy John Foster Dulles ⓘ

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David C. Acheson → father → Dean Acheson ⓘ
David C. Acheson → notableRelative → Dean Acheson ⓘ
Truman administration → notableCabinetMember → Dean Acheson ⓘ
Groton School → hasAlumni → Dean Acheson ⓘ
Covington & Burling → hasNotableAlumni → Dean Acheson ⓘ
Dean Acheson → fullName → Dean Acheson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dean Gooderham Acheson
Dean Acheson → familyName → Dean Acheson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acheson
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States → burialPlaceOf → Dean Acheson ⓘ
subject surface form: Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
book "Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department" → author → Dean Acheson ⓘ
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subject surface form: Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department
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subject surface form: Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department
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Alice Caroline Stanley → spouse → Dean Acheson ⓘ
Alice Caroline Stanley → spouseName → Dean Acheson ⓘ
Executive Committee of the National Security Council → hasMember → Dean Acheson ⓘ
David Campion Acheson → familyName → Dean Acheson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acheson
David Campion Acheson → father → Dean Acheson ⓘ
David Campion Acheson → notableRelative → Dean Acheson ⓘ
Oak Hill Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Dean Acheson ⓘ