Douglas Dillon

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American politician businessperson diplomat human

Douglas Dillon was an American diplomat and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → businessperson → diplomat → human →
ambassadorFrom	United States of America →
ambassadorTermEnd	1957-01-21 →
ambassadorTermStart	1953-03-13 →
ambassadorTo	France →
appointedBy	Dwight D. Eisenhower → John F. Kennedy → Lyndon B. Johnson →
awardReceived	Legion of Honour → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
birthDate	1909-08-21 →
birthPlace	Geneva, Switzerland →
child	C. Douglas Dillon Jr. →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	2003-01-10 →
deathPlace	New York City, New York, United States →
educatedAt	Groton School → Harvard University →
employer	Dillon, Read & Co. →
familyName	Dillon →
father	Clarence Dillon →
fullName	Clarence Douglas Dillon →
givenName	Clarence → Douglas →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party (United States) →
militaryBranch	United States Navy →
notableWork	involvement in Kennedy tax cut program → role in the Revenue Act of 1962 →
numberOfChildren	2 →
occupation	diplomat → investment banker → politician →
positionHeld	United States Ambassador to France → United States Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs → United States Secretary of the Treasury → United States Under Secretary of State → United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs →
precededBy	Robert B. Anderson →
religion	Episcopalianism →
servedUnder	John F. Kennedy → Lyndon B. Johnson →
spouse	Phyllis Chess Ellsworth →
succeededBy	Henry H. Fowler →
termEnd	1965-03-01 →
termStart	1961-01-21 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dillon Round → Dillon Round (1960–1962) →	chairperson
Dillon Round → Dillon Round (1960–1962) →	namedAfter
Dillon, Read & Co. →	keyPerson
Dillon, Read & Co. →	notableAlumnus