Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959

LC control no.	n 50030526
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1888-02-25
Death date	1959-05-24
Place of birth	Washington (D.C.)
Place of death	Washington (D.C.)
Affiliation	United States. Department of State United States. Army United States. War Trade Board United States. American Commission to Negotiate Peace United Nations. General Assembly Rockefeller Foundation Carnegie Endowment for International Peace United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Lawyers
Found in	His The Panama canal controversy between Great Britain and the United States, 1913. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, August 7, 2013 (Dulles, John Foster (1888-1959); a Senator from New York; born in Washington, D.C., February 25, 1888; attended the public schools of Watertown, N.Y.; graduated from Princeton University in 1908; attended the Sorbonne, Paris, in 1908 and 1909; graduated from the law school of George Washington University, Washington, D.C., in 1911; admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in New York City in 1911; special agent for Department of State in Central America in 1917; during the First World War served as a captain and a major in the United States Army Intelligence Service, 1917-1918; assistant to chairman, War Trade Board, 1918; counsel to American Commission to Negotiate Peace, 1918-1919; member of Reparations Commission and Supreme Economic Council, 1919; legal adviser, Polish Plan of Financial Stabilization, 1927; American representative, Berlin Debt Conferences, 1933; member, United States delegation, San Francisco Conference on World Organization, 1945; adviser to Secretary of State at Council of Foreign Ministers in London 1945, Moscow and London 1947, and Paris 1949; representative to the General Assembly of the United Nations, 1946-1949 and chairman of the United States delegation in Paris 1948; trustee of Rockefeller Foundation; chairman of the board, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; member of the New York State Banking Board, 1946-1949; appointed on July 7, 1949 as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert F. Wagner and served from July 7, 1949 to November 8, 1949, when a duly elected successor qualified; unsuccessful candidate for election to the vacancy; United States representative to the Fifth General Assembly of the United Nations, 1950; consultant to the Secretary of State, 1951-1952; appointed Secretary of State by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1959; died in Washington, D.C., May 24, 1959; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed March 28, 2022 (Dulles, John Foster, a Senator from New York; born in Washington, D.C., February 25, 1888; attended the public schools of Watertown, N.Y.; graduated from Princeton University in 1908; attended the Sorbonne, Paris, in 1908 and 1909; graduated from the law school of George Washington University, Washington, D.C., in 1911; admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in New York City in 1911; special agent for Department of State in Central America in 1917; during the First World War served as a captain and a major in the United States Army Intelligence Service 1917-1918; assistant to chairman, War Trade Board 1918; counsel to American Commission to Negotiate Peace 1918-1919; member of Reparations Commission and Supreme Economic Council 1919; legal adviser, Polish Plan of Financial Stabilization 1927; American representative, Berlin Debt Conferences 1933; member, United States delegation, San Francisco Conference on World Organization 1945; adviser to Secretary of State at Council of Foreign Ministers in London 1945, Moscow and London 1947, and Paris 1949; representative to the General Assembly of the United Nations 1946-1949 and chairman of the United States delegation in Paris 1948; trustee of Rockefeller Foundation; chairman of the board, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; member of the New York State Banking Board 1946-1949; appointed on July 7, 1949, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert F. Wagner and served from July 7, 1949, to November 8, 1949, when a duly elected successor qualified; unsuccessful candidate for election to the vacancy; United States representative to the Fifth General Assembly of the United Nations 1950; consultant to the Secretary of State 1951-1952; appointed Secretary of State by President Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1959; died in Washington, D.C., May 24, 1959; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.)
Associated language	eng