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Fowler, Henry H., 1908-2000

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Personal name headingFowler, Henry H., 1908-2000
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Variant(s)Fowler, Henry Hamill, 1908-2000
Birth date19080905
Death date20000103
Place of birthRoanoke, Va.
Place of deathAlexandria, Va.
AffiliationUnited States. Defense Production Administration
United States. Department of the Treasury. Office of the Secretary
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Found inU.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency. Nomination of Henry H. Fowler, 1952.
Britannica Academic Edition, via WWW, August 15, 2013 (Henry Hamill Fowler; born Sept. 5, 1908, Roanoke, Va.; died Jan. 3, 2000, Alexandria, Va.; American government official who created Special Drawing Rights, a reserve currency sometimes called “paper gold,” while serving as U.S. secretary of the treasury (1965-1968) under Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson; he had previously served as treasury undersecretary (1961-1964) and as head of the Defense Production Administration during the Korean War (1950-1953); after leaving his cabinet post, he headed Goldman Sachs International Corp. (1969-1984); he remained a limited partner at the investment firm until 1999)