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Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) —
also known as Dean Acheson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 11,
1893.
Son of Edward Campion Acheson (1858-1934; Episcopal bishop of
Connecticut) and Eleanor Gertrude (Gooderham) Acheson (1870-1958).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1949-53.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Council on Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer
Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation:
My Years In The State Department.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, over his desk in his study,
Sandy Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 1971 (age 78 years, 184
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Burnett Benton (1900-1973) —
also known as William Benton —
of Southport, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 1,
1900.
Son of Charles William Benton and Elma (Hixson) Benton.
Democrat. Advertising
business; introduced sound effects into television commercials;
popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show; vice-president,
University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs,
1945-47; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Council on Foreign Relations; Zeta Psi.
The William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut is
named
for him.
Died, in the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1973 (age 72 years, 351
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914-1986) —
also known as Jonathan B. Bingham; Jack
Bingham —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April 24,
1914.
Son of Hiram
Bingham and Alfreda (Mitchell) Bingham.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary to New York
Governor W.
Averell Harriman, 1955-59; candidate for New York
state senate 29th District, 1958; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-83 (23rd District 1965-73,
22nd District 1973-83).
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Americans
for Democratic Action; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 3,
1986 (age 72 years, 70
days).
Interment at Bingham
Family Cemetery, Salem, Conn.
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Chester Bliss Bowles (1901-1986) —
also known as Chester Bowles —
of Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., April 5,
1901.
Son of Charles Allen Bowles and Nellie (Harris) Bowles.
Democrat. Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1949-51; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1951-53, 1963-69; Nepal, 1951-53; , 1961-63; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1959-61; author.
Unitarian.
Member, Urban
League; Grange; Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on Foreign Relations.
Died in Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn., May 25,
1986 (age 85 years, 50
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Essex, Conn.
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Christopher John Dodd (b. 1944) —
also known as Christopher J. Dodd; Chris
Dodd —
of North Stonington, New London
County, Conn.; East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn., May 27,
1944.
Son of Thomas
Joseph Dodd.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1975-81; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1981-2011; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1995-96; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 2008.
Catholic.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2012.
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Evan Griffith Galbraith (1928-2008) —
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, July 2,
1928.
Republican. U.S. Ambassador to France, 1981-85.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Skull and
Bones.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 2008 (age 79 years, 203
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. (1924-2010) —
also known as Alexander M. Haig, Jr. —
Born in Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
2, 1924.
Son of Alexander Meigs Haig, Sr. and Regina Anne (Murphy) Haig.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; target of an assassination
attempt in Belgium, June 25, 1979; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1981-82; candidate for Republican nomination
for President, 1988;
host, World Business Review television
news show.
Catholic.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died, from an infection,
at John Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., February
20, 2010 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr. (1904-1987) —
also known as Henry R. Labouisse, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1904.
Son of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger)
Labouisse.
Lawyer;
U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1962-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger) Labouisse;
married, June 29,
1935, to Elizabeth Scriven Clark (died 1945); married, November
19, 1954, to Eve Curie. |
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Joseph Isadore Lieberman (b. 1942) —
also known as Joseph I. Lieberman; "Holy
Joe"; "Traitor Joe" —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
24, 1942.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate, 1971-81; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1980; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1983-89; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1989-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1996,
2000,
2004;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2000; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 2004.
Jewish.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2012.
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John Jay McCloy (1895-1989) —
also known as John J. McCloy; "Chairman of the
American Establishment" —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 31,
1895.
Son of John McCloy and Anna (Snader) McCloy.
Lawyer;
banker;
president, World Bank, 1947-49; U.S. High Commissioner for the U.S.
Zone in Germany, 1949-52; member, President's Commission
on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 11,
1989 (age 93 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Verner Reed, Jr. (b. 1937) —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1937.
U.S. Ambassador to Morocco, 1981-85.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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Edwin Forward Stanton (1901-1968) —
also known as Edwin F. Stanton —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Milford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Bouckville, Madison
County, N.Y., February
22, 1901.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kalgan, 1924-26; U.S. Consul in Tsinan, 1927-29; Shanghai, 1938; Vancouver, 1945; U.S. Consul General in Vancouver, 1945; U.S. Minister to Thailand, 1946-47; U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, 1947-53.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died in 1968
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Milford
Cemetery, Milford, Conn.
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Lawrence Henry Summers (b. 1954) —
also known as Lawrence H. Summers; Larry
Summers —
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
30, 1954.
Economist;
university
professor; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1999-2001; president
of Harvard University, 2001-06.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission.
Still living as of 2009.
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