Acheson, Dean Gooderham
(b. Middleton, Connecticut, 11 Apr. 1893; d. 12 Oct. 1971) US; Secretary of State 1949–53 Acheson received a privileged education at Groton and Yale and, in 1918, graduated LLB from Harvard Law School. At this time it was customary for distinguished Supreme Court judges to pick the two most gifted men in the graduating Harvard law class to assist them. Acheson was chosen by Justice Brandeis. During the First World War Acheson served for a time in the Navy. On returning to civilian life he became a practising lawyer.
In 1933 he gained his first experience of public office when F. D.
Roosevelt
appointed him Under-Secretary of the Treasury. An inability ...