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C. Douglas Dillon (1963–1965) Clarence Douglas Dillon was born in Geneva, Switzerland on April 21, 1909, and was educated at the Groton School and Harvard. Before entering government service in 1953, Dillon was an investment banker. He was a member of the New York Stock Exchange from 1931 to 1936 prior to becoming director and eventual ...
Clarence Douglas Dillon was an American diplomat and politician, who served as U.S. Ambassador to France (1953–1957) and as the 57th Secretary of the Treasury (1961–1965). He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (ExComm) during the Cuban Missile Crisis. His conservative economic policies while Secretary of the Treasury were designed to protect the U ...
10 de ene. de 2003 · Clarence Douglas Dillon was an American diplomat and politician, who served as U.S. Ambassador to France and as the 57th Secretary of the Treasury.
Clarence Douglas Dillon, U.S. Ambassador to France, 1953-1957 DILLON: [Between 1948 and 1952], I began traveling abroad every year, particularly in France. Besides the apartment in Paris, my father had bought, in 1935, a vineyard in Bordeaux — Chateau Haut-Brion — and we had been active in managing and running that, and I went back and forth to understand that and work with it. . .
Dillon, C (larence) Douglas. ( b. 21 August 1909 in Geneva, Switzerland; d. 10 January 2003 in New York City), versatile New York City financier and philanthropist who was secretary of the treasury during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Dillon was the only son of Clarence Douglas Dillon, a self-made financier, and Anne (Douglass ...
2 de oct. de 2023 · 5.0 out of 5 stars C. Douglas Dillon or “Doug, We Hardly Knew Ye!” Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2023 Richard Aldous, a top drawer expert on American and European politics, has followed up on his splendid books on MacMillan and Ike, Thatcher and Reagan and historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., with this outstanding biography of C. Douglas Dillon.
- Richard Aldous
Digital Identifier: JFKWHP-KN-18579. Secretary of the Treasury Dillon took a hard line during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Initially he favored a military strike but later, along with Thompson, Dillon proposed to begin with the blockade, refuse negotiations, demand removal of the missiles, and threaten further military action. Dillon argued that ...
