Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893 - 1971)

Born 11 Apr 1893 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 12 Oct 1971 at age 78 in Sandy Spring, Montgomery, Maryland, United States

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Preceded by George Marshall

U.S. Secretary of State January 21, 1949 – January 20, 1953

Succeeded by John Foster Dulles

Biography

Dean Acheson is Notable.

Dean was the eldest of three children born to Edward Campion Acheson & Eleanor Gertrude Gooderham.

He was born in Connecticut in 1893^[1] and studied at Groton School, followed by Yale University and then Harvard Law School, where he was elected to the Harvard Law Review.^[2]

Dean married Alice Caroline Stanley on May 5, 1917^[3] at Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.

In 1917, he was mess Sergeant in the Artillery branch of the Connecticut National Guard ^[4] He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I and received a law degree from Harvard (1918).^[5]

In the ensuing years, Dean had a variety jobs in the law field; secretary to Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis,^[5] Under Secretary of the Treasury,^[2],Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (1941-1944)^[2],undersecretary of state (1945-1949)^[6], and became the 51st United States Secretary of State (1949-1953), advisor to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, and in 1968 advised Johnson to de-escalate the war in Vietnam.^[5]

Over the years, he had a lot of involvement in policy and significant historical events; oversaw the U.S. oil embargo of Japan; represented the United States in negotiations that led to the creation of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the International Monetary Fund; faced questions related to international control of atomic weapons; the fall of mainland China to the Communist forces of Mao Zedong and the retreat of the U.S.-backed Nationalists to Taiwan; the rebuilding of Japan as a cornerstone of U.S. policy in East Asia; the Korean War; and Soviet designs on Yugoslavia, the Middle East, and Asia.^[2].

During his time, he served under Eisenhower, Truman and Roosevelt. After retirement, he continued to serve as an advisor to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, and in 1968 advised Johnson to de-escalate the war in Vietnam.^[5]

Dean Acheson died in 1971^[7] and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, DC.^[8]

Children:

• Jane Acheson 1919-2003 Connecticut^[9]
• David Campion Acheson 1921-2018^[10]
• Mary Eleanor Acheson 1924-? ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M979-J78 : accessed 29 March 2021), Dean G Acheson in household of Edward C Acheson, Middletown city, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 285, sheet 6A, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,142.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Office of the Historian
3. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3RL-6CP : 18 February 2021), Dean G. Acheson and Alice C. Stanley, 5 May 1917; citing Marriage, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4210014.
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFL-7ZK : 23 February 2021), Dean Gooderham Acheson, 1917-1918.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} UVA/Miller Center - Essays
6. ↑ Britannica
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGHP-92J : 11 January 2021), Dean Acheson, Oct 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 March 2021), memorial page for Dean Gooderham Acheson (11 Apr 1893–12 Oct 1971), Find A Grave: Memorial #6661729, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
9. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTM-KPG5 : accessed 29 March 2021), Herbert M Wolff and John J Slattery and Anthony T Saccone and Leonard Rovner and Jr , William J Platt and Raymond Neubert and Adam Morales and Charles Marshall and Theodore E Kordus and Douglas C Jeffers and James Richard and William Melvin Bellamy and Rudy Delgado and Abraham Zwickel and Shirley Lustbaden and Anna Scavo and Maria Aguilerao and Debbie Birge and Bonnie L Bowden and Adele M Breighack and Jane Acheson Brown and Constance Chaput and Martha L Fanelli and Rosalind Foreit and Lillian Gabor and Barbara Gosselin and Donnie Holsten and Rose A Macgregor and Mary Beth and Betty Silverstein, Florida, United States, 25 Oct 2003; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Palm Beach Post, The, born-digital text.
10. ↑ Obituary - David C. Acheson
11. ↑ Historic Saranac Lake

See also:

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M979-J78 : accessed 27 October 2018), Dean G Acheson in household of Edward C Acheson, Middletown city, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 285, sheet 6A, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,142.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK2Z-2FN : accessed 27 October 2018), G Dean Acheson in household of E Campion Acheson, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 310, sheet 7B, family 148, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 136; FHL microfilm 1,374,149.

• "California, customs passenger lists of vessels arriving at San Francisco, 1903-1918", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZVMB-99PZ : 16 November 2020), Dean G. Acheson, 1915.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFL-7ZK : 13 March 2018), Dean Gooderham Acheson, 1917-1918; citing Middlesex County no 21, Connecticut, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,570,617.

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-86NV : 7 November 2017), Dean Gooderham Acheson, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNLN-4JX : accessed 27 October 2018), Dean G Acheson, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing ED 12, sheet 3A, line 8, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 205; FHL microfilm 1,820,205.

• "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-T6PT : 16 March 2018), Dean G Acheson, 1922; citing Passport Application, , source certificate #197980, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 2044, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPBY-SXN2 : 18 July 2020), Dean G Acheson in entry for Bishop Edward Campion Acheson, 1934.

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24JD-KSS : 2 March 2021), Dean Acheson, 1935; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7SL-23G : 16 March 2018), Dean Acheson, Tract 1, District of Columbia, Police Precinct 7, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-239, sheet 12B, line 68, family 294, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 561.

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-86NV : 10 March 2021), Dean Gooderham Acheson, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Obituary- The New York Times 13 October 1971. Page 1. Accessed 28 March 2021.

• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRS-9B1L : 31 May 2018), Dean Acheson, died 1971; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery, Northwest Washington Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States.

• Wikipedia: Dean Acheson

• Wikidata: Item Q214758, en:Wikipedia

• Dean Gooderham Acheson Papers

• New World Encyclopedia