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Dean Acheson (S&K 1915)

Gov. Official. Groton School. Yale University. Scroll and Key. Phi Beta Kappa. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Harvard University.

Son, David Acheson (S&B 1943)

1972 - Published Grapes from Thorns (posthumous).

1971 - Published The Korean War.

1965 - Published Morning and Noon.

1960’s - Member of the elders known as The Wise Men who initially supported the Vietnam War.

1959 - Address to NATO, New World Order.[6]

1958 - Published Power and Diplomacy.

Returned to Private Practice.[4]

1949 to 1950 - Despite his strong stance in what he conceived to be a global confrontation with communism, Acheson was the target of attack by foreign-policy critics within both political parties. His enemies were particularly inflamed when, during the congressional hearings of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy on subversive activities (1949–50), Acheson refused to fire any of his State Department subordinates. His most widely publicized remark was, “I will not turn my back on Alger Hiss” a former State Department officer later convicted of perjury in denying that he had engaged in espionage in the 1930s.

Korean War - 21 Jan 1949 to 20 Jan 1953 - 51st United States Secretary of State by President Harry S. Truman (Freemason)

16 Aug 1945 to 30 Jun 1947 - United States Under Secretary of State to Secretary James F. Byrnes (Freemason) and George C. Marshall (Freemason) by President Harry S. Truman (Freemason)

20 Dec 1944 to 15 Aug 1945 - Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations and Internation Conferences by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Freemason) and Harry S. Truman (Freemason)

1939 to 1940 - Headed a committee to study the operation of administrative bureaus in the federal government.[4]

From 1933 - Undersecretary of the Treasury, Secretary William H. Woodin (Federal Reserve) by President Franklin Roosevelt (Freemason)

Note: William H. Woodin - He was appointed secretary of the treasury in 1933 but resigned after only one year because of illness and a minor scandal: the Senate Banking Committee had found his name on a list of J. P. Morgan’s preferred customers and discovered that he had been given preferred stock options. [3]

Covington and Burling.

1915 - Graduated Yale University, Scroll and Key.

Died 12 Oct 1971, from TBC. Age 78.

[1] - America’s Secret Establishment. An Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones by Antony C. Sutton (2004)

[2] - Fleshing Out Skull & Bones - Investigations into America’s Most Powerful Secret Society 2008 by Antony Sutton, Howard Altman, Kris Millegan, Dr Ralph Bunch, Anton Chaitkin and Webster Griffin Tarpley

[3] - Miller Center.org - William H. Woodin (1933)

[4] - Prabook.com - Dean Acheson (S&K 1915)

[5] - NY Times 2 Oct 1986, Books of the Times - “Wise Men”

[6] - Dean Acheson Address to NATO - New World Order 1959