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C. Douglas Dillon

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United States Navy officer, art collector, Metropolitan museum chairman (1909-2003)

United StatesWritersLived 1909 to 2003 · aged 93
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Clarence Douglas Dillon was an American investment banker, diplomat and Republican politician who served as the United States ambassador to France from 1953 to 1957 and as the 57th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1961 to 1965.

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Dillon and Kennedy in August 1961. Dillon had just returned from the conference in Uruguay in which the Alliance for Progress was formalized, and where Dillon had discussions with Che Guevara.[11]Dillon and Kennedy in August 1961. Dillon had just returned from the conference in Uruguay in which the Alliance for Progress was formalized, and where Dillon had discussions with Che Guevara.[11]

Awards 3

1989Presidential Medal of Freedom
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
Air Medal

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Thomas Perry49.5Daniel Zelman49.5Troy Duffy49.5Yancey Arias49.5William S. Burroughs Jr.49.5Derek Drymon49.5

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Clarence Douglas Dillon was an American investment banker, diplomat and Republican politician who served as the United States ambassador to France from 1953 to 1957 and as the 57th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1961 to 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.S. dollar.

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deceased
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Lived 1909 to 2003 · aged 93
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