biography
| name: |
Dulles, John Foster
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pronunciation:
[duhlez]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1888–1959)
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| biography:
| US Republican secretary of state (1953–9), born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He studied at Princeton and the Sorbonne, and became a lawyer. During World War 2 he advocated a world governmental organization, and in 1945 advised at the Charter Conference of the UN, thereafter becoming US delegate to the General Assembly. As US secretary of state he opened a vigorous diplomacy of personal conferences with statesmen in other countries. He resigned in 1959, and was awarded the Medal of Freedom shortly before his death. Dulles airport, in Washington, is named after him. |
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