Allen W. Dulles
| Allen Dulles | |
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| Director of Central Intelligence | |
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In office February 26, 1953 – November 29, 1961 |
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| President |
Dwight Eisenhower John F. Kennedy |
| Deputy | Charles P. Cabell |
| Preceded by | Walter B. Smith |
| Succeeded by | John McCone |
| Deputy Director of Central Intelligence | |
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In office August 23, 1951 – February 26, 1953 |
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| President |
Harry S. Truman Dwight Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | William H. Jackson |
| Succeeded by | Charles P. Cabell |
| Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Plans | |
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In office January 4, 1951 – August 23, 1951 |
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| President | Harry S. Truman |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Frank Wisner |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Allen Welsh Dulles April 7, 1893 Watertown, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 29, 1969 (aged 75) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Green Mount Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Clover Todd (m. 1920; his death 1969) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education |
Princeton University (BA) George Washington University (LLB) |
| Profession | Diplomat, lawyer |
| Religion | Presbyterianism |
Allen Welsh Dulles (/ˈdʌləs/; April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was an American diplomat and lawyer who became the first civilian Director of Central Intelligence and its longest-serving director to date. As head of the Central Intelligence Agency during the early Cold War, he oversaw the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état, Operation Ajax (the overthrow of Iran's elected government), the Lockheed U-2 aircraft program and the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Dulles was one of the members of the Warren Commission. Between his stints of government service, Dulles was a corporate lawyer and partner at Sullivan & Cromwell. His older brother, John Foster Dulles, was the Secretary of State during the Eisenhower Administration.
Dulles was born on April 7, 1893, in Watertown, New York, one of five children of Presbyterian minister Allen Macy Dulles, and his wife, Edith F. (Foster). He was five years younger than his brother John Foster Dulles, Dwight D. Eisenhower's Secretary of State and chairman and senior partner of Sullivan & Cromwell, and two years older than his sister, diplomat Eleanor Lansing Dulles. His maternal grandfather was John W. Foster, who was Secretary of State under Benjamin Harrison, while his uncle by marriage, Robert Lansing served as Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson. Dulles was uncle to Avery Dulles, a Jesuit priest, theologian, and cardinal of the Catholic Church, who taught at Fordham University from 1988 to 2008.
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