Donald Hiss
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| Born |
December 15, 1906 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | May 18, 1989 (aged 82) St. Michaels, Maryland, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Lung cancer |
| Education |
Johns Hopkins University Harvard Law School |
| Occupation | lawyer, government official |
| Employer | Agricultural Adjustment Administration (1933-1935), U.S. Department of State (1936-1945), Covington & Burling (1945-1976) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine G. Jones (1929-1996) |
| Children | Bosley Hiss Cynthia Hiss Grace Joanna Hiss Hoople |
| Parent(s) | Mary Lavinia Hughes Charles Alger Hiss |
| Relatives | Bosley Hiss, brother Alger Hiss, brother Anna Hiss, sister |
Donald Hiss (December 15, 1906 – May 18, 1989), AKA "Donie" and "Donnie," was the younger brother of Alger Hiss, who in 1948 was accused of — but not charged with — spying for the Soviet Union, and who, in 1950, was controversially convicted of perjury before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
Donald Hiss was born on December 15, 1906, in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and the Harvard Law School.
In 1932, he was a law secretary to Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States Supreme Court. From 1933 to 1935, he was employed by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of the United States Department of Labor. In 1934, he was also attached to a special U.S. Senate committee investigating the munitions industry. In 1935, he was employed as a special attorney by the United States Department of Justice.
On September 18, 1936, he was appointed an assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State and worked in the State Department throughout World War II. In 1945, he joined the law firm of Covington & Burling.
On August 3, 1948, Whittaker Chambers included the name of Donald Hiss along with his brother Alger and more than half a dozen other former Federal officials as members of the Ware Group and of the Communist Party when testifying under subpoena to HUAC.
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