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Douglas Dillon

C. Douglas Dillon
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57th United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office
January 21, 1961 – April 1, 1965
President John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by Robert B. Anderson
Succeeded by Henry H. Fowler
21st Undersecretary of State
In office
June 12, 1959 – January 4, 1961
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by Christian A. Herter
Succeeded by Chester Bowles
Personal details
Born Clarence Douglass Dillon
(1909-08-21)August 21, 1909
Geneva, Switzerland
Died January 10, 2003(2003-01-10) (aged 93)
New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Phyllis Chess Ellsworth
(m. 1931; d. 1982)

Susan Sage
(m. 1983)
Children Phyllis Ellsworth Dillon Colins
Joan Douglas Dillon, Duchess of Mouchy
Parents Clarence Dillon
Anne McEldin Douglass Dillon
Education Harvard University
Profession Financier, Businessman, Diplomat
Religion Episcopalianism
Signature
Military service
Service/branch United States Navy
Battles/wars World War II

Clarence Douglas Dillon (born Clarence Douglass Dillon; August 21, 1909 – January 10, 2003) was an American diplomat and politician, who served as U.S. Ambassador to France (1953–1957) and as the 57th Secretary of the Treasury (1961–1965). He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (ExComm) during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Dillon was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the son of American parents, Anne McEldin (Douglass) and financier Clarence Dillon. Although Dillon grew up as a patrician, his paternal grandfather, Samuel Lapowski, was a poor Jewish immigrant from Poland. After leaving Poland, his grandfather settled in Texas after the American Civil War and married Dillon's Swedish-American grandmother. Dillon's father later changed his family name to Dillon, his grandmother's maiden name. Dillon's mother was descended from Grahams Lairds of Tamrawer Castle at Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland.

Dillon began his education at Pine Lodge School in Lakehurst, Ocean County, New Jersey which he attended at the same time as the three Rockefeller brothers Nelson, Laurance, and John. He continued at the Groton School in Massachusetts, then at Harvard University, A.B. magna cum laude 1931 in American history and literature. Dillon earned a varsity letter for football his senior year.


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