Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
| Nicholas Katzenbach | |
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| 65th United States Attorney General | |
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In office February 11, 1965 – October 2, 1966 Acting: September 4, 1964 – January 28, 1965 |
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| President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Robert Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | Ramsey Clark |
| 24th United States Under Secretary of State | |
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In office October 3, 1966 – January 20, 1969 |
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| President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | George Ball |
| Succeeded by | Elliot Richardson |
| 5th United States Deputy Attorney General | |
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In office April 16, 1962 – January 28, 1965 |
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| President |
John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Byron White |
| Succeeded by | Ramsey Clark |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach January 17, 1922 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 8, 2012 (aged 90) Skillman, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Lydia King Phelps Stokes |
| Children |
John Katzenbach (writer) Christopher W. Katzenbach Maria 'Mimi' Katzenbach (novelist) Anne deBelleville Katzenbach |
| Parents |
Edward L. Katzenbach Marie Hilson |
| Education |
Phillips Exeter Academy Princeton University Yale Law School Balliol College, Oxford |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 U.S. Army Air Forces
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| Unit | Eighth Air Force |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Nicholas deBelleville "Nick" Katzenbach (January 17, 1922 – May 8, 2012) was an American lawyer who served as United States Attorney General during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration.
Katzenbach was born in Philadelphia and raised in Trenton. His parents were Edward L. Katzenbach, who served as Attorney General of New Jersey, and Marie Hilson Katzenbach, who was the first female president of the New Jersey State Board of Education. His uncle, Frank S. Katzenbach, served as Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey and as a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
He was named after his mother's great-great-grandfather, Nicholas de Belleville (1753–1831), a French physician who accompanied Kazimierz Pułaski to America and settled in Trenton in 1778. Katzenbach was raised an Episcopalian, and was partly of German descent.
He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and was accepted into Princeton University. Katzenbach was a junior at Princeton in 1941, enlisting right after Pearl Harbor, and served in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II. Assigned as a navigator in the 381st Bomb Squadron, 310th Bomb Group in North Africa. His B-25 Mitchell Bomber was shot down February 23, 1943, over the Mediterranean Sea off North Africa. He spent over two years as a prisoner of war in Italian and German POW camps, including Stalag Luft III, the site of the "Great Escape", which Katzenbach assisted in. He read extensively as a prisoner, and ran an informal class based on Principles of Common Law.
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