William J. vanden Heuvel
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vanden Heuvel speaking in 2014
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William Jacobus vanden Heuvel April 14, 1930 Rochester, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Businessman, Diplomat, Attorney and writer |
| Spouse(s) | Melinda Fuller vanden Heuvel |
| Children |
Katrina vanden Heuvel Wendy vanden Heuvel Ashley von Perfall John vanden Heuvel Pierce |
William Jacobus vanden Heuvel (born April 14, 1930) is an attorney, businessman and author, as well as a former diplomat.
He is the father of Katrina vanden Heuvel, longtime editor of The Nation magazine, and Wendy vanden Heuvel, children from his marriage to author/editor Jean Stein, the well-to-do daughter of Jules C. Stein, founder of MCA.
Vanden Heuvel was born in a working class family in Rochester, New York, the son of a Dutch immigrant father and a Belgian immigrant mother, Alberta. He attended public schools in New York. He attended Deep Springs College (Deep Springs did not "graduate" attendees at that time) and graduated from Cornell University, where he was a member of the Cornell Branch of the Telluride Association. At Cornell Law School, he was editor-in-chief of Cornell's law review. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1952, and then joined the law firm of Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine as an Associate.
An early protégé of Office of Strategic Services founder William Joseph Donovan, vanden Heuvel served at the U.S. embassy (1953–1954) in Bangkok, Thailand as Donovan's Executive Assistant. In 1958, vanden Heuvel served as Counsel to New York State Governor W. Averell Harriman.
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