Dillon, Douglas
21 August 1909 (Geneva) - 10 January 2003 (New York)Description Area
During World War II, Douglas Dillon served in the United States Navy. From 1953 to 1957, he was U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France (1953-1957) and Under-Secretary of State from 1959 to 1961. Despite being a Republican, he was appointed Secretary of the US Treasury Department in 1961 a position he held until 1967, by President John F. Kennedy. The fifth round of tariff negotiations under the GATT, which lasted from 1960 to 1962, is still known as the Dillon Round. Because of the economic expansion resulting from his policies, President Lyndon B. Johnson decided to keep him in this role in the Treasury State Dept. Dillon was also a member of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962).
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Dillon, Douglas
21 August 1909 (Geneva) - 10 January 2003 (New York)Description Area
During World War II, Douglas Dillon served in the United States Navy. From 1953 to 1957, he was U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France (1953-1957) and Under-Secretary of State from 1959 to 1961. Despite being a Republican, he was appointed Secretary of the US Treasury Department in 1961 a position he held until 1967, by President John F. Kennedy. The fifth round of tariff negotiations under the GATT, which lasted from 1960 to 1962, is still known as the Dillon Round. Because of the economic expansion resulting from his policies, President Lyndon B. Johnson decided to keep him in this role in the Treasury State Dept. Dillon was also a member of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962).