NationMaster - Encyclopedia: C. Douglas Dillon

Clarence Douglas Dillon (August 21, 1909 – January 10, 2003) son of Clarence and Ann (Douglass) Dillon, was U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France (1953-1957) and 57th secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury (1961-1965). He also was an important member of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (ExComm) during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Image File history File links C_Douglas_Dillon. ... Image File history File links C_Douglas_Dillon. ... Image File history File links C_Douglas_Dillon_sig. ... Image File history File links C_Douglas_Dillon_sig. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CLARENCE DILLON (1882-1979) Born in San Antonio, Texas, son of Samuel Dillon and Bertha Lapowitz. ... The term plenipotentiary (from the Latin, plenus + potens, full + power) refers to, as a noun, a person who has, or as an adjective that confers, full powers. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department and the treasury of the United States government. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... A National Security Council is an executive body which coordinates national security issues and typically includes the heads of departments involved in diplomacy and defense with a small staff. ... The Executive Committee of the National Security Council (commonly referred to as simply the Executive Committee or ExComm) was a body of U.S. officials that convened to advise President John F. Kennedy during the fateful days of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. ... U.S.A.F. spy photo of one of the suspected launch sites The Cuban Missile Crisis involved the Soviet Union and the United States regarding the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba. ...

Appointed by Democrat president John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Dillon was himself a Republican. His policies created a solid economic expansion and president Lyndon Baines Johnson kept him in his job after Kennedy's assassination. JFK redirects here. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson ( August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ...

He was vice president, then director, then chairman of the board of Dillon, Read and Company, co-founded by his father, Clarence Dillon. CLARENCE DILLON (1882-1979) Born in San Antonio, Texas, son of Samuel Dillon and Bertha Lapowitz. ...

The family descends from his poor grandfather Lapowski, who immigrated from Poland and who changed the family name from (Sam) Lapowski to Dillon ("Samuel Dillon"). Dillon's mother, Anne Douglass, is descended from Grahams Lairds of Tamrawer Castle at Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland - see family tree link below.

Dillon served as President of the New York Metropolitan Museum, esp. building up its Chinese galleries; personally donating $20 million to the museum and leading a fundraising campaign that raised an additional $100 million.

During World War II, he served in the United States Navy. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations around the globe. ...

He received the Medal of Freedom in 1989. The Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States, considered the equivalent of the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was survived by 2nd wife and two daughters and lived most recently in Fairfield, CT.

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