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George Wildman Ball (1909 - 1994) was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He grew up in Evanston, Illinois and graduated from Northwestern University. He was the U.S. Undersecretary of State in the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is best known as the voice against the Vietnam War during the escalation in the 1960s. Ball also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from June 26 to September 25, 1968. During the Jimmy Carter Administration, George Ball helped draft American policy proposals in the Persian Gulf. He was buried in Princeton Cemetery. 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... This article is about the state capital of Iowa. ... Official language(s) English Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 26th 145,743 km² 320 km 500 km 0. ... Incorporated City in 1872. ... Northwestern University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian university, located in Evanston, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois. ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969). ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 1,250,000+ US dead: 58,226 US wounded... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... United States Ambasadors to the United Nations, full title, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations (also known as the... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... For the submarine, see USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23). ... Map of the Persian Gulf. ... Princeton Cemetery is located in Princeton, New Jersey. ...


Further reading

  • Ball, George W. (1983). The Past Has Another Pattern: Memoirs, W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393301427.
  • Dileo, David L. (1991). George Ball, Vietnam, and the Rethinking of Containment, University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807842974.

See also

The Best and the Brightest (1972) is an account by journalist David Halberstam on the origins of the Vietnam War. ...

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George Ball : Alumni Exhibit: Northwestern University Archives (220 words)
George Ball was born in Des Moines, Iowa on December 21 1909, and moved with his family to Evanston when he was eleven years old.
Ball earned both a bachelor's degree in 1930 and a degree in law in 1933 from Northwestern University.
Ball left the ambassadorship in 1969 and returned to Lehman Brothers, where he served as senior managing director until his retirement in 1982.
George Ball Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography (1085 words)
George Ball (1909-1994) was a classic Atlanticist who promoted both strong ties between the United States and Western Europe and the development of an economically united Europe.
George W(ildman) Ball was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on December 21, 1909.
Ball became a classic Atlanticist, profoundly committed to the idea that Western Europe was central to America's future, as it had been to America's past, and that the well-being of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the vitality of the European Common Market were the essential interests of the United States.
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