| John Foster Dulles  Born: 25-Feb-1888
Birthplace: Washington, DC
Died: 24-May-1959
Location of death: Bethesda, MD
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Eisenhower's Secretary of State Military service: US Army (WWI, Intelligence 1917-18; War Industries Board, 1918) Father: Allen Macy Dulles (Presbyterian minister)
Mother: Edith Foster Dulles (dau. of John W. Foster)
Brother: Allen W. Dulles (CIA Director)
Wife: Janet Pomeroy Avery (m. 1912, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Avery Cardinal Dulles (Roman Catholic cardinal)
Son: John Watson Dulles (university professor, b. 1913, d. 23-Jun-2008)
Daughter: Lillian Pomeroy Avery
University: BA, Princeton University (1900)
University: Sorbonne (1908-09)
Law School: LLB, George Washington University (1911)
US Secretary of State (1953-59)
US State Department Consultant to the Secretary of State (1951-53)
US Senator, New York (1949)
New York State Official State Banking Board (1946-49)
Sullivan & Cromwell
Alfalfa Club 1953
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Chairman, Board of Trustees
Pilgrims Society
Rockefeller Foundation Trustee
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Time Man of the Year 1954
Risk Factors: Cancer
Author of books:
War or Peace (1950)
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