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HARRIMAN, W (illiam) Averell. ( b. 15 November 1891 in New York City; d. 26 July 1986 in Yorktown Heights, New York ), financier, sportsman, diplomat, governor of New York, and elder statesman of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations of the 1960s. Harriman was one of six children born to the railroad titan Edward Henry Harriman and Mary ...
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Jul 1, 1992 · Averell Harriman’s life and career spanned an interesting and fast changing time from 1898 to 1986. I have discovered in my reading that Harry Truman, George Marshall, Arthur Vandenberg, George Kennan, Dean Acheson and Averell Harriman all played a key role in developing and implementing the Marshall Plan.
Sep 14, 2023 · William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891 – July 26, 1986) was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat. He was the son of railroad baron E. H. Harriman. He served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harry S. Truman and later as the 48th Governor of New York. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential ...
W. Averell Harriman (1891-1986), American industrialist and financier, had a distinguished second career as a top-level diplomatic negotiator for five Democratic presidents. He was Governor of New York for one term. Harriman was born in 1891 during the administration of President Benjamin Harrison and died in 1986 during Ronald Reagan's first ...
Winston Churchill and W. Averell Harriman, August 12, 1942 In August 1942, as the Soviets were fighting for their lives before Stalingrad, Churchill flew to Moscow to tell Stalin that there would be no Second Front in Western Europe that year to draw off German forces.
William Averell Harriman, the son of the railway magnate, E. H. Harriman, was born in New York City on 15th November, 1891. He joined his father's Union Pacific Company in 1915 and became chairman of the board in 1932. Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Harriman as U.S. Ambassador of the Soviet Union in 1943.
