| 1887 (March 15) |
Born, Albion, Nebraska
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1913 |
LL.B., Creighton University
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1913 |
Admitted to Nebraska Bar, began private legal practice
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1933-1949 |
Consultant, Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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1941-1951 |
Director, Department of Finance, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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1946-1947 |
Member, President's Committee on Civil Rights
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1949-1951 |
Secretary of the Navy
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1951-1952 |
U.S. Ambassador to Ireland
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1952 (October 18) |
Died, Omaha, Nebraska |