Nitze, Paul H.
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1907, Jan. 26:
Born, Amherst, Mass. -
1928:
B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. -
1928 -1929 :Accountant, Container Corp. of America, Bridgeport, Conn. -
1929 -1938 :Investment banker, Dillon, Read and Co., New York, N.Y. -
1932:
Married Phyllis Pratt (died, 1987) -
1938 -1939 :President, P. H. Nitze and Co., New York, N.Y. -
1939 -1941 :Vice president, Dillon, Read and Co., New York, N.Y. -
1941 -1942 :Financial director, Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, State Department, Washington, D.C. -
1942 -1943 :Chief, Metals and Minerals Branch, Board of Economic Warfare -
1943 -1944 :Director, Foreign Procurement and Development Branch, Foreign Economic Administration -
1943:
Founded School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. (Renamed Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, 1989.) -
1944 -1946 :Vice chairman, United States Strategic Bombing Survey -
1946 -1948 :Deputy director, Office of International Trade Policy, State Department -
1948 -1949 :Deputy to assistant secretary of state for economic affairs -
1950 -1953 :Director, policy planning staff, State Department -
1953:
Appointed special assistant to secretary of defense; resigned amid Congressional opposition -
1953 -1961 :President, Foreign Service Educational Foundation, Washington, D.C. -
1961 -1963 :Assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs -
1963 -1967 :Secretary of the Navy -
1967 -1969 :Deputy secretary of defense -
1969 -1974 :Member, United States delegation, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks -
1974 -1981 :Consultant, Washington, D.C., for State Department, General Accounting Office, and System Planning Corp., Arlington, Va. -
1976:
Organized Committee on the Present Danger -
1981 -1984 :Ambassador, head of United States delegation, intermediate-range nuclear forces talks, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency -
1984 -1989 :Ambassador-at-large and special advisor on arms control matters to the president and secretary of state -
1985:
Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom -
1989:
Published with Ann M. Smith and Steven L. Rearden From Hiroshima to Glasnost: At the Center of Decision, a Memoir. New York: Grove Weidenfeld -
1993:
Married Elisabeth Scott Porter Published Tension Between Opposites: Reflections on the Practice and Theory of Politics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons -
2004, Oct. 19:
Died, Washington, D.C.
From the guide to the Paul H. Nitze Papers, 1922-1998, (bulk 1946-1996), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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referencedIn | Dean Gooderham Acheson papers, 1898-1989 | Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives | |
referencedIn | Hans J. Morgenthau Papers, 1858-1981, (bulk 1925-1981) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
referencedIn | Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 | Harvard University Archives. | |
referencedIn | Leach, Walter Barton. W. Barton Leach Papers. 1920-1971. | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
referencedIn | Lucille Lortel papers | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
creatorOf | Paul H. Nitze Papers, 1922-1998, (bulk 1946-1996) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
referencedIn | Willard L. (AC 1920) and Clarice Brows Thorp Papers | Amherst College Archives and Special Collections |
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associatedWith | Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 |
associatedWith | Atlantic Council of the United States. |
associatedWith | Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 |
associatedWith | Carter, Jimmy, 1924- |
associatedWith | Clifford, Clark M., 1906-1998 |
associatedWith | Committee on the Present Danger (U.S.) |
associatedWith | Council on Foreign Relations. |
associatedWith | Davies, John Paton, 1908-1999 |
associatedWith | Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959 |
associatedWith | Harvard University. |
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