Barr, Joseph W. (Joseph Walker), 1918-1996

Joseph Walker Barr, 1918-, a native of Vincennes, Indiana, and an alumnus of DePauw University and Harvard University, served as a member of the 86th Congress from Indiana, 1959-1960, as assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, 1961-1964, as chairman of the FDIC, 1964-1965, as Under Secretary of the Treasury from April 29, 1965 to December 20, 1968, and as 79th Secretary of the Treasury until January 20, 1969.

From the guide to the Barr mss., 1958-1971, (Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly)

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