Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986

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Dates:
Birth 1891-11-15
Death 1986-07-26
Birth 1948
Birth 1891
Americans
English

Biographical notes:

Elie Abel (1920- ) was Dean of Journalism, Columbia University. (M.S., 1942).

From the description of William Averell Harriman papers on Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1941-1946, 1941-1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 460880054

Diplomat, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician.

From the description of Papers of W. Averell Harriman, 1869-1988 (bulk 1895-1986). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071710

Governor of New York and diplomat.

From the description of W. Averell Harriman interview, 1981 Dec. 15. (Idaho State Historical Society Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 70974894

Government official.

From the description of Reminiscences of William Averell Harriman : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608755

From the description of Reminiscences of William Averell Harriman : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309736981

From the description of Reminiscences of William Averell Harriman : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569737

Biographical Note

1891, Nov. 15 Born, New York, N.Y. 1913 B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1915 Married Kathleen Lanier Lawrence (divorced 1929) 1915 1917 Vice president, Union Pacific Railroad Co. 1915 1946 Director, Illinois Central Railroad Co. 1915 1954 Member, Palisades Interstate Park Commission 1917 1925 Chairman of the board, Merchant Shipbuilding Corp. 1920 1931 Chairman of the board, W. A. Harriman & Co. 1925 1928 Investment in Soviet Georgian manganese concessions 1926 Trip to USSR to investigate concessions 1930 Married Marie Norton Whitney (died 1970) 1931 1942 Chairman, executive committee, Illinois Central Railroad Co. 1931 1946 Partner, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. 1932 1946 Chairman of the board, Union Pacific Railroad Co. 1933 Cofounder with Vincent Astor of Today magazine ( Today merged with Newsweek in 1937) 1934 1935 Administrator and special assistant, National Recovery Administration 1935 1936 Founded ski resort, Sun Valley, Idaho 1937 1939 Chairman, Business Advisory Council 1941 Chief, Materials Branch, Production Division, Office of Production Management 1941 1943 Special representative of the president to Great Britain, with rank of ambassador ("Lend-Lease" or "Harriman" mission) Chairman of President's Special Mission to USSR, with rank of ambassador 1943 1946 Ambassador to USSR 1946 Ambassador to Great Britain 1946 1948 Secretary of commerce 1948 1950 United States coordinator, European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan) 1950 1952 Special assistant to the president 1951 1952 American representative and chairman, North Atlantic Commission on Defense Plans 1951 1953 Director, Mutual Security Agency 1952 Candidate for the Democratic nomination for president 1955 1959 Governor of New York 1956 Candidate for the Democratic nomination for president 1959 Published Peace with Russia? (New York: Simon and Schuster. 174 pp.) 1959 1960 Trips to India, Pakistan, USSR, and Africa 1961 Ambassador-at-large 1961 1962 United States deputy representative, International Conference on the Settlement of the Laotian Question (Geneva Accords) 1961 1963 Assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs 1963 Special representative of the president for the negotiation of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963 1965 Under secretary of state for political affairs 1965 1969 Ambassador-at-large 1968 Chairman, President's Commission for the Observance of Human Rights Year 1968 1968 1969 Personal representative of the president to peace talks with North Vietnam, Paris, France 1971 Married Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Trip to USSR Published America and Russia in a Changing World: A Half Century of Personal Observation (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co. 218 pp.) 1974 Trip to USSR 1975 Head, American delegation to thirtieth anniversary of end of World War II, Moscow Published with Elie Abel, Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1941-1946 (New York: Random House. 595 pp.) 1976 Chairman, Foreign Policy Task Force, Democratic National Committee Trip to USSR 1977 Member, Presidential Advisory Board on Ambassadorial Appointments 1978 Senior member, United States delegation to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Disarmament Trip to USSR Member, United States delegation to the funeral of Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, Australia 1979 Head, United States delegation to the funeral of Edvard Kardelj, Yugoslavia 1980 Member, United States delegation to the funeral of Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavia Member, United States delegation to Zimbabwe independence ceremonies 1983 Trip to USSR 1986, July 26 Died, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

From the guide to the W. Averell Harriman Papers, 1869-1988, (bulk 1895-1986), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Antinuclear movement
  • Arms control
  • Diplomacy
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes
  • Diplomats
  • Diplomats
  • Disarmament
  • Finance
  • Finance
  • Government executives
  • Governor
  • Governors
  • International finance
  • International relations
  • Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Manganese industry
  • Manganese industry
  • Presidents
  • Presidents
  • Presidents
  • Presidents
  • Presidents
  • Railroad companies
  • Railroad companies
  • Ranches
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Shipbuilding industry
  • Shipbuilding industry
  • Ski resorts
  • Ski resorts
  • Ski resorts
  • Statesmen
  • Treaties
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • World politics
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Diplomats
  • Finance
  • Manganese industry
  • Presidents
  • Presidents
  • Presidents
  • Presidents
  • Railroad companies
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Shipbuilding industry
  • Ski resorts
  • Ski resorts
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Diplomats
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Philanthropists
  • Politicians

Places:

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  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • Idaho--Fremont County (as recorded)
  • Moscow (Russia) (as recorded)
  • Africa (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Latin America (as recorded)
  • Sun Valley (Idaho) (as recorded)
  • Sun Valley (Idaho) (as recorded)
  • Sun Valley (Idaho) (as recorded)
  • Railroad Ranch (Idaho) (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • Germany (as recorded)
  • Moscow (Russia) (as recorded)
  • Railroad Ranch (Fremont County, Idaho) (as recorded)
  • Africa (as recorded)
  • Idaho--Sun Valley (as recorded)
  • Idaho--Sun Valley (as recorded)
  • Alaska (as recorded)
  • Latin America (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • Idaho--Sun Valley (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Sun Valley (Idaho) (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • Sun Valley (Idaho) (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)

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