Neel, Samuel E. (Samuel Ellison), 1914-2004

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Virginia attorney.

From the description of Samuel Ellison Neel correspondence, 1960-1969 (bulk 1961-1963). (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32141677

Lawyer of Washington, D.C., and Fairfax County, Va.

Samuel Neel was born at Kansas City, Mo., on February 22, 1914, the son of a prominent local lawyer and reform Democrat who later helped to bring down the Pendergast political machine. After graduating from the Yale Law School in 1938, he obtained a position with his college mentor, Thurman W. Arnold, who had recently been appointed to head the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department. After two years in this position, he was invited by William L. Batt, Sr., the father of a house-mate, to join the newly-formed Materials Division of the Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense as assistant counsel. Batt had been president of SKF Industries and was one of the "dollar-a-year men" brought into the government to help coordinate rearmament. The Advisory Commission evolved into the Office of Production Management in January 1941 and became the War Production Board a year later after the U.S. entered the war. Neel resigned on February 24, 1942 to assume a commission in the Navy, where he commanded air forces with the Pacific Fleet. After the war he entered private practice in Washington, retiring in 1993.

From the description of Papers, 1941. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122396955

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creatorOf Neel, Samuel Ellison, 1914-. Samuel Ellison Neel correspondence, 1960-1969 (bulk 1961-1963). South Carolina Historical Society
creatorOf Neel, Samuel E. (Samuel Ellison), 1914- . Papers, 1941. Hagley Museum & Library
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associatedWith Adger family. family
associatedWith Batt, William Loren, 1885-1965. person
associatedWith Batt, William L. (William Loren), 1916-2004. person
associatedWith Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964. person
associatedWith Biggers, John David, 1888-1973. person
associatedWith Bowen family. family
associatedWith Bowen, Robert, 1868-1972. person
associatedWith Foundation for Historic Restoration in Pendleton Area (S.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith Glancy, Alfred Robinson, 1881-1959. person
associatedWith Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986. person
associatedWith Henderson, Leon, 1895-1986. person
associatedWith Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946. person
associatedWith Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946. person
associatedWith Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952. person
associatedWith James Adger (Ship) corporateBody
associatedWith King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. person
associatedWith Knox, Frank, 1874-1944. person
associatedWith Knudsen, William S., 1879-1948. person
associatedWith La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947. person
associatedWith Leverhulme, William Hulme Lever, Viscount, 1888-1949. person
associatedWith McCloy, John J. (John Jay), 1895-1989. person
associatedWith Mullally family. family
associatedWith O'Brian, John Lord, b. 1874. person
associatedWith Stettinius, Edward R. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949. person
associatedWith Sword Gate House (Charleston, S.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith United States. National Defense Advisory Commission. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Office of Production Management. corporateBody
associatedWith Weinberg, Sidney J. (Sidney James), 1891-1969. person
associatedWith Woolton, Frederick James Marquis, Earl of, 1883-1964. person
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Ashtabula Plantation (S.C.)
Rivoli Plantation (S.C.)
South Carolina--Greenville
Woodburn Plantation (Anderson County, S.C.)
London (England)
South Carolina--Anderson County
South Carolina
Boscobel Plantation (S.C.)
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Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940
Civil rights movement
Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)
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World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
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Birth 1914-02-22

Death 2004-06-21

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