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- Died
- Birth nameDean Gooderham Acheson
- Dean Acheson was born on April 11, 1893 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. He died on October 12, 1971 in Sandy Spring, Maryland, USA.
- U.S. secretary of state (1949-1953).
- Pictured on a 29¢ US commemorative postage stamp celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth, issued 22 April 1993.
- Graduated from Groton.
- Graduated from Yale and Harvard.
- The thing to remember is that that the future comes one day at a time.
- A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
- Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
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