HARRIMAN, WILLIAM AVERELL

āˈvərəl, 1891–1986, American public official; son of E. H. Harriman. Expanding his railroad inheritance, W. Averell Harriman became a banker and shipbuilder and later (1932) board chairman of the Union Pacific. He was administrative officer (1934–35) of the NRA and an official (1937–40) in the Dept. of Commerce, then became (1941) chief overseas administrator of lend-lease. He was ambassador to the USSR (1943–46) and to Great Britain (1946). After serving (1946–48) as Secretary of Commerce, he was appointed (Apr., 1948) U.S. representative abroad for the European Recovery Program and later (1951–53), director of the Mutual Security Agency. He was elected governor of New York (1955–59) and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1956. Defeated for reelection in 1958 by Nelson A. Rockefeller, he became in 1961 President John F. Kennedy's special roving ambassador. He was Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (1963–65) and ambassador-at-large (1965–68) for President Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1968, when the Paris peace talks on Vietnam opened, he was chief U.S. negotiator. He is the author of Peace with Russia (1959) and America and Russia in a Changing World (1971).

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Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Future of Liberalism: A Conference Held on October 11-12, 1989, W. Averell Harriman Conference Center, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York
Book by John F. Sears; Greenwood Press, 1991
Subjects: Liberalism--United States--History--20th Century--Congresses, Roosevelt, Franklin D--(Franklin Delano)--1882-1945--Congresses, United States--Foreign Relations--20th Century--Congresses, United States--Politics And Government--20th Century--Congresses
...Galbraith, John Kenneth, 22 , 143 - 147 Galston, William, 115 Gardner, Richard N., 29 - 46 , 47 - 49 General...108 Harding, President Warren, as conservative, 6 Harriman, Averell, 13 Harris, Louis, 25 - 27 Hart, Gary, 134 Hatcher...
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The Life & Legend of E.H. Harriman
Book by Maury Klein; University of North Carolina Press, 2000
Subjects: Capitalists And Financiers--United States--Biography, Harriman, Edward Henry--1848-1909, Railroads--United States--History
...horses littering the trail. Harriman and his guests stared aghast...hurried back up the track to find Harriman and William Averell, who had wandered off to explore...place called Howling Valley. Harriman led a party of six hunters and...
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E. H. Harriman, a Biography
Book by George Kennan; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922
Subjects: Harriman, Edward Henry--1848-1909, Railroads--History
...life, 401 - 05 . Harriman, Mrs., i, 188...ii, 342 , 343 . Harriman, Oliver, uncle of...9 n. Harriman, William, great-grandfather...3 . Harriman, W. Averell, i, 54 . Harriman, William M., brother of Edward...
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E. H. Harriman: A Biography - Vol. 1
Book by George Kennan; Houghton Miffin Company, 1922
Subjects: Harriman, Edward Henry--1848-1909, Railroads--History--United States
...York from England. William J. Averell, Miss Averells father...that the name "E. H. Harriman" had been painted on...When Mr. and Mrs. Harriman returned from their...connection with the Averell family naturally turned...
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The Donkey, the Carrot, and the Club: William C. Bullitt and Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1948
Book by Michael Cassella-Blackburn; Praeger, 2004
Subjects: Ambassadors--Soviet Union--Biography, Ambassadors--United States--Biography, Bullitt, William C--(William Christian)--1891-1967, Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--20th Century, United States--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union
Averell Harriman and Admiral William Leahy recommended. The hardball tactics produced what Bullitts bullying tactics accomplished: nothing. Why did Bullitt, whose...
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journal articles on: Harriman William Averell  - 38 results

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The Haunted House of American Fiction: William Gaddis's Carpenter's Gothic
Journal article by Misty L. Jameson; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 41, 2009
Subjects: Carpenter's Gothic (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Gaddis, William--Criticism and interpretation, Gaddis, William--Works, Gothic novels--Criticism and interpretation, Haunted houses--Portrayals, Novelists--Criticism and interpretation, Novelists--Works
...of American Fiction: William Gaddiss Carpenters Gothic...Carpenter s Gothic, by William Gaddis. San Francisco...The Mind and Art of William Gaddis. Madison, NJ...Nuclear War" by W. Averell Harriman from the New York Times...
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Interrogation's Law
Journal article by William Ranney Levi; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 118, 2009
Subjects: Coercive interrogation--Laws, regulations and rules, Combatants (International law)--Laws, regulations and rules, Combatants and noncombatants (International law)--Laws, regulations and rules, Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Prisoner abuse--Laws, regulations and rules, Prisoners of war--Laws, regulations and rules, Torture--Laws, regulations and rules, United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
...163) Americans, as W. Averell Harriman noted, just wanted to "go to...investigating officer) ; Memorandum from William J. Haynes II, Gen. Counsel...Counsel to the President, and William J. Haynes II, Gen. Counsel...
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The Brooklyn Dodgers' Move to Los Angeles: Was Walter O'Malley Solely Responsible?
Journal article by Peter Ellsworth; Nine, Vol. 14, 2005
Subjects: Baseball teams--History, Baseball teams--Officials and employees, Brooklyn Dodgers--History, Brooklyn Dodgers--Officials and employees, Los Angeles Dodgers--History, Los Angeles Dodgers--Officials and employees, O'Malley, Walter Francis--Evaluation, O'Malley, Walter Francis--Management
...in November 1955. (43) T. William Kleinsasser Jr., a graduate...21, 1956, New York governor William Averell Harriman traveled to Brooklyn and personally...59. "Walter OMalley letter to William Tracey, Vice Chairman," June...
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Pan Am Makes the Going Great
Journal article by Alfred W. McCoy, Angus McDonald; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 2, 1970
Subjects: Asia
...an alliance with financiers such as W. Averell Harriman, John Hay Whitney, William S. Rockefeller, William Vanderbilt, and Robert Lehman (of Lehman...steel companies several decades before. William A. Boeing (President and founder of...
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Roosevelt's Failure at Yalta
Journal article by Arnold Beichman; Humanitas, Vol. 16, 2003
Subjects: Roosevelt, Franklin D.--Foreign policy, Soviet foreign relations--Analysis, Soviet foreign relations--History, United States foreign relations--Analysis, United States foreign relations--History
...and memoirs of Charles Bohlen, Averell Harriman, Loy Henderson and George Kennan, participant...as Kennan, Bohlen, Henderson, and Harriman, can in no way be described as representing...Franklin Roosevelt." (14) W. Averell Harriman, Roosevelts ambassador to Stalin, was...
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Bipartisan Bonesmen: The Two Leading Contenders for the U.S. Presidency Are Both Members of Skull and Bones, One of the Oldest Secret Societies in America. Why Is This Not a Major Election-Year Issue?
Magazine article by William F. Jasper; The New American, Vol. 20, March 8, 2004
...Election-Year Issue? by William F. Jasper Mr. Russert: You...presidents (Mr. Bushs father and William Howard Taft), Averell Harriman, McGeorge Bundy, Henry Luce...1830s, a Yale student named William H. Russell--the future...
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Rogues' Gallery of EU Founders: The Emerging European Superstate, Now Moving Forward under the EU, Is the Result of a Deliberate Scheme Put into Motion Many Years Ago by Powerful Planners and Plotters
Magazine article by William F. Jasper; The New American, Vol. 20, July 12, 2004
Subjects: European Union--Analysis
...Planners and Plotters. by William F. Jasper Few Americans...long talk with Mr. Averell Harriman, American Ambassador in London.... Averell Harriman was my sponsor and arranged...business tycoon Averell Harriman, British newspaper...
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Seven Myths about the Vietnam War: Three Decades after Pulling out of Southeast Asia, America Remains Hostage to a Relentless Barrage of Distortion, Myths, and Outright Lies about the Vietnam War
Magazine article by William F. Jasper; The New American, Vol. 18, March 25, 2002
Subjects: History--United States, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--History
...Rusk, Bundy, Rostow, Ball, Harriman, et al.) would not permit the...was well aware." British writer William Shawcross, whose articles have...Dillon, George Ball, and W. Averell Harriman (all CFR) were replaced by Melvin...
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Has China Really Gone Capitalist? America's Academic Business, and Government Elites Insist That China Is Changing, but the Evidence Shows That China's Communist Leadership Remains in Total Control
Magazine article by William F. Jasper; The New American, Vol. 22, December 11, 2006
Subjects: Capitalism--Forecasts and trends, Capitalism--Political aspects, China--Economic policy, China--Trade policy, Chinese foreign relations--Economic aspects
...Chinas Communist Leadership Remains in Total Control. by William F. Jasper "Despite the ruling partys name, China...Lenins New Economic Policy (NEP). Armand Hammer, Averell Harriman, Henry Ford, and other capitalists rushed in to invest...
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EU Deception: Wider & Deeper
Magazine article by William F. Jasper; The New American, Vol. 18, December 2, 2002
EU Deception: Wider Deeper. by William F. Jasper The Irish referendum and the drive for a European...David Rockefeller; George Ball; C. Douglas Dillon; and Averell Harriman. All the while, they were preparing a similar regional arrangement...
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This Racy Past Just Flashes By
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 30, 2006
...affair, with US President Roosevelts man in London, William Averell Harriman. After her inevitable divorce from Randolph, Pamela...Hopper as a son-in-law. But it was a reunion with Harriman that gave her a political career of her own. Well...
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The Perennially Wrong Assessors
Newspaper article by Arnold Beichman; The Washington Times, August 18, 2000
...Out of respect for the dead I will omit the anti-Cold War absurdities propounded as gospel by J. William Fulbright and Averell Harriman.) Mr. Talbott, now deputy secretary of state, was in his earlier incarnation an editor of Time...
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Georgetown Version of Route of Stars: Tourist Glimpse of Houses Celebrities Call Home Includes Abodes of Powerful of Past, Present
Newspaper article by Christine Montgomery; The Washington Times, August 13, 1998
...the late Pamela and Averell Harriman, the former ambassador...1,500 bulbs Mrs. Harriman planted in the back...during the walk. "Averell was much older, and...sons inauguration, the William Mauberry House on N...
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Foreign Policy Expert Was Revered but Misunderstood
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 29, 2007
Subjects: Amino acids, Lukacs, John--Foreign policy, Princeton University
...Misunderstood. Byline: William Anthony Hay, SPECIAL...mark recurring themes. Averell Harriman called Kennan "a man...Kennan tutored Averill Harriman when he became ambassador...Kennans life and work. William Anthony Hay, a historian...
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Cuban for Democracy
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 3, 2002
Subjects: Castro, Fidel
...the ages." The NDI presented Mr. Paya with its W. Averell Harriman Democracy Award for his Varela Project, which collected...Washington had linked him to "subversive groups." Tarek William Saab, who is of Lebanese origin, told reporters in...
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encyclopedia articles on: Harriman William Averell  - 2 results

 
 
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Harriman, William Averell
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HARRIMAN, WILLIAM AVERELL a v r l, 1891 1986, American public official; son of E. H. Harriman . Expanding his railroad inheritance, W. Averell Harriman became a banker and shipbuilder and later...
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Harriman, Edward Henry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HARRIMAN, EDWARD HENRY 1848 1909, American...b. Hempstead, N.Y.; father of William Averell Harriman . He became a stockbroker in New York...dissolved by the U.S. Supreme Court. Harriman used the financial strength of his...


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