George Walbridge Perkins II (May 2, 1895 – January 11, 1960) was an American
diplomat
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who served as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from 1949 to 1953 and as
United States Permanent Representative to NATO
The United States Permanent Representative to NATO (commonly called the U.S. Ambassador to NATO) is the official representative of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Representative has the rank of full ambassador a ...
from 1955 to 1957.
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Life and career
He was born on May 2, 1895, to George Walbridge Perkins
George Walbridge Perkins I (January 31, 1862 – June 18, 1920) was an American politician and businessman. He was a leader of the Progressive Movement, especially Theodore Roosevelt's presidential candidacy for the Progressive Party in 191 ...
. He graduated from Princeton in 1917, where he worked to abolish eating clubs. In 1921 he married Linn Merck, daughter of George W. Merck. In 1925 his son George Walbridge Perkins III (1925–2008) was born.[Staff report (January 25, 1960)]
US news headlines.
''Time
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'' In 1950, he successfully persuaded Congress to assist Josip Broz Tito
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in his defiance of the Stalin regime. Perkins died of a heart attack
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in Manhattan
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on January 11, 1960.
See also
*Glynwood Center
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References
External links
George Walbridge Perkins Jr. papers
at Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
George Walbridge Perkins (1895-1960)
via US Department of State
1895 births
1960 deaths
Permanent Representatives of the United States to NATO
Princeton University alumni
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