George Walbridge Perkins II (May 2, 1895 – January 11, 1960) was an American diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from 1949 to 1953 and as United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 1955 to 1957.[1]
George Walbridge Perkins Jr. | |
|---|---|
| 3rd United States Permanent Representative to NATO | |
| In office March 14, 1955 – October 12, 1957 | |
| President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | John Chambers Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Warren Randolph Burgess |
| 1st Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs | |
| In office August 1, 1949 – January 31, 1953 | |
| President | Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Livingston T. Merchant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 2, 1895 Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 11, 1960 (aged 64) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Life and career
editHe was born on May 2, 1895, to George Walbridge Perkins. He graduated from Princeton in 1917, where he worked to abolish eating clubs. In 1921 he married Linn Merck, daughter of George W. Merck.[2] In 1925 his son George Walbridge Perkins III (1925–2008) was born.[3] He worked at Merck & Co., Inc. from 1927 to 1948.[4] In 1950, he successfully persuaded Congress to assist Josip Broz Tito in his defiance of the Stalin regime. Perkins died of a heart attack in Manhattan on January 11, 1960.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "George Perkins, Ex-U.S. Aide, Dies. Assistant Secretary of State, 1949-53, Served NATO. Had Been Merck Official". New York Times. January 12, 1960. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
George Walbridge Perkins of 1 East Sixty-sixth Street, former Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, died Sunday at home of a heart attack.
- ^ "George W. Perkins Jr. to Wed Miss Merck" (PDF). New York Times. November 12, 1921. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
Mr. and Mrs. George Merck of Llewellyn Park, West Orange, N.J., announce the engagement of their second daughter, Miss Linn Merck, to George W. Perkins Jr.
- ^ "George W. Perkins". New York Times. June 22, 2008. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
George W. Perkins Jr. died peacefully at his home in Park City, Utah on June 12, 2008. He was born in 1925 at Wave Hill, his grandparents' house in Riverdale, New York. The son of George W. Perkins, the first U.S. Ambassador to N.A.T.O, and Linn Merck Perkins ...
- ^ Staff report (January 25, 1960). US news headlines. Time
External links
edit- George Walbridge Perkins Jr. papers at Columbia University
- George Walbridge Perkins (1895-1960) via US Department of State
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