Arthur Hobson Dean (October 16, 1898 – November 30, 1987) was a New York City lawyer and diplomat who was viewed as one of the leading corporate lawyers of his day, as well having served as a key advisor to numerous U.S. presidents.[1]
Early life
editDean was a native of Ithaca, New York, and attended Ithaca High School and then Cornell University. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War I, he received both a bachelor's and LL.B degree from Cornell, in 1921 and 1923, respectively, and was the managing editor of the Cornell Law Quarterly[2]
Career
editDean was chairman and senior partner of Sullivan & Cromwell, where he worked closely with John Foster Dulles. He was the chief U.S. negotiator at Panmunjeom where he helped negotiate the Korean Armistice Agreement, which ended the Korean War,[3][4] and helped draft and negotiate the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963.[5]
Dean was a member and later served on the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Asia Society, and served as a delegate to the United Nations. He was a member of the steering committee of the Bilderberg Group[6] and participated in 14 conferences between 1957 and 1975.
Legacy
editDean's official papers are maintained at Cornell University Library, of which he was a major patron.[7]
References
edit- ^ Krebs, Albin (December 1, 1987). "Arthur H. Dean, Envoy to Korea Talks, Dies at 89". The New York Times.
- ^ Cornell Library: Guide to Arthur H. Dean papers. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
- ^ The Acid Test Archived May 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Time, March 21, 1961
- ^ The Wall Street Lawyer Time, December 21, 1953
- ^ List of Presidents Archived November 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine American Society of International Law, accessed 11.10.2007
- ^ "Former Steering Committee Members". bilderbergmeetings.org. Bilderberg Group. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- ^ Founding Collections of Cornell Library. Retrieved November 10, 2007.