OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Henry Lewis Stimson
BORN:
September 21, 1867;
New York City, New York
DIED:
October 20, 1950 (age 83);
West Hills, New York
EDUCATION:
Phillips Academy
Yale University (BA, 1888)
Harvard University (LLB, 1890)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1906-1909:
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
1911-1913:
U.S. Secretary of War
1927-1929:
Governor General of the Philippines
1929-1933:
U.S. Secretary of State
1940-1945:
U.S. Secretary of War
1943-1945:
Directed Manhattan Project to Develop Atomic Bomb
PORTRAITS:
RESOURCES:
BIOGRAPHIES:
State Department
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia
PAPERS:
Yale University
OBITUARIES:
New York Times