DIED: January 10, 2003 (age 93);
New York, New York
EDUCATION: Harvard University (BA)
POLITICAL PARTY: Republican
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 1953-1957:
U.S. Ambassador to France 1958-1959:
Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment 1959-1961:
U.S. Under Secretary of State 1961-1965:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
PORTRAIT:
National Archives/ State Department Photo
RESOURCES:
President John F. Kennedy at a Swearing-In Ceremony for Secret Service Director James J. Rowley on 9/1/1961. (From L-R, Unidentified clerk; President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Director Rowley’s wife Mabel Rita Cluen Rowley; Director Rowley; Director Rowley’s daughter Claudia Rowley (Robert Knudsen/ JFK Presidential Library and Museum)
8/19/1961: Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon speaks upon his return from the Inter-American Economic and Social Conference at Punta del Este from the steps of the White House Rose Garden. Those looking on include: President John F. Kennedy; Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Representative Armistead Selden of Alabama; Representative Chester Merrow of New Hampshire; and others. (Robert Knudsen/ JFK Presidential Library and Museum)
