OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Edward Reilly Stettinius Jr.

BORN:
October 22, 1900;
Chicago, Illinois

DIED:
October 31, 1949 (age 49);
Greenwich, Connecticut

EDUCATION:
Attended University of Virginia

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1924:
Joined General Motors as a Stock Clerk
1931:
Became Vice President of General Motors
1934:
Became Chairman of the Finance Committee of U.S. Steel
1938-1941:
Chairman of the Board, U.S. Steel
1941-1943:
Administrator, Office of Lend-Lease Administration
1943-1944:
U.S. Under Secretary of State
1944-1945:
U.S. Secretary of State
1945:
Attended Yalta Conference with FDR
1946:
First U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
1947-1949:
Rector, University of Virginia

PORTRAIT:

RESOURCES:

2/4/1945: L-R: Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Maj. Gen. L. S. Kuter, Admiral E. J. King, General George C. Marshall, Ambassador Averill Harriman, Admiral William Leahy, and President F. D. Roosevelt at the Crimean Conference in Livadia Palace, Crimea, Russia (U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo/ Library of Congress)

State Department
University of Virginia
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

MEDIA COVERAGE:

4/19/1945: President Harry S. Truman, President Sergio Osmena of the Philippines Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius at the White House (Beth Gore/ Truman Presidential Library).

OBITUARIES:
New York Times