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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. | |
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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 | Bronx, New York, U.S. | May 2, 1895
Died | January 11, 1960 64) Manhattan, New York, U.S. | (aged
Political party | Republican |
He 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]