George W. Ball (Under Secretary of State)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/George_W._Ball_(Under_Secretary_of_State)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Northwestern_University
gptkb:Northwestern_University_School_of_Law
gptkbp:author gptkb:The_Discipline_of_Power
gptkb:Diplomacy_for_a_Crowded_World
gptkbp:birthDate 1909-12-21
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Des_Moines,_Iowa,_United_States
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 1994-05-26
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:fullName George Wildman Ball
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George W. Ball (Under Secretary of State)
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Office_of_Strategic_Services
1942–1945
gptkbp:notableFor opposition to escalation of the Vietnam War
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:diplomat
gptkb:lawyer
banker
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Under_Secretary_of_State
gptkb:U.S._Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations
Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:signature George W Ball signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Daisy_Ball
gptkbp:termEnd 1966
gptkbp:termStart 1961
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson_presidency
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7