W. Averell Harriman

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf politician
diplomat
businessman
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Council_on_Foreign_Relations
gptkb:Bilderberg_Group
Trilateral Commission
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt_Freedom_Medal
Presidential Medal of Freedom
gptkbp:birthDate 1891-11-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
gptkbp:child gptkb:John_Harriman
Lydia_Harriman
William_Averell_Harriman_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1986-07-26
gptkbp:deathPlace Armonk, New York
gptkbp:education gptkb:Yale_University
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label W. Averell Harriman
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkb:George_H._W._Bush
gptkbp:knownFor Philanthropy
Business leadership
Crisis management
Economic development initiatives
Political advisor
Cold War policies
International relations expert
New Deal supporter
Railroad_executive
Post-World_War_II_diplomacy
gptkbp:notableWork Harriman's_Memoirs
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:U.S._Ambassador_to_the_Soviet_Union
Governor_of_New_York
Chairman_of_the_Board_of_the_Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie_Norton_Harriman