William Donovan

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
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gptkb:CIA
gptkb:Council_on_Foreign_Relations
gptkb:New_York_State_Bar_Association
gptkb:Knights_of_Columbus
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal
Legion of Merit
Silver Star
gptkbp:birthDate 1883-01-05
gptkbp:children gptkb:Josephine_Donovan
gptkb:Mary_Donovan
gptkb:William_Donovan_Jr.
gptkb:John_Donovan
gptkbp:deathDate 1959-02-08
gptkbp:education gptkb:Fordham_University
gptkb:Columbia_Law_School
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Joseph_Donovan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Donovan
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
Post-war intelligence operations
gptkbp:knownFor OSS_(Office_of_Strategic_Services)
gptkbp:legacy Influence on modern intelligence agencies
Advocacy for international intelligence cooperation
Promotion of psychological warfare
Establishment_of_the_CIA
Father_of_American_covert_operations
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork The Donovan Report
The Secret War
OSS_Training_Manual
The_OSS_and_the_American_Intelligence_Community
gptkbp:occupation Lawyer
Intelligence_officer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Buffalo,_New_York
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Director_of_the_Office_of_Strategic_Services
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Josephine_Donovan