Cold War Financial Leaders

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American financial leaders during the Cold War influenced global economic stability and foreign policy. Wall Street executives integrated private finance with national defense, funding post-war reconstruction, advising administrations, and building international trade institutions.

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Year	Financial circles
1891	Birth of William Averell Harriman (Period: November 15, 1891, Location: New York City, New York, United States)
1895	Birth of Prescott Sheldon Bush (Period: May 15, 1895, Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States) Birth of Robert Abercrombie Lovett (Period: September 14, 1895, Location: Huntsville, Texas, United States)
1908	Birth of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (Period: July 8, 1908, Location: Bar Harbor, Maine, United States)
1913	Graduation from Yale University (William Averell Harriman)
1914	World War I
1915	Marriage (William Averell Harriman, Kitty Lanier Lawrence) Birth of David Rockefeller (Period: June 12, 1915, Location: New York City, New York, United States)
1917	Graduation from Yale University (Prescott Sheldon Bush)
1918	Graduation from Yale University (Robert Abercrombie Lovett)
1919	Marriage (Robert Abercrombie Lovett, Adele Quartley Brown)
1920	Entry into Wall Street
1921	Marriage (Prescott Sheldon Bush, Dorothy Walker Bush)
1926	Assuming Partner of Brown Brothers Harriman (Robert Abercrombie Lovett)
1930	Marriage (Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, Mary Todhunter Clark) Graduation from Dartmouth College (Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller) Marriage (William Averell Harriman, Marie Norton Whitney)
1931	Joining Brown Brothers Harriman Establishment of Brown Brothers Harriman
1936	Graduation from Harvard University (David Rockefeller)
1940	Marriage (David Rockefeller, Margaret "Peggy" McGrath) Obtaining Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (David Rockefeller) Assuming Assistant Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller) Republican National Committee Activities Assuming Special Assistant to Secretary of War (Robert Abercrombie Lovett)
1941	World War II Participation in the Atlantic Conference Lend-Lease Assistance Negotiations Army Air Forces Expansion Plan
1947	Cold War Assuming Under Secretary of State (Robert Abercrombie Lovett)
1948	Supervision of the Marshall Plan Support for Founding of NATO
1950	Cultural Support for Rockefeller Center Korean War
1951	Assuming Secretary of Defense (Robert Abercrombie Lovett) Nuclear Strategy and Military Budget Coordination
1952	Assuming U.S. Senator (Prescott Sheldon Bush)
1953	Policy Advisory Activities After Retiring from Government Policy Advisory Activities After Retiring from Government (Robert Abercrombie Lovett)
1955	Merger of Chase Manhattan Bank Assuming New York State Governorship (William Averell Harriman)
1956	Support for Interstate Highway Act
1957	Support for Civil Rights Act
1958	Support for Establishment of NASA
1959	Assuming New York State Governorship (Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller)
1960	Support for Construction of World Trade Center Expansion of the State University of New York Contest for Republican Presidential Nomination Formation of the Bush Political Dynasty
1961	Assuming Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (William Averell Harriman) Kennedy Administration Advisory Activity
1963	Vietnam War Marriage (Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, Margaretta "Happy" Murphy) Retirement as Senator (Prescott Sheldon Bush) Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Negotiations
1968	Paris Peace Talks
1969	Assuming Chairmanship of Chase Manhattan Bank (David Rockefeller) Awarding of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (William Averell Harriman)
1970	Support for New York City Financial Crisis
1971	Attica Prison Riot Marriage (William Averell Harriman, Pamela Beryl Digby Churchill Hayward)
1972	Death of Prescott Sheldon Bush
1973	Founding of the Trilateral Commission Enactment of Rockefeller Drug Laws
1974	Assuming Vice Presidency (Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller)
1977	Resignation/Departure from the Vice Presidency Departure from Vice Presidency (Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller)
1979	Death of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
1986	Death of Robert Abercrombie Lovett Death of William Averell Harriman
1992	Advising Russian Financial Reform
2000	Presidential Medal of Freedom Award
2002	Publication of Memoirs
2017	Death of David Rockefeller
2018	Large-Scale Art Collection Charity Auction

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