Averell harriman biography

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W. Averell Harriman ()

Averell Harriman was born into a prominent New York City family and educated at Groton and Yale University. Upon graduation, Harriman worked in his father's Union Pacific Railroad business. During World War I, he went into shipbuilding and turned his Merchant's Shipbuilding Corporation into one of the world's largest merchant fleets when he merged with the Hamburg-American Line. In he left shipping and, after several failed business ventures in Europe and the Soviet Union, he was elected chairman of the Union Pacific Railroad, the company his father built. In he formed an investment firm with his brother, which, when it joined with Brown Brothers, became Brown Brothers Harriman. Harriman became interested in politics during Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration and the president appointed him to replace General Hugh Johnson as administrator of the National Recovery Administration (NRA), a New Deal agency he ran until With war threatening in Europe, Harriman joined the Office of Production Management and then worked in the Lend-Lease administration. Harriman served as ambassador to the Soviet Union from to , where he served as the chief presidential envoy to Josef Stalin, and was influential in foreign policy affairs in the Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson

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W. Averell Harriman

American businessman, politician and diplomat (–)

W. Averell Harriman
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In office April 4, &#;– March 17,
President	John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	George C. McGhee
Succeeded by	Eugene V. Rostow
In office December 4, &#;– April 4,
President	John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	Walter P. McConaughy
Succeeded by	Roger Hilsman
In office January 1, &#;– December 31,
Lieutenant	George DeLuca
Preceded by	Thomas E. Dewey
Succeeded by	Nelson Rockefeller
In office October 31, &#;– January 20,
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Harold Stassen
In office October 7, &#;– April 22,
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Henry A. Wallace
Succeeded by	Charles Sawyer
In office April 30, &#;– October 1,
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	John Winant
Succeeded by	Lewis Douglas
In office October 23, &#;– January 24,
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	William Standley
Succeeded by	Walter Bedell Smith
Born	William Averell Harriman ()November 15, New York City, U.S.
Died	July 26, () (aged&#;94) Yorktown Heights, New York,