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Hace 6 días · Averell Harriman (1913), businessman, founding partner in Harriman Brothers & Company and later Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., U.S. Ambassador and Secretary of Commerce, Governor of New York, Chairman and CEO of the Union Pacific Railroad, Brown Brothers & Harriman, and the Southern Pacific Railroad: 127, 150–1
Hace 2 días · At the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, who was backed by former President Harry S. Truman, challenged Stevenson for the nomination. However, Stevenson's delegate lead was much too large for Harriman to overcome, and Stevenson won on the first ballot.
14 de may. de 2024 · The inspiration for the weird supernatural sci-fi/fantasy stuff came from my reading on W. Averell Harriman: who was this guy, and where did he come from, and how did he amass so much wealthy and political power so fast?
Hace 2 días · It was with the arrival of W. Averell Harriman, Roosevelt’s special envoy, that this seduction took on a new aspect. In 1939, an increasingly dissolute Randolph had decided that the risk of his going to war was too great for the Churchill line and that he should marry immediately.
Hace 2 días · American businessmen (W. Averell Harriman in centre) in Berlin in 1925 to work with Germany to broker a deal for Soviet manganese ore. Germany did not lack natural resources, including the key raw materials needed for economic and military operations.
26 de abr. de 2024 · And finally – The senate this day was expected to confirm without opposition the nomination of W. Averell Harriman to be the roving overseer of the European Recovery program. President Truman nominated his former secretary of commerce for the post the previous week.
11 de may. de 2024 · Item 18A.4 is a telephone conversation held on April 10, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and W. Averell Harriman. They discuss fighting in Laos involving the Pathet Lao and the forces of Kong Le and others. They also discuss whether the United States should discuss the matter with Soviet officials.
