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  • Allen Dulles
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  • Allen Welsh Dulles (April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was an American diplomat, lawyer, banker, and public official who became the first civilian and the longest-serving (1953–1961) Director of Central Intelligence (de facto head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency) and a member of the Warren Commission. Between stints of government service, Dulles was a corporate lawyer and partner at Sullivan & Cromwell. His older brother, John Foster Dulles, was the Secretary of State during the Eisenhower Administration.
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Office
  • Director of Central Intelligence
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term start
  • 1953-02-26
Birth Date
  • 1893-04-07
death place
Spouse
  • Clover Todd Dulles
Name
  • Allen Dulles
ImageSize
  • 200
resting place
  • Greenmount Cemetery, Batimore, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater
  • Princeton University
Birth Place
  • Watertown, New York, U.S.
Title
term end
  • 1961-11-29
death date
  • 1969-01-29
Successor
Before
Years
  • 1951
  • --02-26
After
Children
  • Clover D. Jebsen, , and Joan Buresch Dulles Molden, , and Allen Macy Dulles, Jr.
Order
  • 5
Death Cause
  • pneumonia
Nationality
  • American
Predecessor
abstract
  • Allen Welsh Dulles (April 7, 1893 – January 29, 1969) was an American diplomat, lawyer, banker, and public official who became the first civilian and the longest-serving (1953–1961) Director of Central Intelligence (de facto head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency) and a member of the Warren Commission. Between stints of government service, Dulles was a corporate lawyer and partner at Sullivan & Cromwell. His older brother, John Foster Dulles, was the Secretary of State during the Eisenhower Administration.