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ACHESON DEAN: (1893-1971) - ACHESON DEAN: (1893-1971) American politician and lawyer who served as United States Secretary of State 1949-53, helping design the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, as well as the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. A.L.S., with his initials D.A. , to the recto and verso of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his printed name ( ´Mr. Dean Gooderham Acheson´ ) to the centre, n.p., n.d., to [Ruth] Gordon. Acheson writes, in full, ´Alice & I would love to see you & give you the news of Felix [Frankfurter]. We are at the Embassy Residence. Alice gets here to-night. Will you please leave word where we can reach you´ . Accompanied by the original envelope partially hand addressed by Acheson. VG Ruth Gordon (1896-1985) American actress, playwright and screenwriter. Alice Acheson (1895-1996) American painter and printmaker, wife of Dean Acheson from 1917. Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1939-62. Acheson had studied under Frankfurter at Harvard Law School from 1915-18.