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George Wildman Ball

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
George Wildman Ball 1909-94, American lawyer and diplomat, b. Des Moines, Iowa. Admitted to the bar in 1934, he served (1942-44) as counsel in the Lend Lease Administration and the Foreign Economic Administration. An expert on economic foreign policy, Ball became (1961) Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs and then served (1961-66) as Undersecretary of State. During that period he played a major role in formulating U.S. foreign aid and foreign trade policy and was the chief architect of the Trade Agreements Act of 1962. A persistent critic of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, Ball... Read more
Ball, George Wildman
Ball, George Wildman (1909–94) lawyer, diplomat, and undersecretary of state, born in Des Moines, Iowa. As President John F. Kennedy 's undersecretary of state, Ball promoted the European Economic Community and did not have the confidence Robert S. McNamara , McGeorge Bundy , and Dean Rusk ... Read more

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