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S. Everett Gleason

1905 – 1974

American historian

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Lived 1905 – 1974 (aged 69). S. Everett Gleason was an American historian.

Sarell Everett Gleason (March 14, 1905, Brooklyn - November 20, 1974, Washington, D.C.) was an American historian and intelligence analyst.

Life He grew up in Evanston, Illinois. He graduated from Harvard University, in 1927, magna cum laude, and with a Ph.D. in 1934. He taught at Harvard University, from 1931 to 1938. On June 19, 1937, he married Mary Eleanor Abbott.

From 1942 to 1946, he was Intelligence Chief for the Office of Strategic Services. He was Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council, and on the Solarium Committee. He wrote, with William Langer, The Challenge to Isolation, for the Council of Foreign Relations. He was a member of the Historical Division of the Department of State, from 1962 to 1970.

His papers are held at the Harry S. Truman Library.

Awards 1954 Bancroft Prize

Works The Challenge to Isolation, 1937-1940 (1952) with William L. Langer The Undeclared War, 1940-1941 Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1953. with William L. Langer (reprint P. Smith, 1968) Foreign relations of the United States 1946, Department of State. Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1972

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Harvard University
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Harvard University, Office of Strategic Services
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Who was S. Everett Gleason?

American historian

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S. Everett Gleason was born on 14 March 1905.

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S. Everett Gleason died on 20 November 1974.

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S. Everett Gleason was a historian.

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S. Everett Gleason was American.

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· Wikipedia: S. Everett Gleason

· Wikidata: Q7387469

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