BIOGRAPHY – 2007
1993 – 1999 President and CEO, The Atlantic Council of the United States
1991 – 1992 Consultant, The Atlantic Council
Member, Board of Directors, The Atlantic Council, 1976 – 2004
1989 – 1991 Director, Institute for Technology and Strategic Research, The George Washington University
1988 Consultant, Center for Strategic and International Studies
1986 Member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle “Challenger” Accident
1967 – 1974 Senior Vice President, Communications Satellite Corporation
1965 – 1967 Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury
1961 – 1965 United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
1948 – 1950 Attorney, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Private Law Practice:
1978 – 1988 Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath
1974 – 1978 Partner, Jones, Day, Reavls & Pogue
1958 – 1961 Partner, Covington & Burling
1950 – 1958 Associate, Covington & Burling
Education:
1948 L.L.B. Harvard Law School
1942 B.A. Yale University
Military Service:
1942 – 1946 Ensign to Lieutenant, U.S. Naval Reserve, served on destroyer-escorts
1943 – 1945 S.W. Pacific Area (Solomon Is., Philippines, New Guinea, Marianas in 7th and 3rd Fleet actions, incl. air battle Leyte Gulf; 4 battle stars
Published Writings:
ed. Affection and Trust: The personal Correspondence of Harry S. Truman and Dean Acheson, 1953 – 1971 (2010, Alfred Knopf)
This Vast External Realm (1973, W.W. Norton)
co-ed. Among Friends (1980, Dodd, Mead)
co-author Effective Washington Representation (1983, Law & Business, Inc.)
author Acheson Country (1993, W.W. Norton)
misc. law review articles
Personal:
Parents – Dean G. & Alice S. Acheson
Married 1943 Patricia James Castles (Dec 2000)
Three children, five grandchildren