DAVID C. ACHESON Biographical Information (as of 2007) Birth: Washington, DC, November 4, 1921 Parents: Dean G. and Alice S. Acheson 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 – 197 4 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 . Practised law in D.C. with various firms: 1978 – 1988 Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath 1974 – 1978 Partner, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue 1958 – 1961 Partner, Covington & Burling 1950 – 1958 Associate, Covington & Burling 1948 – 1950 Attorney, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission 1948 LL. B. Harvard Law School 1942 – 1946 Ensign to Lieutenant, U.S. Naval Reserve, served on destroyerescorts 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 1942 B.A. Yale University 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 Married 1943 Patricia James Castles (dee. 2000), three children, five grandchildren
