John Jay McCloy

John McCloy
McCloy in 1950
Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations
In office
1953–1970
Preceded byRussell Cornell Leffingwell
Succeeded byDavid Rockefeller
American High Commissioner for Occupied Germany
In office
September 21, 1949 – August 1, 1952
PresidentHarry Truman
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byWalter J. Donnelly
2nd President of the World Bank Group
In office
March 17, 1947 – June 30, 1949
Preceded byEugene Meyer
Succeeded byGene Black
United States Assistant Secretary of War
In office
April 22, 1941 – November 24, 1945
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Preceded byRobert P. Patterson
Succeeded byHoward C. Petersen
Personal details
Born
John Snader McCloy

(1895-03-31)March 31, 1895
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMarch 11, 1989(1989-03-11) (aged 93)
Cos Cob, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyRepublican[1]
Spouse(s)
Ellen Zinsser
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(m. 1930; died 1986)​
Children2
EducationAmherst College (BA)
Harvard University (LLB)
Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction (1963)

John Jay McCloy (March 31, 1895 – March 11, 1989) was an American lawyer, diplomat, banker, and high-ranking bureaucrat among positions he held were Assistant Secretary of War; High Commissioner for Germany and President of the World Bank.

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