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Dodd, William E.


United States, Academic Person    (1869 to 1940)
• Historian and diplomat
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1900 1910 1920 1930 1940
MemberCFR
 
OfficerAmerHistAsc
 
OfficerUSStateDept
 
FacultyUofChicago
 
Life ofDoddWE
 
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Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)   (Member of, 1936 to 1939) -- Duck | Google | Bing
American Historical Association   (Officer of, 1934) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• President
U.S. Department of State   (Officer of, 1933 to 1937) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Germany during the Nazi period prior to WW2
• 1937 : "A clique of U.S. industrialists is hell-bent to bring a fascist state to supplant our democratic government and is working closely with the fascist regime in Germany. I have had plenty of opportunity in Berlin to witness how close some of our American ruling families are to the Nazi regime. . .They extended aid to help Fascism occupy the seat of power, and they are helping to keep it there." -- as quoted in "Trading with the Enemy" by Charles Higham, p.167
University of Chicago   (Faculty of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Professor of History. Chairman of the Department. (See: U. of Chicago profile)