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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient W. Averell Harriman
During the Truman administration served as U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1943-46, to Great Britain, Apr.-Oct. 1946; Secretary of Commerce, Oct. 1946-Apr. 1948; U.S. representative in Europe under the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, with rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, 1948-50; special assistant to the President, 1950-51; American representative on North Atlantic Treaty Organization Committee to study Western defense plans, 1951; and director of the Mutual Security Agency, 1951-53.
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN
Awarded by
President Lyndon B. Johnson
January 20, 1969
Averrell Harriman, in a career of service that spans a rich and varied lifetime, a generation, has scaled the heights of patriotism as few men in our history have. He is a man of singular grace and forceful spirit, who has answered his country's call in crisis and calm alike, never hesitating to put his abundant energy and manifold talents to the tasks at hand. The peace for which the world hungers will, when it comes, bear his print forever.
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