Word: harrimans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...least three people turned down the top Fed job: David Rockefeller of the Chase Manhattan Bank, A.W. Clausen of Bank of America and Robert Roosa of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. investment bankers. The final choice came down to Volcker and Bruce MacLaury, president of Brookings. When Carter phoned Volcker last Tuesday, the banker's main concern was to make sure that he and the President agreed on the independent role of the Federal Reserve. "I am satisfied on the basis of my conversations with the President that he has a good understanding of the problems," Volcker said later...
Watson, who is expected to be readily confirmed by the Senate, was recommended for the post by W. Averell Harriman, 87, another top businessman who was chosen, by Franklin D. Roosevelt, to serve in Moscow in 1941. Watson had earlier been considered for a Cabinet post. Says a top White House aide: "He's a very strong, competent and enlightened man. He's also tough as nails...
...three-year stint in the Navy. His first overseas assignment, to Thailand, was followed by posts in Calcutta, Tokyo, Rome and The Hague. In 1962 he was tapped as deputy of the American delegation to the Laos neutrality conference in Geneva by then Assistant Secretary of State W. Averell Harriman,who admired ability "to see the other fellow's point of view...
...worse transgressors against human rights in Africa are from other countries, Leslie A. Harriman, permanent representative to the United Nations' Nigerian mission said to an audience of approximately 200 in Gund Hall...
...task pleased Ike but not the party's right-wingers, who began to make trouble for the free-spending newcomer. Frustrated in his bold designs, Rocky decided that he needed to build his own political base. Few Republicans wanted to challenge New York's Democratic Governor Averell Harriman in 1958. Rockefeller was the answer to the state party's prayers: a new face with plenty of cash. Then came the surprise. This hitherto untested, pampered and occasionally standoffish scion of one of America's greatest fortunes turned out to be a political natural. Plunging into crowds...