Arthur Dean (lawyer)

Dean in 1966

Arthur Hobson Dean (October 16, 1898 – November 30, 1987) was a New York City lawyer and diplomat who was viewed as one of the leading corporate lawyers of his day, as well having served as a key advisor to numerous U.S. presidents.^[1]

Early life

Dean was a native of Ithaca, New York, and attended Ithaca High School and then Cornell University. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War I, he received both a bachelor's and LL.B degree from Cornell, in 1921 and 1923, respectively, and was the managing editor of the Cornell Law Quarterly^[2]

Career

Dean was chairman and senior partner of Sullivan & Cromwell, where he worked closely with John Foster Dulles. He was the chief U.S. negotiator at Panmunjeom where he helped negotiate the Korean Armistice Agreement, which ended the Korean War,^[3][4] and helped draft and negotiate the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963.^[5]

Dean was a member and later served on the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Asia Society, and served as a delegate to the United Nations. He was a member of the steering committee of the Bilderberg Group^[6] and participated in 14 conferences between 1957 and 1975.

Legacy

Dean's official papers are maintained at Cornell University Library, of which he was a major patron.^[7]

References

1. Krebs, Albin (December 1, 1987). "Arthur H. Dean, Envoy to Korea Talks, Dies at 89". The New York Times.
2. Cornell Library: Guide to Arthur H. Dean papers. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
3. The Acid Test Archived May 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Time, March 21, 1961
4. The Wall Street Lawyer Time, December 21, 1953
5. List of Presidents Archived November 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine American Society of International Law, accessed 11.10.2007
6. "Former Steering Committee Members". bilderbergmeetings.org. Bilderberg Group. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
7. Founding Collections of Cornell Library. Retrieved November 10, 2007.

Academic offices
Preceded by John Lyon Collyer	Chairman of Cornell Board of Trustees 1959–1968	Succeeded by Robert W. Purcell