What is Dean Acheson?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Dean Acheson | image = Dean Acheson.jpg | order = 51st | title = [[United States Secretary of State]] | term_start = January 21, 1949 | term_end = January 20, 1953 | president = [[Harry S. Truman]] | predecessor = [[George C. Marshall]] | successor = [[John Foster Dulles]] |birth_name=Dean Gooderham Acheson | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1893|04|11}} | birth_place = [[Middletown, Connecticut]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1971|10|12|1893|04|11}} | death_place = [[Sandy Spring, Maryland]], [[United States|U.S.]] | resting_place = [[Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)|Oak Hill Cemetery]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States|U.S.]] | party = [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] | spouse = Alice Caroline Stanley<br/>(1917 - 1971, his death) | children = David Campion Acheson<br>Jane Acheson Brown<br>Mary Eleanor Acheson Bundy | alma_mater = [[Yale College]]<br>[[Harvard Law School]] | profession = [[Lawyer]] | branch = [[United States National Guard]] | battles = [[World War I]] }} '''Dean Gooderham Acheson''' (pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|tʃ|ɪ|s|ə|n}};<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/dean-acheson |title=Dean Acheson - Definition and pronunciation &#124; Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com |access-date=2014-04-29 |archive-date=2012-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030093221/http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/dean-acheson |url-status=dead }}</ref> April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was an [[Americans|American]] statesman and lawyer. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. ==Early life== Acheson was born in [[Middletown, Connecticut|Middletown]], [[Connecticut]]. He studied at [[Yale College]] and at [[Harvard Law School]]. He married Alice Stanley in 1917. ==Secretary of State== Ach