Bio: David K. E. Bruce was born in Baltimore, Maryland on February 12, 1898. During the Truman Administration, he served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 1947 to 1948; Chief of the Economic Cooperation Administration to France, May 1948 to 1949; United States Ambassador to France, 1949 to 1952; and Under Secretary of State, 1952 to 1953.
Source:
Dean Acheson speaking and gesturing as Amb. David Bruce listens. Foreign policy meeting re: NATO in the Cabinet Room, Cabinet Room, White House, Washington DC, 5/19/1966. Photo # a2470-16 by Yoichi Okamoto. White House Photo Office collection, LBJ Presidential Library, public domain.
Relation:
LBJ Connection: U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1961-1969
Identifier:
bruced
Citation
Bruce, David Kirkpatrick Este, 1898-1977,
Biographical info page,
LBJ Presidential Library,
accessed April 23, 2024,
https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/bruced
