Edward Stettinius, Jr.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr. (October 22, 1900 - October 31, 1949) was United States Secretary of State under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, serving from 1944 to 1945.Stettinius was born in Chicago, the younger of two sons and third of four children of Edward Reilly and Judith (Carrington) Stettinius. His mother was a Virginian of colonial English ancestry. His father, of German descent, was a native of St. Louis; active in many business enterprises, he became president of the Diamond Match Company (1909-1915) in Barberton, Ohio; a partner in the banking house of J. P. Morgan and Company; and a War Department official during World War I. Stettinius went to the Pomfret School until 1920, after which he attended the University of Virginia until 1924, leaving without a degree; while at Virginia he became a member of the secret Seven Society.