John D. Hickerson

John D. Hickerson
John D. Hickerson
	Robert D. Murphy
Personal details
Born	John Dewey Hickerson; January 26, 1898; Crawford, Texas, United States
Died	January 18, 1989 (aged 90); Washington, D.C., United States
Spouse	Vida Corbin Hickerson
Children	John H. Hickerson
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin
Occupation	Diplomat

John Dewey Hickerson (January 26, 1898 – January 18, 1989) was an American diplomat.

Biography

J. K. Paasikivi, Hickerson and Finnish Foreign Minister Johannes Virolainen

in 1955.

John D. Hickerson was born at Crawford, Texas, on January 26, 1898. He was educated at the University of Texas at Austin, receiving a B.A. in 1920.

After college, Hickerson joined the

Tampico, Tamaulipas from 1920 to 1922, then in Rio de Janeiro from 1922 to 1924. He was then promoted to consul and served in that capacity at Pará in 1924-25 and at Ottawa 1925-27. He moved to Washington, D.C., in 1928, becoming Assistant Chief of the United States Department of State

's Division of West European Affairs, a position he held until 1940. He also sat on the State Department's Board of Appeals & Review from 1934 until 1941.

In 1940, Hickerson became secretary of the American section of the newly formed

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, during 1948-1949. Hickerson later provided an extensive oral account of those developments.^[1]

In 1949, President of the United States

Harry Truman nominated Hickerson as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs and Hickerson held this office from June 24, 1949, until July 27, 1953. He then spent the next two years as a faculty adviser at the National War College

.

President

United States Ambassador to the Philippines

, and Hickerson held this post from January 13, 1960, until December 8, 1961.

Mr. Hickerson was a regular lecturer at the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University and served on the board of directors of the Atlantic Council.[2]

In retirement, Hickerson lived in Washington, D.C. His wife, Vida Corbin Hickerson, died in June 1988. He died of cancer on January 18, 1989. Survivors includes his son, John H. Hickerson, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

References

Government offices
Preceded by Dean Rusk	Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs August 8, 1949 – July 27, 1953	Succeeded by Robert Daniel Murphy
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Jack K. McFall	United States Ambassador to Finland November 23, 1955 – November 3, 1959	Succeeded by Edson O. Sessions
Preceded by Charles E. Bohlen	United States Ambassador to the Philippines January 13, 1960 – December 8, 1961	Succeeded by William E. Stevenson

[1] "Oral Interview at Truman Presidential Library".

[2] "Washington Post obituary". The Washington Post.

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