Acheson, Alice Stanley, 1895-1996

Mrs. Dean Acheson is greeted upon arrival in Kaneohe for the ANZUS Council Meeting. She is garlanded with leis. From: Dean Acheson Papers.

Shown arriving for the signing of a draft tripartite treaty by the United States, Australia, and New Zealand are Secretary of State Dean Acheson (third from front on right in circle) with hat in hand. John Foster Dulles is directly behind him; Sen. John Sparkman is sixth in the circle; and Sen Bourke B. Hickenlooper is eighth in the circle. Mrs. Acheson, wearing a fox stole, is in front facing the camera. The draft treaty, which was created from discussions that occurred between 1949 and 1951, was initialed in San Francisco, California, on July 12, 1951.

Edgar Morris, President of the Washington Board of Trade (at podium) gives a welcoming address for President Auriol of France. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Vice President Alben Barkley, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, President Harry S. Truman, French President Vincent Auriol, District Commissioner John R. Young, unidentified (behind Morris), First Lady Bess W.

Guests leave the head table at the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Washington, D.C. after President Truman announced that he would not be running for another term of office. Left to right: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; and Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson. All others unidentified.

Attendees at the welcoming ceremony for President Auriol of France stand for the playing of the National Anthem. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; Secretary of Defense George Marshall; French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet; President Harry S. Truman; President of France Vincent Auriol; District Commissioner John R. Young, and unidentified man. Front row, right of podium, left to right: First Lady Bess W. Truman; Michelle (Mrs. Vincent) Auriol; Jane (Mrs.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (at podium) speaks during the dedication in Meridian Hill Park for the carillon given to the United States by the Netherlands. Also pictured, front row: Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson (second from left); Secretary of State Dean Acheson (third from left); First Lady Bess W. Truman (fifth from left); Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (sixth from left, behind post); President Harry S. Truman (seventh from left). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson, President Harry S. Truman, and First Lady Bess Truman at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, and Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson sit at the head table during the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Cabinet members and others wait at Washington National Airport to greet the President of Ecuador. Front row, left to right: Vice President Alben Barkley; Mrs. Jane Alben; Mrs. Alice Acheson; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Attorney General Howard McGrath; Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; and the Ambassador from Ecuador Luis Antonio Penaherrera. All others unidentified.