:Arthur Dean (lawyer)

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Arthur Hobson Dean (October 16, 1898 – November 30, 1987) was a New York City lawyer and diplomat who was viewed as one of the leading corporate lawyers of his day, as well having served as a key advisor to numerous U.S. presidents.{{cite news | last = Krebs | first = Albin | title = Arthur H. Dean, Envoy to Korea Talks, Dies at 89 | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/01/obituaries/arthur-h-dean-envoy-to-korea-talks-dies-at-89.html?pagewanted=all | work=The New York Times | date =December 1, 1987}}

Early life

Dean was a native of Ithaca, New York, and attended Ithaca High School and then Cornell University. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War I, he received both a bachelor's and LL.B degree from Cornell, in 1921 and 1923, respectively, and was the managing editor of the Cornell Law Quarterly[http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM04100.html Cornell Library: Guide to Arthur H. Dean papers]. Retrieved November 10, 2007.

Career

Dean was chairman and senior partner of Sullivan & Cromwell, where he worked closely with John Foster Dulles. He was the chief U.S. negotiator at Panmunjeom where he helped negotiate the Korean Armistice Agreement, which ended the Korean War,[http://205.188.238.109/time/magazine/article/0,9171,872177,00.html The Acid Test] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529222942/http://205.188.238.109/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C872177%2C00.html |date=May 29, 2011 }} Time, March 21, 1961[https://web.archive.org/web/20081222131413/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,890805,00.html The Wall Street Lawyer] Time, December 21, 1953 and helped draft and negotiate the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963.[http://www.asil.org/aboutasil/presidents/DeanAH.html List of Presidents] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113224136/http://www.asil.org/aboutasil/presidents/DeanAH.html |date=November 13, 2007 }} American Society of International Law, accessed 11.10.2007

Dean was a member and later served on the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Asia Society, and served as a delegate to the United Nations. He was a member of the steering committee of the Bilderberg Group{{Cite web|url=http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/former-steering-committee-members.html |title=Former Steering Committee Members |work=bilderbergmeetings.org |publisher=Bilderberg Group |accessdate=February 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202095633/http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/former-steering-committee-members.html |archivedate=February 2, 2014}} and participated in 14 conferences between 1957 and 1975.

Legacy

Dean's official papers are maintained at Cornell University Library, of which he was a major patron.[http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/footsteps/exhibition/foundingcollections/foundingcollections_4.html Founding Collections of Cornell Library]. Retrieved November 10, 2007.