ABSTRACT
Born: April 11, 1893; Middletown, Connecticut Died: October 12, 1971; Sandy Spring, Maryland Area of Achievement: Government and politics Contribution: As secretary of state from 1949 to
1953, Acheson conducted negotiations leading to the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and dealt with crises involving the victory of Communism in China and American participation in the Korean War; his policies determined the basic framework of the United States' security commitments in Europe and Asia during the Cold War.
