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Donald Dawson was born on 3 August, 1908, is an American politician. Discover Donald Dawson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 97 years old?

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1908

Donald Shelton Dawson (August 3, 1908 – December 25, 2005) was a 20th-century American lawyer, politician, and military officer, best remembered as the presidential aide who marshaled Harry S. Truman's crucial whistle-stop tour in the 1948 election campaign and so was perhaps the first modern American political advance man, able to gauge political climate and provide appropriate advice.

Donald Shelton Dawson was born on August 3, 1908, in El Dorado Springs, Missouri.

1910

He married Ilona Massey (June 16, 1910 – August 20, 1974) a Hungarian film, stage and radio performer; who predeceased him.

1930

He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1930 and received his law degree from George Washington University in 1938, while working.

1933

Around 1933, Dawson began to serve as an examiner for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC).

1939

In 1939, he became RFC director.

1946

During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces through 1946.

In 1946, he returned to government service as a close aid to U.S. President Harry S. Truman.

1947

In 1947, he chaired the White House Loyalty Review Board.

1951

In 1951, Dawson found himself caught up in congressional inquiries into the RFC and its board with regard to jobs and loans; he testified before a committee chaired by U.S. Senator J. W. Fulbright.

Dawson faced no criminal charges and continued to work at the White House.

1953

In 1953 he formed the law offices of Dawson, Griffin, Pickens, where he was a senior partner.

1968

In 1968, he continued in that role as the firm changed principals and became Dawson, Riddell, Holroyd, Taylor & Davis.

1970

He retired from the United States Air Force Reserve as a major general in 1970.

Dawson was married three times.

He married Alva Ansley and had one daughter Diana Star Dawson Coyner; they divorced.

1975

In 1975, he married Virginia J. Friedland.

He had two daughters and a son.

He served as president of the Institute for National and International Affairs at the Truman Library.

He supported the Humane Society, the College of the Virgin Islands, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Society, American Friends of Jamaica, and the American Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation.

1980

In 1980, he left the firm to work in his own practice.

1992

Of how he organized Truman's famous whistle-stop tour, Dawson recounted in 1992: "My job was to be a jump ahead, getting kids out of school early, finding free buses, whatever it took... When the president caught up with me at each stop, I'd brief him on the local situation, and he'd quickly adapt his direct comments. His spur-of-the-moment stuff was so good. He always wanted to talk about things the people wanted to know. Wonderful.... If the boss saw 20 people out of the window, he'd stop the train... The back platform of the train is where he really hit the people. Off the cuff, he was the best. And he was never afraid of politics."

2005

Dawson died age 97 on Sunday, December 25, 2005, Christmas Day, at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, and he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery near his wife.