# 2022 - 1982 20c American Architecture: Dulles Airport
20¢ Dulles Airport
American Architecture
City: Washington, DC
Quantity: 41,335,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Engraved
Perforations: 11
Color: Black and brown
Birth Of John Foster Dulles
The oldest of five children, Dulles attended school in Watertown, New York before entering Princeton University. There he served on the debate team before graduating in 1908. Dulles went on to attend George Washington University Law School.
After graduating and passing the bar exam, Dulles worked in a New York City law firm where he focused on international law. Then in 1915, his uncle Robert Lansing, then Secretary of State, asked him to visit Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama to see if they would aid the U.S. in the war against Germany. Dulles helped work out a deal between the nations that served all parties.
In the 1940s, Dulles supported Thomas E. Dewey’s bids for the presidency and served as his chief foreign policy advisor. After World War II, he attended the San Francisco Conference and helped to write the preamble to the United Nations Charter. Dulles then served as a delegate to the U.N. General Assembly in 1946, 1947, and 1950.
The following year, Dulles helped found the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), to prevent the expansion of communism in Southeast Asia. Dulles also helped found the National Council of Churches, the Foreign Policy Association and the Council of Foreign Relations. And he served on the boards of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Rockefeller Foundation. For his accomplishments, Dulles was made Time’s Man of the Year for 1954.
20¢ Dulles Airport
American Architecture
City: Washington, DC
Quantity: 41,335,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Engraved
Perforations: 11
Color: Black and brown
Birth Of John Foster Dulles
The oldest of five children, Dulles attended school in Watertown, New York before entering Princeton University. There he served on the debate team before graduating in 1908. Dulles went on to attend George Washington University Law School.
After graduating and passing the bar exam, Dulles worked in a New York City law firm where he focused on international law. Then in 1915, his uncle Robert Lansing, then Secretary of State, asked him to visit Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama to see if they would aid the U.S. in the war against Germany. Dulles helped work out a deal between the nations that served all parties.
In the 1940s, Dulles supported Thomas E. Dewey’s bids for the presidency and served as his chief foreign policy advisor. After World War II, he attended the San Francisco Conference and helped to write the preamble to the United Nations Charter. Dulles then served as a delegate to the U.N. General Assembly in 1946, 1947, and 1950.
The following year, Dulles helped found the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), to prevent the expansion of communism in Southeast Asia. Dulles also helped found the National Council of Churches, the Foreign Policy Association and the Council of Foreign Relations. And he served on the boards of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Rockefeller Foundation. For his accomplishments, Dulles was made Time’s Man of the Year for 1954.