Donald Dawson

Lawyer + Military Person + General

Male

Born Aug 3, 1908

Died Dec 25, 2005

Donald S. Dawson enjoyed a long career as a Washington, D.C. lawyer but is perhaps best remembered as the presidential aide who marshaled Harry S. Truman's crucial whistle-stop tour in the 1948 election campaign. Dawson was perhaps the first modern American… Read More

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Ilona Massey
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Lutheran East Football Coach Donald Dawson Excited About Team Sun Star Courier (Blog)
Google News - Aug 24, 2011

By Brian Lavrich, Sun News Lutheran East third-year football coach Donald Dawson said he's much more excited about this year's group of players then either of his previous two. “I actually like this group this year,” Dawson said. “We're more of a unit
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Google News - Jun 29, 2011

Joshua is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tollett of Troup and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dawson of Jacksonville and the late Dr. Joe R. Tollett and Mrs. Joe R. Tollett of Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is a graduate of Troup High School and will
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Donald Dawson, 97, Dies; Master Of Truman Whistle Stop
NYTimes - Dec 29, 2005

Donald S. Dawson, who as a presidential aide marshaled Harry S. Truman's crucial whistle-stop tour in the 1948 election campaign and who later had a long career as a Washington lawyer, died on Sunday at his home in Bethesda, Md. He was 97. The death was announced by his family. Mr. Dawson was personnel director of the Reconstruction Finance
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Police Search New Jersey For 2 Robbers
NYTimes - Nov 08, 1997

The authorities searched extensively yesterday for two armed robbers who, they said, fled with about $140,000 from a bank in the tranquil commercial district of Princeton, N.J., after terrorizing several young tellers and stealing an elderly man's car at gunpoint Thursday evening. The brazen robbery at the Sovereign Bank at 188 Nassau Street, in
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CHILDHOOD

1908 Birth Born in 1908.

TWENTIES

1930 22 Years Old Donald Shelton Dawson was born in the small community of El Dorado Springs, Missouri, graduated from the University of Missouri in 1930 and received his law degree from George Washington University in 1938.

LATE ADULTHOOD

1970 62 Years Old He retired from the United States Air Force Reserve as a Major General in 1970. … Read More

2005 97 Years Old Died in 2005.

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