W. Averell Harriman

William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891July 26, 1986), better known as Averell Harriman, was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat. He was the Secretary of Commerce under President Harry S. Truman, and later as the 48th Governor of New York. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952 and 1956.

Works by Harriman
 W. Averell Harriman. America and Russia in a changing world: A half century of personal observation (1971)
 W. Averell Harriman. Public papers of Averell Harriman, fifty-second governor of the state of New York, 1955–1959 (1960)
 Harriman, W. Averell and Abel, Elie.  Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1941–1946. (1975). 595 pp.

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