Thomas Dudley Cabot
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| Born | May 1, 1897 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.[1] |
| Died | June 8, 1995 (age 98) Weston, Massachusetts, U.S.[2] |
| Education | Buckingham Browne & Nichols (1913) Harvard University (S.B. Engineering, 1919) |
| Occupation | Businessman, philanthropist |
| Spouse | Virginia Wellington Cabot (m. 1920-his death in 1995) |
| Children | Louis Wellington Cabot[1] Thomas Dudley Cabot Jr. Robert Moors Cabot Edmund Billings Cabot Linda Cabot Black[3] |
| Parents | Godfrey Lowell Cabot Maria Moors Cabot |
Thomas Dudley Cabot (May 1, 1897[1] - June 8, 1995[4]) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He also became U.S. Department of State's Director of Office of International Security Affairs.[5]
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[edit] Early life
Cabot was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His father was Godfrey Lowell Cabot,[1] founder of Cabot Corporation[6] and a philanthropist. His mother was Maria Moors Cabot.[1] Cabot was named after Thomas Dudley, governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony who signed the charter creating Harvard College.[7] He had two siblings: John Moors Cabot[2] (b. 1901), U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, and Poland during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administration,[8] and Eleanor Cabot of the Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate.[9]
Cabot graduated from Buckingham Browne & Nichols in 1913.[10] He took some courses at Boston Tech (now known as Massachusetts Institute of Technology)[1] and Curtiss Flying School,[11] becoming a World War I flight instructor at Kelly Field in the U.S. Army Signal Corps,[4] before graduating cum laude from Harvard University with a S.B. in Engineering, in 1919.[1]
[edit] Career
Upon graduation, Cabot started working for Cabot Corporation,[1] founded by his father. He served as CEO of Cabot Corporation from 1922 to 1960, when he relinquished active control of the company,[2] and went to his Boston office as Director Emeritus on a regular basis until his death.[1]
Cabot was also a long time director of United Fruit Company, and became its president in 1948 in hopes of reformation, but resigned in 1949.[2] His brother John Moors Cabot was a major shareholder of United Fruit,[12] as was another family member, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.,[13] who also served as a director of United Fruit.[14]
In 1951, Cabot served as U.S. Department of State's Director of Office of International Security Affairs during the Truman administration,[1] where he spoke for the State Department on NATO affairs, was in charge of a U.S. program arming allies throughout the world,[5] and supervised the disbursement of $6 billion in foreign economic and military aid.[2] In 1953, he also served as consultant on a special development mission in Egypt.[5]
In 1960, a Central Intelligence Agency cover[15] called Gibraltar Steamship Company (which didn't own any steamships and whose president was Cabot)[16][17] owned and established Radio Swan on Swan Island, a covert black operation[16] to win supporters for U.S. policies and discredit Fidel Castro.
Cabot,[18] his brother John Moors Cabot,[citation needed] another family member Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.,[19] and Cabot's son, Louis Wellington Cabot,[18] were all Council on Foreign Relations members inducted in 1992.
[edit] Philanthropic work
Cabot also served on the Harvard Board of Overseers, was a Director of the Harvard Alumni Association and significant benefactor of the university, and recipient of a Harvard Medal and honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1970.[4] In 1985, Harvard's Cabot House was named in honor of Cabot and his wife.[20] The Cabot Science Complex is also named in their honor.[4]
[edit] Writings
- Quick-Water and Smooth: A Canoeist's Guide to New England Rivers, 1935
- Beggar on Horseback: The Autobiography of Thomas D. Cabot, 1979
- Avelinda: The Legacy of a Yankee Yachtsman, 1991
[edit] Personal life
Cabot was married to Virginia Wellington Cabot for 75 years, from 1920 to his death in 1995. They resided in Weston, Massachusetts for seventy-five years,[2] and had five children: Louis Wellington Cabot, businessman, philanthropist, former Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank of Boston,[21] Thomas Dudley Cabot Jr.,[1] Robert Moors Cabot,[1] Dr. Edmund Billings Cabot,[1] Andover star and retired surgeon,[22][23] and Linda Cabot Black, cofounder of Opera Company of Boston and Opera New England.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Senior trustee, Thomas D. Cabot, dies at 98". MIT News. June 21, 1995. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1995/cabot-0621.html. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Thomas Cabot, 98, Capitalist And Philanthropist, Is Dead". New York Times. June 10, 1995. http://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/10/obituaries/thomas-cabot-98-capitalist-and-philanthropist-is-dead.html?src=pm. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ a b "Linda Black Is Married". New York Times. January 29, 1989. http://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/29/style/linda-black-is-married.html?src=pm. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Former Overseer, HAA Head Cabot Dies at 98". Harvard Crimson. June 24, 1995. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1995/6/24/former-overseer-haa-head-cabot-dies/. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ a b c McKinzie, Richard D. (June 6, 1975). "Oral History Interview with Thomas D. Cabot: Director, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of State, 1951; consultant, Special Mission to Egypt, 1953.". Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/cabottd.htm. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
- ^ "The History of Cabot Corporation". Cabot Corporation. http://www.cabot-corp.com/About-Cabot/History. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ "Dudley House History". Harvard College, Dudley House Undergraduate Office. http://dudleyundergrad.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k71131&pageid=icb.page346418. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ "The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum Finding Aids: C". Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. http://eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Finding_Aids/C.html. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ Town & Country, Volumes 75-76. Town & Country. February 20, 1919. http://books.google.com/books?id=zAZUAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA8&lpg=RA2-PA8&dq=Cabot+bradley#v=onepage&q=cabot%20bradley&f=false. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ "Giving Programs: Endowment & Spendable Funds". Buckingham Browne & Nichols. http://www.bbns.org/supporting-bbn/giving-programs/endowment-capital. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ Losos, Carol (April 25, 1985). "Cabot '19 Recalls Free Flying Days". Harvard Crimson. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1985/4/25/cabot-19-recalls-free-flying-days/. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ Mitchell, Brian. "No. 879: G8 AND LIVE8 - GLOBAL POWER AND POLITICAL NAIVETY". University of Texas at Austin. http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/879.html. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ "HONDURAS: Swans, Spooks and Boobies". TIME Magazine. December 6, 1961. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877512-1,00.html. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ a b Kneitel, Tom (November 1985). "Inside the CIA's Secret Radio Paradise: Part I". Popular Communications. http://pl703.pairlitesite.com/Stations/Swan.pdf. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ Schoultz, Lars (2009). "That Infernal Little Cuban Republic: The United States and The Cuban Revolution". University of North Carolina Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=37LopzbPotYC&pg=PA608&lpg=PA608&dq=gibraltar+steamship+president&source=bl&ots=vrCFnTECFv&sig=E7EdhnB8RFjTtjDg74KhFKKPoT0&hl=en&ei=A_h1TsSUOdLK0AHszsXIDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=gibraltar%20steamship%20president&f=false. Retrieved September 18, 2011. Pg. 608
- ^ a b "Council on Foreign Relations Membership List (A-E)". mega.nu. http://www.mega.nu/ampp/roundtable/CFRA-Elist.html. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ "Council on Foreign Relations Membership List (L-R)". mega.nu. http://www.mega.nu/ampp/roundtable/CFRL-Rlist.html. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ "Cabot House History". Cabot House. http://cabot.harvard.edu/history/. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ "Mabel Brandon and Louis Cabot". New York Times. June 1, 1997. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/01/style/mabel-brandon-and-louis-cabot.html. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ "Andover Class of 1961 Edmund Billings Cabot's Formal Portrait". NOBLE Digital Heritage. http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/16187. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ "Board of Directors: EDMUND B. CABOT, MD, FACS". Sailors for the Sea. http://sailorsforthesea.org/about-sailors-for-the-sea/board-of-directors/edmund-b-cabot.aspx. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
