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Galbraith family of Massachusetts and Vermont

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  John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Iona Station, Ontario, October 15, 1908. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; economist; university professor; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972. Scottish ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; American Economic Association; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Philosophical Society. Received the Medal of Freedom in 1946, and again in 2000. Died, of pneumonia, in Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., April 29, 2006 (age 97 years, 196 days). Interment at Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of William Archibald 'Archie' Galbraith and Catherine (Kendall) Galbraith; married, September 17, 1937, to Catherine 'Kitty' Atwater; father of Peter Woodard Galbraith and James Kenneth Galbraith.
  Political family: Galbraith family of Massachusetts and Vermont.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by John Kenneth Galbraith: Ambassador's Journal : A Personal Account of the Kennedy Years (1969) — The Affluent Society (1958) — The Great Crash : 1929 (1954) — A Short History of Financial Euphoria — Money : Whence it Came, Where it Went (1975) — A Tenured Professor (1990) — Name-Dropping : From FDR On (1999) — A Life In Our Times (1981) — The New Industrial State (1967)
  Books about John Kenneth Galbraith: Richard Parker, John Kenneth Galbraith : His Life, His Politics, His Economics
  Peter Woodard Galbraith (b. 1950) — also known as Peter W. Galbraith — of Townshend, Windham County, Vt. Born December 31, 1950. U.S. Ambassador to Croatia, 1993-98. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of John Kenneth Galbraith and Catherine (Atwater) Galbraith; brother of James Kenneth Galbraith; married to Tone Bringa.
  Political family: Galbraith family of Massachusetts and Vermont.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Books by Peter W. Galbraith: The End of Iraq : How American Incompetence Created a War Without End (2006)
  James Kenneth Galbraith (born c.1952) — also known as James K. Galbraith — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born about 1952. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972; economist; university professor. Member, American Economic Association; Americans for Democratic Action. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of John Kenneth Galbraith and Catherine (Atwater) Galbraith; brother of Peter Woodard Galbraith.
  Political family: Galbraith family of Massachusetts and Vermont.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books by James K. Galbraith: Created Unequal : The Crisis in American Pay (1998) — Inequality and Industrial Change : A Global View (2001) — Balancing Acts : Technology, Finance, and the American Future (1989)
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