William J. Donovan

Leadership & Staff

James Roosevelt Congressman from California; Son of FDR

• staff (Aug '41→?)

Business Positions

Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine Founded by spymaster William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan

• Founder ('29)

TWDC Enterprises 18 Corporation "Old Disney"

• Advisor*

Board Memberships

American Committee for a United Europe

• Chairman ('48→?)

In the office of

Joyce Kilmer Poet

• Aide-de-Camp (?→'18)

Oliver Ames Jr A 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army during World War I

• Aide-de-Camp (?→'18)

Government Positions

Embassy of the United States: Bangkok, Thailand

• Ambassador (Sep 4 '53→Aug 21 '54)

Office of Strategic Services 1942 13 June President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a military order establishing the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and naming William J. Donovan as its Director.

• Director (Jun 13 '42→Oct 1 '45)*

Office of the Coordinator of Information The forerunner of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

• COI (Jul 11 '41→Jun 13 '42)

US Department of Justice Primary federal criminal investigation and enforcement agency

• Assistant Attorney General ('24→'29)

Holdings

Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine Founded by spymaster William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan

• Founder ('29→?)

Memberships

Order of Saint Sylvester The oldest and most prestigious of papal knighthoods

• knight (Jul '44→?)

Saturn Club Buffalo social club

• Member (past)*

Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party

• Member (past)

Family

David Rumsey Donovan

• son ('15→?)

Ruth Rumsey

• wife ('14→?)

Schools

Columbia Law School

• Doctorate, Law (?→'08)

Social

Felix A Morlion Dominican priest

• friend and ally ('41→?)

William Stephenson Canadian millionaire and boxing champion

• longtime friend

Ian Fleming British naval commander and author, creator of James Bond

• collaborator ('40→'41)*

David K E Bruce US Ambassador to England, France, Germany; OSS

• squash partner (past)

Phao Siyanan Head of the Thai police

• friend (past)

Frank Knox

• friend

William J vanden Heuvel Former UN diplomat, Founder of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute

• executive assistant (past)

Franklin D Roosevelt 32nd President of the United States 1933-45

• close friend ('08→?)