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About John J. McCloy
John Jay McCloy was an American lawyer, diplomat, and banker. He served as Assistant Secretary of War during World War II under Henry Stimson. In this capacity he dealt with German sabotage and political tensions in the North Africa Campaign. He was the prime mover of Japanese internment, as well as a high-ranking federal bureaucrat who opposed the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Everything about John J. McCloy →- Occupation
- politician, jurist, lawyer, banker
- Position held
- High Commissioner, President of the World Bank Group
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 31, 1895
- Died
- March 11, 1989