CLOVER TODD DULLES DIES AT 80

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00901R000500110036-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: April 17, 1974
• Content Type: NSPR

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Clover Todd Dulles, 80, on Ministry in Institutions, a land, where Mr. Dulles was i lady of her husband's many
widow of Allen Welsh Dulles,~branch of the Federal CouncilIserving with the Office of faceted agency, the CIA.
former director of the Central
Intelligence Agency anti sis-
ter-in-law of the late Republi-
can Secretary of State, John
Foster Dulles, died unexpect-
edly Monday evening, at her
home in Georgetown.
Mrs. Dulles, a daughter of
Henry Alfred Todd, a profes-
sor of romance languages at
Columbia University, and Mi-
riam Gilman Todd of Balti-
more, was born in New York
City and educated in schools
In New York and Farmington,
Conn. IIer grandfather was
John Stratton Gilman, a prom-
inent banker and industrialist
of Baltimore.
At one lime Mrs. Dulles
worked with the personnel
committee of the Commission
Then in 1919 an occasion; intelligence operations.
arose where Clover Todd and
Allen Dulles found themselves
together as house guests of a
mutual friend. The friend had
asked Miss Todd if she would
remain with her as chaperone
during Allen Dulles' visit at
her home. In less than a year,
October 16, 1920, they were
A resident of Georgetown
for more than 15 years, at 2723
Q St. NW, Mrs. Dulles was ac-
tive in local church and civic
affairs. In 1958 she was among
550 Washington women receiv-
ing diplomas from the Volun-
teer Services of the District of
Columbia Red Cross Chapter.
married. I As a red Cross volunteer, she
A very close relationship de- served at St. Elizabeths Hospi-
veloped as a result of the tal.
strenuous and active life they I In addition, she had broad
shared together. During 1920-cultural and artistic interests
1022 , bout Mr. anti Mrs. Duilles din many parts of the world,
were in Istanbul, Turkey,
where Mr. Dulles served with
the American Commission as
a diplomat. And, during World
War II, Mars. Dulles joined her
husband in Berne, Switzer-
especially in New York and
Zurich. Mrs. Dulles' activities
abroad during World War I in-
cluded work with the YWCA
in France as well as perform-
ing the intricate duties of first
Colony Club of New York, the
1925 F Street Club of Wash-
in:;ton, a fallow of ; he Pier-
pont Morgan Library and on
the board of directors of the
Correctional Association of
New York.
In 1961 she was re: ppointed
by President Kenned. to serve;
as a member of the board of
advisors of the Federal ltefor
mat.ory for Women in Alder-
son, W. Va.
I\irs. Dulles is survived by
her son, Allen Macy Dulles;
two daughters, Jens : T. Jebsen
and Joan Dulles Buresch: a
brother, Wallace Todd, and
two sisters-in-law, Eleanor
Lansing Dulles and Mrs.
James S. Seymour, and six
grandchildren.
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Clover T. Dulles, 80, Widow
Of Fo rner Chief of CIA
Clover Todd Dulles, 80, NIV, with burial Green-
widow of the late Allen mount Cemetery, I3alti-
Welsh Dulles, former direc- more.
tor of the Central Intelli-
gence Agency from 1953 to
19651, died at home Moon-
day after a heart attack.
She lived on Q Street NW.
Mrs. Dulles, a native of
New York City, lived in the.
area for more than 25
years. She was active in
local church and civic af-
fairs.
She was a member of the
Colony Club of New York
and the 1925 F Street Club
here. She also was a fellow
of the Pierpont-Morgan Li-
brary.
Mrs. Dulles leaves a son,
Allen M., of New York; two
daughters, Mrs. Jens FL
Jebsen of Switzerland and
Mrs. Joan Dulles Buresch
of Santa Fe, N.M.; a broth-
er, Wallace Todd of Califor-
nia; two sisters-in-law and
six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held at 2 p.m. Saturday aL
the Georgetown Presbyte-
rian Church, 3115 P Street
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es. No media outlet in thh CO'.lntry has
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very few report on its actvities, even on
basis. Except in those cases r.hare to
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nel avoid any contact
In fact, agency policy decrees that
dust inform their superiors immcdiatcl}
;ersations with reporters.
when Allen Dulles headed the CIA
in a it:wrv uo :iilu lilal pO:itiCS Si:l1'?;1Q and Cold War a ut'.-co:nnluitisril was Still rampant,
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