Frank Gardiner Wisner Jr. memorabilia

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968

Summary

Extent:
6 items
Creator:
Wisner, Frank, 1909-1965
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes four letters sent to Frank Gardiner Wisner by assistant dean of the Department of Law George B. Eager Jr. and by Armistead M. Dobie, dean of the Department of Law of the University of Virginia, and an oversized photo of the 1931 UVA Varsity Track team, and a certificate permitting Wisner to practice law in NY.

Biographical / historical:

Frank Gardiner Wisner (June 23, 1909 – October 29, 1965) was born in Laurel, Mississipi, 23 June 1909. He studied at the University of Virginia where he received his BA in 1931, and LLB in 1933. After law school, he worked on Wall Street. In 1941, he enlisted in the United States Navy and later became head of OSS operations in southeastern Europe. In 1946, he returned to practice law at the New York firm of Carter Ledyard. He began working for the State Department's Office of Occupied Territories in 1947. By 1948, Mr. Wisner was working as the head for the new covert action division of the CIA. In 1952, he became head of the Directorate of Plans at the Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Wisner died October 29, 1965.

Acquisition information:
The Wisner siblings, John Ellis Knowles Wisner, Frank George Wisner, Elizabeth Wisner Hazard, and Graham Gardiner Wisner, donated this collection in April of 2014.
Rules or conventions:
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