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Carlisle H. Humelsine

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during a meeting discussing the Senate subcommittee's investigation into the employment of homosexuals in the Federal workforce. Humelsine then served as the State Department's spokesperson throughout the Senate investigation, which culminated in the subcommittee's report declaring homosexuals to be
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titled "Problem of Homosexuals and Sex Perverts in the Department of State" which described how the State Department, under the direction of then Assistant Secretary for Administration
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While at the State Department, Humelsine was instrumental in orchestrating the persecution of suspected homosexual employees known as the
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became one of America’s most popular historical attractions. Humelsine was chairman of the
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In 1958, he began a 27-year tenure as president, then chairman, of
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Humelsine and his wife, Mary, had two daughters. He died in
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You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 511:Non-profit organization positions 14: 583: 563:Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 161: 379:. June 23, 2007. Archived from 209:, Humelsine graduated from the 217:, he reached the rank of full 1: 293:National Geographic Society 223:Distinguished Service Medal 673: 578: 191:Carlisle Hubbard Humelsine 116:January 25, 1989 (aged 73) 100:Carlisle Hubbard Humelsine 569: 559: 551: 541: 534: 531: 526: 518: 515: 510: 500: 491: 483: 478: 184: 86: 41: 30: 291:, and a trustee for the 283:. Under his leadership, 201:Early life and education 301:Smithsonian Institution 297:National Gallery of Art 324:Williamsburg, Virginia 313:Williamsburg, Virginia 211:University of Maryland 146:University of Maryland 119:Williamsburg, Virginia 657:Virginia people stubs 377:"ALUMNI HALL OF FAME" 281:Colonial Williamsburg 555:Winthrop Rockefeller 243:secretaries of state 207:Hagerstown, Maryland 106:Hagerstown, Maryland 479:Government offices 221:at 29, earning the 197:from 1950 to 1953. 570:Succeeded by 545:Charles Longsworth 527:Succeeded by 348:The New York Times 320:Virginia Route 199 251:John Foster Dulles 169:United States Army 25:Carlisle Humelsine 604: 603: 574: 573: 542:Succeeded by 532:Preceded by 516:Preceded by 501:Succeeded by 188: 187: 664: 625: 618: 611: 587: 580: 552:Preceded by 504:Edward T. 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Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Harry Truman
John Peurifoy
Edward T. Wailes
Hagerstown, Maryland
Williamsburg, Virginia
University of Maryland
United States Army
World War II
Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Hagerstown, Maryland
University of Maryland
World War II
colonel
Distinguished Service Medal
Bronze Star
State Department
secretaries of state
Dean Acheson
John Foster Dulles
Lavender scare
James E. Webb
John Peurifoy
Clyde R. Hoey
Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg
National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Geographic Society
National Gallery of Art
Smithsonian Institution

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