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Dana Latham

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Dana Latham
Dana Latham in 1959
33rd Commissioner of Internal Revenue
In office
November 5, 1958 – January 20, 1961
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byRussell C. Harrington
Succeeded byMortimer Caplin
Personal details
Born(1898-07-07)July 7, 1898
Galesburg, Illinois, U.S.
DiedFebruary 6, 1974(1974-02-06) (aged 75)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationOhio Wesleyan University (BA)
Harvard University (LLB)

Dana Latham (July 7, 1898 – February 6, 1974) was an American attorney who served as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 1958 to 1961.[1][2] He and Paul Watkins founded Latham & Watkins. On March 22, 1959, Latham appeared on the television show What's My Line?

He died of a heart attack on February 6, 1974, in Los Angeles, California at age 75.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Wellsboro Agitator Newspaper Archives, Dec 17, 1959, p. 7". Newspaperarchive.com. 1959-12-17. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  2. ^ "Portsmouth Times Newspaper Archives, Jun 19, 1962, p. 7". Newspaperarchive.com. 1962-06-19. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  3. ^ "Dana Latham, 75, Former Head Of the Internal Revenue, Is Dead". The New York Times. 1974-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-16.