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Bachelor of Arts and an Bachelor of Laws from Harvard University in 1932 and 1935, respectively.
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Maxwell Milton Rabb
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From 1937 to 1943, Rabb served as administrative assistant (secretary) to United States. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Junior. of Massachusetts. In 1944 he would leave Lodge"s service and work as an administrative assistant for United States. Senator Sinclair Weeks. From 1944 to 1946, Rabb joined the United States Navy Reserve and served as a lieutenant.
In 1946 he would also serve as legal consultant to United States Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.
In January 1953 he joined the White House staff as aide to Sherman Adams and counsel to the President, and in 1954 he became Secretary to the Cabinet (or Cabinet Secretary), a position he held until he resigned in 1958. Throughout all his time in the White House, Rabb was viewed as the staff member in charge of minority affairs
Correspondence, reports, and printed materials involving Jewish issues, African-Americans, civil rights, segregation, integration, anti-Semitism, refugees, and immigration were often referred to Rabb. Following his resignation in 1958, Rabb became chairman of the United States. delegation to the 1958 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Conference in Paris.
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June 9, 2002 (aged 91)