Background
Donald Hiss was born on December 15, 1906, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Donald Hiss was born on December 15, 1906, in Baltimore, Maryland.
He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and the Harvard Law School.
Early career: government
In 1932, he was a law secretary to Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States Supreme Court. From 1933 to 1935, he was employed by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of the United States Department of Labor. In 1934, he was also attached to a special United States. Senate committee investigating the munitions industry.
In 1935, he was employed as a special attorney by the United States Department of Justice.
On September 18, 1936, he was appointed an assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State and worked in the State Department throughout World World War World War II In 1945, he joined the law firm of Covington & Burling. Hiss Case
On August 7, 1948, he stated to the committee, "I can give you the general impression.
He was much less intelligent than Alger. I flatly deny every statement made by Mr.
Chambers with respect to medical
In fact, the only organizations and clubs to which I have belonged are the local Young Men's Christian Association, the Miles River Yacht Club of Maryland, the old Washington Racquet Club, the Harvard Law School Association, the American Society of International Law, and college fraternities and athletic clubs. I have no recollection of ever having met any person by the name of Doctorate. Whittaker Chambers, nor do I recognize his photograph which I have seen in the public press I am not and never have been in sympathy with the principles of the Communist Party.
I have never known that man by the name of Chambers, Carl, or any other name.
If I am lying, I should go to jail, and if Mr. Chambers is lying, he should go to jail."
Later career: private law
Donald Hiss spent the remainder of his career in private law practice with Covington & Burling.
His expertise lay in international trade and tariff law. He taught international law at Catholic University and at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
He retired in 1976.
Hiss died of lung cancer on May 18, 1989, in Saint Michaels, Maryland.
Dean Acheson, who famously defended the reputation of Alger Hiss, was also a member of Covington & Burling.
I am not, and never have been, a member of the Communist Party or of any formal or informal organizations affiliated with, or fronting in any manner whatsoever for, the Communist Party.