reilly

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
Irish surname
O'Reilly
An Irish patronymic surname from Reilly
life of Reilly
Alternative spelling of life of Riley
Edward Reilly Jr. Stettinius
born Oct. 22, 1900, Chicago, Ill., U.S. died Oct. 31, 1949, Greenwich, Conn. U.S. industrialist and statesman. He worked for General Motors Corp., becoming a vice president in 1931. Joining U.S. Steel Corp. in 1934, he became chairman of the board in 1938. He was appointed chairman of the War Resources Board (1939-40) and administrator of lend-lease (1941-43). As U.S. secretary of state (1944-45), he advised Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference. He led the U.S. delegation to the UN organizing conference in San Francisco and was the first U.S. delegate to the UN (1945-46)