Donald Hiss

Donald Hiss
Born	December 15, 1906(1906-12-15) Baltimore, Maryland
Died	May 18, 1999(1999-05-18) (aged 92) St. Michaels, Maryland
Cause of death	Lung cancer
Education	Johns Hopkins University Harvard Law School
Employer	Agricultural Adjustment Administration (1933-1935)
Spouse	Catherine G. Jones (1929-1996)
Children	Bosley Hiss Cynthia Hiss Grace Joanna Hiss Hoople
Parents	Mary Lavinia Hughes Charles Alger Hiss
Relatives	Bosley Hiss, brother Alger Hiss, brother Anna Hiss, sister

Donald Hiss (December 15, 1906 - May 18, 1999) was the younger brother of Alger Hiss.

Biography

Donald Hiss was born on December 15, 1906, in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and the Harvard Law School.^[1]

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.^[1] In 1934, he was also attached to a special U.S. 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 War II until 1945.

Donald, like his brother Alger, was allegedly a secret member of the Ware Group, a group of United States government employees who belonged to the Communist Party of the United States and engaged in espionage for the Soviet Union. This allegation, made early in the Alger Hiss case, was never supported and quickly dropped. Donald Hiss continued a successful law practice with Covington & Burling until retirement and death.

He died of lung cancer on May 18, 1999, in St. Michaels, Maryland.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Fowler, Glenn (May 20, 1999). "Donald Hiss, 82, Ex-U.S. Official And Lawyer in Washington Firm". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5DB133EF933A15756C0A96F948260. Retrieved 2008-06-28. "Donald Hiss, a retired Washington lawyer and Government official, died of lung cancer Thursday at his home in St. Michaels, Md. He was 92 years old." 

Further reading

• John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America, Yale University Press

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Name	Hiss, Donald
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Date of birth	December 15, 1906
Place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland
Date of death	May 18, 1999
Place of death	St. Michaels, Maryland