1. Barber Conable was an Eagle Scout and received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America.
12 Facts About Barber Conable
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Barber Conable graduated from Cornell University in 1942, where he was president of the Quill and Dagger society and a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
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Barber Conable then enlisted in the Marines and was sent to the Pacific front in World War II, where he learned to speak Japanese and fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
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Barber Conable later re-enlisted and fought in the Korean War.
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In 1952, Barber Conable married Charlotte Williams, his wife until his death.
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Barber Conable died from a staphylococcus infection in 2003, at his winter home in Sarasota, Florida.
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In 1962, Barber Conable was elected as a Republican to the New York State Senate.
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Barber Conable was known on both sides of the aisle for his honesty and integrity, at one point being voted by his colleagues the "most respected" member of Congress; he refused to accept personal contributions larger than $50.
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Haldeman to obstruct the FBI investigation, Barber Conable said it was a "smoking gun", a phrase which quickly entered the political folklore.
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In 1980, Barber Conable appeared in Milton Friedman's PBS documentary Free to Choose.
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From 1986 until August 31,1991, Barber Conable was president of the World Bank.
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Barber Conable successfully encouraged the World Bank Board of Governors to take an expansive view of humanitarian loans to China, including with regard to environmental loans because of the intrinsic merit of those investments.