Adolf Berle

Adolf Augustus Berle Jr. (27 January 1895, Boston, Mass. - 17 February 1971, New York City) was a U.S. diplomat. educated at Harvard, Berle was a member of the Paris Peace Conference after World War I, but, unhappy with the terms of the Versailles Treaty, he resigned in protest. During the FDR Administration he worked on the New Deal and the Good Neighbor Policy. He later served as ambassador to Brazil, and was a founding member of the new York State Liberal Party.