Samuel C. Waugh

(1890-1970) born in Plattsmouth, Cass County, lived in Lincoln. Banker for 40 years in Nebraska, became Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs in 1953, laid economic foundations for political and military alliances, became head of Export-Import Bank and served until 1961, promoting U.S. trade by making loans. Consult Current Biography (1955) 632-634 and New York Times obituary, July 31, 1970, p. 29.

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