Merlyn Nelson Trued
1922 - 1998 (75 years)Person ID: I0402 | Tree: Marlys Jones - Brodd Family | Last Modified: 3 Jul 2018
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Name Merlyn Nelson Trued [1] Notes
THE TRUED FAMILY IN THE U.S.A.
MERLYN NELSON: born Dec. 23, 1922. Graduated from high school in Tribune, Kansas. Worked for a short time in Topeka for his Uncle Mart in egg-drying factory, then joined the U. S. Marines, where he took cadet training for pilots, like his brother Wallace. Was commissioned a lieutenant and became instructor in flying for the Corps. Was sent to the Pacific theatre of war and while there advanced to 1st lieutenant. Returned and attended Oregon Uni., where he graduated with high honors (one of three highest) and was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa. Won scholarship in diplomatic sciences at Virginia Uni., where he received his M. A. degree and has completed work for his Ph. D. He married Josephine Schaefer (Jo) of Topeka, Kan., and they will live in Washington, D. C. They have two children: Michael Eugene, born July 28, 1945; and Sally Jo, born Feb. 15, 1949. Lutherans. He is a major in the Marine reserves.
S. Clarence Trued, Author - Published 1953
THE LINCOLN STAR - APRIL 19, 1965
LBJ Names "Little Cabinet" Men
JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (UPI) - President Johnson chose Joseph W. Barr of Indianapolis, Ind. Sunday to be undersecretary of the treasury. Barr is a former House member who has been chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. since Jan. 23, 196
To be assistant of the treasury for international aaffairs, the president announced his selection of Merlyn N. Trued of Ridgewood, N.J. Trued has been deputy assistant secretary since February 1963, and acting assistant secretary since last Ober.
In another "little cabinet" appointment, Johnson picked Anthony M Solomon, now deputy assistant secretary of state for economic policy to be assistant secretary for economic affairs.
The President announced also the names of new ambassadors to the Netherlands, Uruguay, Jamaica and Morroco and a new minister to Bulgaria.
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THE WASHINGTON POST - February 15, 1998
MERLYN NELSON TRUED -- International Banker
Merlyn Nelson Trued, 75, a retired international banker and financier who during the 1960s was assistant secretary of the treasury for international affairs, died of complications from pneumonia Feb. 13 at a hospital in Hanover, N.H.
Mr. Trued, who lived in Washington, was visiting relatives in New Hampshire when he was stricken.
He also had served as chief financial officer of the Inter-American Development Bank from 1970 to 1976.
Before his 1961 appointment to the Treasury Department, he had been a vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and financial manager of an engineering firm in Saigon.
After five years with the Treasury Department, he left in 1966 to become senior vice president for international affairs with the Central National Bank in Cleveland.
He was chairman and chief executive officer of a commercial bank in Detroit from 1976 to 1978 and director of the Bermuda Monetary Authority in Hamilton, Bermuda, for four years until his retirement in 1983.
Mr. Trued was born in Ceresco, Neb., and graduated from the University of Oregon. He received a master's degree in international affairs and a doctorate in international finance from the University of Virginia.
His marriage to Josephine Schafer Trued ended in divorce.
Survivors include two children, Michael E., of Springfield, and Sally J. Trued of Hanover; two brothers; and seven grandchildren.
Birth 23 Dec 1922 Ceresco, Saunders County, Nebraska 
[1] Gender Male Died 13 Feb 1998 Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire [1, 2] Cause: Cancer Buried Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia [3] -
Parents
Father Herman Sigfrid Trued (ID:I0374), b. 11 Mar 1883, Ceresco, Saunders, Nebraska d. 19 Jun 1963, El Campo, Wharton County, Texas (Age 80 years) Mother Hulda Theolina Nelson (ID:I0650), b. 14 Jul 1892, Mead, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 17 Dec 1957, Santa Cruz, California (Age 65 years) Marriage 14 Jun 1912 Ceresco, Saunders, Nebraska Children (Siblings) 1. Rev. Lawrence Kenneth Trued (ID:I0398), b. 27 Dec 1913, Ceresco, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 30 Mar 1969, Mansfield, De Soto, LA (Age 55 years)2. Stanley Teofil Trued (ID:I0399), b. 4 Apr 1916, Ceresco, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 27 Dec 1972, Oakland, Alameda County, California (Age 56 years)3. Wallace Augustine Trued (ID:I0400), b. 23 Jul 1918, Ceresco, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 11 Oct 1943, El Centro, Imperial, California (Age 25 years) -
Family 1
Wife 1 Judith Ann Nelson (ID:I0737) Family 2
Wife 2 Josephine Elizabeth Schafer (ID:I0738), b. 16 Mar 1924, Perry, Kansas d. 17 Jul 2011, New York (Age 87 years) Children 1. Michael Eugene Trued (ID:I0739) 2. Sally Jo Trued (ID:I0740) -
Other Personal Events
1930 Federal Census Between 22 Apr and 5 May 1930 Harrison, Greeley County, Kansas [4] -
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