org Chase-Statler Photo, Washington D.C. c. 1928 2006-09-19 nol Portrait of William Lockhart Clayton. 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. Clayton, William Lockhart, 1880-1966 People - Individuals portraits 1 United States - Washington D.C. oil-gas c. 1928 RJOY MFAH public image_photo image MS39-04-011 William Lockhart Clayton (1880-1966) co-founded Anderson, Clayton & Co., a leading cotton merchandiser that was headquartered in Houston from 1916. He served on the Committee of Cotton Distribution of the War Industries Board during World War I. During WWII he held a number of important government positions leading to his appointment as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs in 1944, where he was instrumental in the development of the Marshall Plan. In the late '40s he returned to Houston but remained active and respected in the economic community continuing to voice his support for free trade. Through the Clayton Fund he contributed to many philanthropic causes, most notably to Johns Hopkins University, Tufts University and the University of Texas. digitalObjectCreator: Marcelina Spencer digitalObjectCreatorEmail: Mspencer@library.unt.edu comment: Changed title from [William Lockhart Clayton portrait as a mature man] creationAppName: MagicScan32 creationAppVersion: 4.5 creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: UMAX Powerlook 2100 XL 30912396 ark:/67531/metapth18574 meta-pth-18574 meta-pcc-1160053615MPhillips_NT110643_unt_edu mphillips 2006-10-05, 20:08:29 htarver 2009-10-28, 17:35:05 PTH /data/IMLSTHDI/MFAH/MS39/MS39-04 False