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MONNET, Jean: Plaque at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet (November 9, 1888 – March 16, 1979) is regarded by many as a chief architect of European Unity. Never elected to public office, Monnet worked behind the scenes of American and European governments as a well-connected pragmatic internationalist. Monnet was born in Cognac, France, into a family of cognac merchants. At the age of sixteen, he abandoned his university-entrance examinations part way through and moved to London where he spent some years in the City of London with Mr. Chaplin, the agent of his father's company. Subsequently, he travelled widely — to Scandinavia, Russia, Egypt, Canada, the United States — for the family business. Source: WikipediaAddress: Pennsylvania Ave & 15th St NW Nearest Metro: Federal Triangle (Orange - Blue)
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JEAN MONNETT 1888-1979
Born in France, widely travelled, he died at age 90 near Paris, proud citizen of a united Europe he inspired andhelped to create. Earlier, from his office in the Willard Hotel, he contributed greatly to America's victoryprogram for wartime production while a member of the British mission in Washington during World War II. Erected 1997 by the Jean Monnett Council
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