Dana Latham
Dana Latham in 1959
33rd Commissioner of Internal Revenue
In office
November 5, 1958  January 20, 1961
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byRussell C. Harrington
Succeeded byMortimer Caplin
Personal details
Born(1898-07-07)July 7, 1898
Galesburg, Illinois, U.S.
DiedFebruary 6, 1974(1974-02-06) (aged 75)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationOhio Wesleyan University (BA)
Harvard University (LLB)

Dana Latham (July 7, 1898 – February 6, 1974) was an American attorney who served as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 1958 to 1961.[1][2] He and Paul Watkins founded Latham & Watkins. On March 22, 1959, Latham appeared on the television show What's My Line?

He died of a heart attack on February 6, 1974, in Los Angeles, California at age 75.[3]

References

  1. "Wellsboro Agitator Newspaper Archives, Dec 17, 1959, p. 7". Newspaperarchive.com. 1959-12-17. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  2. "Portsmouth Times Newspaper Archives, Jun 19, 1962, p. 7". Newspaperarchive.com. 1962-06-19. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  3. "Dana Latham, 75, Former Head Of the Internal Revenue, Is Dead". Nytimes.com. 1974-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-16.


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