David Hackett
American government official (1926-2011)
David Low Hackett (November 12, 1926 , April 23, 2011) was an American official born in Dedham, Massachusetts.
01Biography
Hackett served in the United States Army in Europe during World War II. He attended McGill University, completing a B.A. in 1950.
He was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to head the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime. Later, Hackett headed a study group for the establishment of a domestic peace corps organization, which later became AmeriCorps Vista. A friend of Robert F. Kennedy, Hackett assisted with Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968.
Hackett lived in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the inspiration for the character Phineas in A Separate Peace by John Knowles. "It's clear that Phineas' house was 848 High Street," across from the Dedham Common.
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