David Hackett
Male, Deceased Person
1926 – 2011
Who was David Hackett?
David Low Hackett was an American official.
Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, President John F. Kennedy appointed Hackett head of the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime. Later, Hackett headed a study group for the establishment of a domestic peace corps group which later became AmeriCorps Vista. A friend of Robert F. Kennedy, Hackett help with Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968. Hackett lived in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the inspiration behind the character of 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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- Born
- Nov 12, 1926
United States of America - Education
- Milton Academy
- Died
- Apr 23, 2011
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on July 23, 2013
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