Editing John Foster Dulles (section)

== Early life and education ==
Dulles was born in [[Washington, D.C.]], eldest of five children of [[Presbyterian Church in the United States of America|Presbyterian]] minister Allen Macy Dulles and his wife, Edith (née Foster).  Allen Macy Dulles mixed theological liberalism with stern orthopraxy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-25 |title=Archives |url=https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/archives/cul-4492444 |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Columbia University |language=en}}</ref>

His paternal grandfather, [[John Welsh Dulles]], had been a Presbyterian missionary in India. His maternal grandfather, [[John W. Foster]], had been Secretary of State under [[Benjamin Harrison]], and doted on Dulles and his brother Allen, who would later become the director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. The brothers grew up in [[Watertown, New York]] and spent summers with their maternal grandfather in nearby [[Henderson, New York|Henderson Harbor]]. The brothers were also [[Homeschooling|homeschooled]], as their parents distrusted public education.<ref>Ferrell, Robert H. (1963). ''The American Secretaries of State and Their Diplomacy: John Foster Dulles'' Cooper Square Publishers, New York, NY, p. 4</ref><ref>Goold-Adams, Richard (1962). ''The Time of Power: A Reappraisal of John Foster Dulles'' Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, p. 24</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Q&A with Stephen Kinzer {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?315393-1/qa-stephen-kinzer |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=www.c-span.org}}</ref>

Dulles attended [[Princeton University]] and graduated as a member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]] in 1908. At Princeton, Dulles competed on the [[American Whig-Cliosophic Society]] debate team and was a member of [[University Cottage Club]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/cgi-bin/princetonperiodicals?a=d&d=Princetonian19050519-01.2.7& |access-date=April 1, 2014|date=May 19, 1905| title=Freshman Debate|newspaper=Daily Princetonian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=About the Cottage Club|url=https://www.cottageclub.net/about-cottage-club|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=University Cottage Club|language=en-US}}</ref> He then attended the [[George Washington University Law School]] in Washington, D.C.