Alva Ansley and had one daughter Diana Star Dawson Coyner; they divorced. He married Ilona Massey (June 16, 1910 – August 20, 1974) a Hungarian film, stage and radio performer; who predeceased him. In 1975, he married Virginia J. Friedland. He had two daughters and a son. He served as president of the Institute for National and International Affairs at the Truman Library. He supported the Humane Society, the College of the Virgin Islands, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Society, American Friends of Jamaica, and the American Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation. Dawson died age 97 on Sunday, December 25, 2005, Christmas Day, at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, and he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery near his wife. References External links Library of Congress: Donald S. Dawson Papers, 1944–1993 1908 births 2005 deaths People from Cedar County, Missouri University of Missouri alumni George Washington University Law School alumni United States presidential advisors Harry S. Truman United States Army Air Forces generals of World War II United States Army Air Forces generals Burials at Arlington National Cemetery