A written description of a prominent American man recently came to this column’s attention. Perhaps readers might be interested in trying to identify this person based on the descriptors alone:

“There was nothing dogmatic or opinionated about him. He courted dissent and was impatient with easy agreement. He wanted to be convinced, not deferred to. Flattery he easily detected, and it annoyed him. He expected his associates to be at all times open and frank in expressing their honest opinions. ‘The only way you can help me,’ he used to say, ‘is to tell me exactly what you think;’ and he was always courteous and good humored, even when he disagreed. He was graceful too, in receding from a strongly taken position on receipt of evidence that he was wrong.

“He was one of the most unassuming, u

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