David S. Potter

David Samuel Potter

Under Secretary of the Navy from 1974 to 1976. After he left public service, Potter was a long-time executive at General Motors

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Potter was born in

underwater acoustic instrumentation, ocean engineering and manned exploration of the Moon

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Under Secretary of the Navy

and Potter held that office from August 28, 1974, to April 1, 1976.

Upon retiring from government in 1976, Potter returned to General Motors as vice president for environmental matters. He later became GM's Vice President, Power Products and Defense Operations Group, the title he held upon his retirement from GM in 1985.

Potter served as a member of many organizations'

Board of Directors, including a stint as Chairman of the Board of Fluke Corporation from 1990 to 1991. He died in Santa Barbara, California on September 18, 2011, at the age of 86.^[3]

References

^ Nominations of Augustine, Potter, LaBerge, and McCullen, Jr. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1973. p. 6. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ Hearings on Military Posture and H.R. 12564, Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1975. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1974. p. 3975. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ "David Samuel Potter". Tributes. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

Government offices
Preceded by Robert W. Morse	Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research and Development) September 14, 1973 – August 16, 1974	Succeeded by H. Tyler Marcy
Preceded by J. William Middendorf	Under Secretary of the Navy September 14, 1976 – February 4, 1977	Succeeded by David R. Macdonald

[1] Nominations of Augustine, Potter, LaBerge, and McCullen, Jr. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1973. p. 6. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[2] Hearings on Military Posture and H.R. 12564, Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1975. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1974. p. 3975. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[3] "David Samuel Potter". Tributes. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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