Frank P. Sanders
Frank Powell Sanders (July 13, 1919 – August 18, 1997) was United States
Under Secretary of the Navy
1972–73.
Biography
He was born in
European Theater Ribbon for his military service. Sanders left the U.S. Army in 1945, but remained a member of the United States Army Reserve, ultimately attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel
in the Reserves.
Colonel Sanders received a
University of Maryland, ultimately receiving an M.A. in government and politics. He then attended the Georgetown University Law Center
, from which he received a law degree.
In the late 1940s, Colonel Sanders was the administrative assistant of
Rep. John H. Kerr (D - NC). Sanders then took a job with the staff of the United States House Committee on Appropriations
, a position he would hold for 19 years.
Under Secretary of the Navy
and Colonel Sanders held this office from May 5, 1972, to June 29, 1973.
Colonel Sanders retired from federal service in 1973, moving to
Washington, D. C. office of the Signal Companies, Inc., a California-based conglomerate engaged mainly in automotive and aerospace engineering and energy development (including oil and gas). Finally, in the mid-1970s, Colonel Sanders joined the Burma Oil and Gas Co.
as a vice president, a post he held until his retirement in the mid-1980s.
Colonel Sanders died of a
heart attack on August 18, 1997, at his home in Potomac
. He was 78 years old.