Stanley Rogers Resor
Stanley Resor | |
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Robert F. Froehlke | |
| 12th United States Under Secretary of the Army | |
| In office April 1965 – July 1965 | |
| President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Paul Ignatius |
| Succeeded by | David E. McGiffert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stanley Rogers Resor December 5, 1917 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 17, 2012 (aged 94) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouses | Jane Pillsbury (m. 1942–1994)Louise Mead (m. 1999–2012) |
| Education | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Silver Star Medal Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart |
Stanley Rogers Resor (December 5, 1917 – April 17, 2012) was an American lawyer,
Early life and education
Born in New York City, he was the son of Helen Lansdowne Resor and Stanley B. Resor (pronounced REE-zor), president of the J. W. Thompson advertising agency and one of the originators of the modern advertising industry. While still a teenager he changed his name from Stanley Burnet Resor Jr. to Stanley Rogers Resor.[3]
After attending the Groton School, Resor attended Yale University, where he was tapped to join Scroll and Key. He graduated in 1939 and went on to Yale Law School where he was a contemporary of Sargent Shriver (also a member of Scroll and Key), Gerald Ford, and Cyrus Vance (who preceded him as Secretary of the Army and himself was a member of Scroll and Key and in the same year at Yale). Resor's education was interrupted by service as an Army officer in World War II (1942–1946), where he was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart.
Career
After the war, Resor went to work on
During the 1970s he served
Personal life
Resor married Jane Pillsbury of the
Notes
- ^ Bell, William Gardner (1992). ""Stanley Rogers Resor"". Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army: Portraits and Biographical Sketches. United States Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
- ^ Obituary Archived 2013-01-04 at archive.today
- ^ a b Shapiro, T. Rees (April 20, 2012). "Stanley R. Resor, 94: Served as Army secretary during the Vietnam War". Washington Post.
- ^ Personal meeting with Resor in late 1980s, Chalmers Hardenbergh, editor of the Arms Control Reporter. Thomas Graham, Disarmament Sketches, 2002.
- ^ "OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT - The Eisenhower Institute, Washington, D.C." www.eisenhowerinstitute.org. Archived from the original on 2003-01-22.
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