Gates

Gates
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Thomas S Gates, Jr American Manager. Born 1906. Died 1983.

Personal: Male. Born in USA.

Thomas S. Gates, Jr. was secretary of the Navy between 1957 and 1959, deputy secretary of defense in 1959, then secretary of defense from 1959-1961. Before that time, Gates had been undersecretary of the Navy, 1953-1957; director of the Scott Paper Co.; and on active duty with the Navy in World War II.

Bibliography and Further Reading

Launius, Roger D, NASA Chief Historian, NASA History Office Home Page, . Accessed at: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/index.html.

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