Frank Pace junior

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Frank Pace junior

Frank Pace junior (born July 5, 1912 in Little Rock , Arkansas , † January 8, 1988 in Greenwich , Connecticut ) was an American government official and businessman.

Pace attended the Hill School in Pottstown ( Pennsylvania ). He graduated from Princeton University in 1933 and Harvard University in 1936 . He began his public service career in 1936 as the assistant district attorney in Arkansas. Just two years later, in 1938, he moved to the state's tax office. In 1942 he served in the United States Army , where he held the rank of lieutenant ( Second Lieutenant ). He remained in the Air Transport Command of the Army Air Corps until the end of the war in 1945 .

In 1945 he left the army and returned to the civil service. There he became deputy minister of justice and later chief assistant to the post office minister . In 1948 he moved to the Office of Management and Budget , first as deputy director and later as director. On April 12, 1950 he was appointed Secretary of State for the Army . His tenure lasted until January 20, 1953. Between 1953 and 1962 he was executive director of General Dynamics Corporation . He was then elected as the designated administrator of the Emergency Transport Agency , part of a secret group created by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 to serve in the event of a national emergency. This grouping was known as the Eisenhower Ten . Also in 1958, Pace was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Pace was the first chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) between 1968 and 1972.

Pace died in Greenwich on January 8, 1988 at the age of 75.

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SURNAME Pace, Frank junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Little Rock , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1988
Place of death Greenwich , Connecticut