Robert Frederick Froehlke

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Robert Frederick Froehlke

Robert Frederick Froehlke (born October 15, 1922 in Neenah , Wisconsin , † February 12, 2016 in Scottsdale , Arizona ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). He was Secretary of State of the United States Army from July 1971 to May 1973 .

Career

Robert Froehlke was born on October 15, 1922 in Neenah. He attended high school in Marshfield . He then joined the US Army in 1943 and served in the infantry in the European theater of war. He left the army in 1946 with the rank of captain ( Captain ) .

Froehlke attended the University of Wisconsin Law School after serving in the army and received his diploma in 1949. He married Nancy Barnes and practiced law in Madison with the MacDonald and MacDonald law firm from 1949 to 1950. From 1950 to 1951 he was a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Law School. After graduating from college, he joined the legal department of the Sentry Insurance Company at Stevens Point and rose from 1951 to 1969 during his tenure with the company.

From January 30, 1969 to June 30, 1971 he served as Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Ministry of Defense . Froehlke was responsible for the military intelligence services . He was also chairman of the Defense Investigative Review Council .

From July 1, 1971 to May 4, 1973 he was Head of the Army Office ( Secretary of the Army ) . Under his leadership, the remaining army units were withdrawn from Vietnam , recruitment switched to voluntary service, the government of the Ryūkyū Islands dissolved, the administrative role of civil defense given up, and the biological warfare facilities of the army closed in accordance with international agreements .

Froehlke resigned in 1973 to resume work at Sentry Corporation. He held this position from 1973 to 1979 as President. He was also President of the American Health Insurance Association of America between 1975 and 1980 and President of the American Council of Life Insurance between 1980 and 1982 . He then served as Chairman of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States between 1982 and 1987 . In 1987 he became President and CEO of the IDS Mutual Fund Group.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Former top Army official with local ties dies
  2. ^ US Government Printing Office, Biography, Hearing Record: Department of Defense Appropriations for 1971, 1970, p. 554 in the Google book search
  3. ↑ New York Times Magazine , 1969, p. 366 in Google Book Search
  4. ↑ Deborah Nelson, The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth about US War Crimes , 2008 in the Google Book Search

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personal data
SURNAME Froehlke, Robert Frederick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, manager, and political officer
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Neenah , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 2016
Place of death Scottsdale , Arizona