Stephen Ailes
Stephen Ailes (born May 25, 1912 in Romney , West Virginia , † June 30, 2001 ) was an American lawyer and politician. He was Secretary of the United States Army between 1964 and 1965.
Career
Stephen Ailes was born on May 25, 1912 in Romney, West Virginia. He attended Episcopal High School in Alexandria , Virginia in 1929 , where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Brotherhood. He then received his doctorate in 1933 from Princeton University and received his law degree from West Virginia University in 1936 and his admission to the bar in West Virginia . Between 1937 and 1940 he was an associate professor of law at West Virginia University.
In 1939 Stephen Ailes married Helen Wales.
Between 1940 and 1942 he practiced as a lawyer in Martinsburg. He then worked in the legal department of the Office of Price Administration from 1942 to 1946 , and from 1945 he was the agency's chief lawyer. In 1947 Ailes was an advisor to the American economic mission in Greece. Economic aid for Turkey and Greece later emerged from this.
From 1948 to 1949 he was an attorney at the Washington law firm Steptoe & Johnson. From 1951 he was legal advisor to the Office of Price Stabilization .
On February 9, 1961, Stephen Ailes was appointed Secretary of the United States' Army and from January 28, 1964 to July 1, 1965, he was Secretary of the United States. During his tenure there was a flag dispute between the United States and Panama in the Panama Canal Zone . He supported disaster relief after the 1963 earthquake in Skopje in Yugoslavia and in Anchorage in Alaska ( Good Friday quake 1964 ). He signed an agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany to develop the battle tank 70 . He also sent troops to the Dominican Republic to protect the Americans and end the civil war. He was also involved in the first dispatch of American soldiers to Vietnam .
After his tenure, he returned to the private sector and was director of the Panama Canal Company between 1966 and 1970 . He was then President of the Association of American Railroads from 1971 to 1977 .
Web links
- Army biography (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ailes, Stephen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Romney , West Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 30, 2001 |