Thomas S. Gates Jr.

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United States Secretary of Defense businessperson government official human

Thomas S. Gates Jr. was an American government official and businessman who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Label	Occurrences
Thomas S. Gates Jr. canonical	4

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ businessperson ⓘ government official ⓘ human ⓘ
boardMemberOf	JPMorgan Chase ⓘ surface form: J.P. Morgan & Co. Chase Manhattan Bank ⓘ surface form: Morgan Guaranty Trust Company
conflict	World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Chestnut Hill Academy ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
employer	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense Department of the Navy ⓘ surface form: United States Department of the Navy
endTimeAsUnitedStatesDeputySecretaryOfDefense	1957 ⓘ
endTimeAsUnitedStatesSecretaryOfDefense	1961 ⓘ
endTimeAsUnitedStatesSecretaryOfTheNavy	1959 ⓘ
familyName	Gates ⓘ
givenName	Thomas ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
name	Thomas S. Gates Jr. self-link ⓘ
notableFor	service as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ service as U.S. Secretary of Defense ⓘ service as U.S. Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
notableWork	implementation of New Look defense policy adjustments ⓘ involvement in early U.S. strategic nuclear planning ⓘ oversight of U.S. defense policy during the late Eisenhower administration ⓘ
occupation	business executive ⓘ politician ⓘ
officeEndTime	1961 ⓘ
officeStartTime	1959 ⓘ
positionHeld	United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ Secretary of the Navy ⓘ surface form: United States Secretary of the Navy
precededBy	Neil H. McElroy ⓘ
precededByAsSecretaryOfTheNavy	Charles S. Thomas ⓘ
religion	Episcopalian ⓘ
residence	Philadelphia ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
servedUnder	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
startTimeAsUnitedStatesDeputySecretaryOfDefense	1953 ⓘ
startTimeAsUnitedStatesSecretaryOfDefense	1959 ⓘ
startTimeAsUnitedStatesSecretaryOfTheNavy	1957 ⓘ
succeededBy	Robert McNamara ⓘ
succeededByAsSecretaryOfTheNavy	William B. Franke ⓘ
workedOn	NATO military commands ⓘ surface form: NATO defense coordination Pentagon reorganization issues ⓘ U.S. nuclear deterrence strategy ⓘ

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Munitions Board → hasChairman → Thomas S. Gates Jr. ⓘ

Thomas S. Gates Jr. → name → Thomas S. Gates Jr. self-link ⓘ

Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in China → officeHolder → Thomas S. Gates Jr. ⓘ

Neil H. McElroy → successor → Thomas S. Gates Jr. ⓘ