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Frederick B. Dent | |
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| 5thUnited States Trade Representative | |
| In office March 26, 1975 – January 20, 1977 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | William Denman Eberle |
| Succeeded by | Robert S. Strauss |
| 21stUnited States Secretary of Commerce | |
| In office February 2, 1973 – March 26, 1975 | |
| President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Peter G. Peterson |
| Succeeded by | Rogers Morton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Frederick Baily Dent (1922-08-17)August 17, 1922 Cape May,New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | December 10, 2019(2019-12-10) (aged 97) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5 |
| Education | Yale University (BA) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1943–1946 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant Junior Grade |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Frederick Baily Dent (August 17, 1922 – December 10, 2019) was an American businessman who served as theUnited States Secretary of Commerce from February 2, 1973, to March 26, 1975, during the administrations ofU.S. PresidentsRichard Nixon andGerald Ford[1]
Dent was born on August 17, 1922, inCape May,New Jersey, to Edith (née Baily) and Magruder Dent. He was raised inGreenwich,Connecticut, and attendedSt. Paul's School[2][3] followed byYale University, where he lettered in football. Dent was an officer in the Navy'sROTC program at Yale.
Dent served in theUnited States Navy from 1943 until 1946. In the Navy, Dent was theLieutenant Junior Grade, where he captained thesub chaser USSPC 1547 and the patrol craft USSPCE(C) 873. He saw action in the Pacific where his patrol craft ferried troops to beachheads, including Okinawa, Japan, in the final stages of World War II. From 1958 until 1972 and 1977 until 1988, Dent was the president of Mayfair Mills inArcadia, South Carolina.
He was appointedsecretary of commerce by PresidentRichard Nixon, serving from February 2, 1973, to March 26, 1975, and was PresidentGerald Ford'sTrade Representative, from March 26, 1975, to January 20, 1977.[4]
He was inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame in 1994.
On March 11, 1944, Dent married Mildred "Millie" Carrington Harrison. They had five children. He resided inSpartanburg, South Carolina.
Dent died on December 10, 2019, at the age of 97.[5] He was the last surviving secretary of commerce during the Nixon and Ford administrations.[citation needed]
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