Raymond Henry Fogler (February 29, 1892 – January 10, 1996) was anexecutive who served as theUnited StatesAssistant Secretary of the Navy from 1953 to 1954.
Raymond H. Fogler was born inHope, Maine and educated at theUniversity of Maine, receiving abachelor's degree inbiology in 1915. He received amaster's degree fromPrinceton University and then returned toMaine to become executive secretary of the Agriculture Extension Service. He later moved toNew York City and began a career in business. He worked atW. T. Grant andMontgomery Ward, ultimately serving as president of each of those companies. While running Montgomery Ward, he was instrumental in choosing Robert May's story of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer as it first appeared in a 1939 booklet written by Robert L. May and published by Montgomery Ward, the department store
In 1953,President of the United StatesDwight D. Eisenhower nominated Fogler asAssistant Secretary of the Navy and Fogler held this position from June 22, 1953 (the date of his Senate confirmation), to January 12, 1957 (effectively for Eisenhower's entire 1st term). Fogler was the last Assistant Secretary of the Navy, as the post was abolished in 1954.
In addition to his work in business and his time in government, Fogler remained active with his alma mater, the University of Maine, serving on itsBoard of Directors from 1955 to 1962. In 1962, the University of Maine's main library was renamed theRaymond H. Fogler Library in Fogler's honor.
His grandson was actorCharles Rocket.
Fogler died in 1996 at the age of 103.
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