Stanley Resor | |
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| 1stUnder Secretary of Defense for Policy | |
| In office August 14, 1978 – April 1, 1979 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Secretary | Harold Brown |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Robert Komer |
| 9thUnited States Secretary of the Army | |
| In office July 2, 1965 – June 30, 1971 | |
| President | Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Stephen Ailes |
| Succeeded by | Robert F. Froehlke |
| 12thUnited States Under Secretary of the Army | |
| In office April 1965 – July 1965 | |
| President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Paul Ignatius |
| Succeeded by | David E. McGiffert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stanley Rogers Resor (1917-12-05)December 5, 1917 New York,New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 17, 2012(2012-04-17) (aged 94) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Education | Yale University(BA,LLB) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1946 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Silver Star Medal Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart |
Stanley Rogers Resor (December 5, 1917 – April 17, 2012) was an American lawyer,military officer, and government official.[1][2]
Born inNew York City, he was the son ofHelen Lansdowne Resor andStanley B. Resor (pronounced REE-zor), president of theJ. W. Thompsonadvertising agency and one of the originators of the modern advertising industry. While still a teenager he changed his name from Stanley Burnet Resor Jr. to Stanley Rogers Resor.[3]
After attending theGroton School, Resor attendedYale University, where he was tapped to joinScroll and Key. He graduated in 1939 and went on toYale Law School where he was a contemporary ofSargent Shriver (also a member of Scroll and Key),Gerald Ford, andCyrus Vance (who preceded him as Secretary of the Army and himself was a member of Scroll and Key and in the same year at Yale). Resor's education was interrupted by service as an Army officer inWorld War II (1942–1946), where he was awarded theSilver Star,Bronze Star, and thePurple Heart.
After the war, Resor went to work onWall Street, and was madepartner in the prominentDebevoise & Plimpton law firm. In 1965 during theVietnam War,PresidentLyndon Johnson appointed himSecretary of the Army and he remained in the position under PresidentRichard Nixon until 1971. In 1984, he was awarded theUnited States Military Academy'sSylvanus Thayer Award.
During the 1970s he served[4] as US ambassador to theMBFR (mutual and balanced force reduction) talks in Vienna, held between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Over time he grew critical of U.S. policy regardingnuclear weapons, and was a member of and spokesperson for the Arms Control Association of America in 1997 when it protestedNATO expansion intoEastern Europe based on concerns about the reaction of theRussian government to perceived encroachment byNATO.[5] He returned to Debevoise & Plimpton after he left government service and retired in 1991.
Resor married Jane Pillsbury of thePillsbury family in 1942 in a ceremony attended byJohn F. Kennedy andCyrus Vance. They had seven sons. After Jane's death in 1994 he married Louise Mead Resor in 1999.[3]
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| Preceded by | United States Under Secretary of the Army April 1965 – July 1965 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | United States Secretary of the Army July 1965 – June 1971 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by -- | United States Department of Defense Under Secretary of Defense for Policy 1978–1979 | Succeeded by |
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