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Tracy Stebbins Voorhees | |
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 Under Secretary of the Army (c. 1949) | |
| Born | (1890-06-30)June 30, 1890 |
| Died | September 25, 1974(1974-09-25) (aged 84) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1952 |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
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| Spouse | Josephine Ludlow Palmer |
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Tracy Stebbins Voorhees (June 30, 1890 – September 25, 1974) served as Under Secretary of theUnited States Army from August 1949 to April 1950. He held numerous positions within the U.S. Government as a civilian. A practicing attorney, Voorhees, with theJudge Advocate General's Department, he served as part of theSurgeon General's office in the European and Pacific theatres during World War II. After the War, he served in various positions in the Defense Department.
Tracy Voorhees was born on June 30, 1890, inNew Brunswick, New Jersey; graduated fromRutgers University with aB.A. degree in 1911 and anM.A. degree in 1914; received anLL.B. degree fromColumbia Law School in 1915; was admitted to theNew Jersey bar in 1915, and theNew York bar in 1918.[1]
He became a member of the law firm of Satterlee, Canfield and Stone in New York in 1917. He served as assistant to the Director,Bureau of Imports,War Trade Board in 1918. He was practicing attorney as a member of the firm of Ewing, Alley and Voorhees from 1919 to 1928 and member of the firm Blake and Voorhees from 1929 to 1942.[2] He served as president ofLong Island College Hospital from 1936 to 1944.[3]
He was a commissioned colonel in the United States Army, posted to theJudge Advocate General's Department in 1942 and detailed to theSurgeon General's Office as Director of the Legal Division,[4] serving in theEuropean,China-Burma-India, and Pacific Theaters of Operation. He was special assistant to theSecretary of WarRobert P. Patterson in 1946. As a civilian he was special assistant to Secretaries of War Patterson andKenneth C. Royall, served as the War Department's Food Administrator for Occupied Areas, from 1947–1948 and served as Assistant Secretary of the Army, from 17 June 1948 to 21 August 1949.
He served as Under Secretary of the Army, from 22 August 1949 to 24 April 1950. He was vice chairman of theCommittee on Present Danger from 1951 to 1953,Department of Defense Advisor to the U.S. Mission to theNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization with rank of minister and the director for offshore procurement in Europe for the Secretary of Defense from 1953 to 1954. He was a consultant to the Secretary of Defense from 1954 to 1961, was chairman,President's Committee for Hungarian Refugee Relief from 1956 1957 and served as the President's Personal Representative forCuban Refugees, from 1960 to 1961. He was vice chairman of the board of Rutgers University from 1959 to 1965. He died inBrooklyn, New York. His papers are preserved in Special Collections and University Archives in the Alexander Library of Rutgers University Libraries in New Brunswick.
Voorhees' awards includeArmy Distinguished Service Medal, theDepartment of Defense Award for Distinguished Public Service, andArmy Distinguished Civilian Service Award.[3]
In 1974 the Board of Governors of Rutgers University renamed Rutgers' Neilson Campus in New Brunswick "Voorhees Campus" (currently "Voorhees Mall") after Tracy Voorhees.
The 5.25-acre (21,200 m2) Van Voorhees Park inBrooklyn, New York, is named in honor of Tracy Voorhees and his family.[3]
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| Preceded by | Assistant Secretary of the Army June 17, 1948 – August 21, 1949 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | United States Under Secretary of the Army August 1949 – April 1950 | Succeeded by |
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