Stephen Ailes

Stephen Ailes ( born May 25, 1912 in Romney, West Virginia, † 30 June 2001) was an American politician. He was Defense Minister of the United States between 1964 and 1965.

Career

Stephen Ailes was born on 25 May 1912 in Romney, West Virginia. He attended the Episcopal High School in 1929 in Alexandria, Virginia, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. After he received his Ph.D. in 1933 at Princeton University and received his law degree from West Virginia University in 1936 and his license to practice law in West Virginia. Between 1937 and 1940 he was a law clerk at West Virginia University.

1939 married Stephen Ailes Helen Wales.

Between 1940 and 1942 he practiced law in Martinsburg. After that, he was from 1942 to 1946 member of the legal staff of the Office of Price Administration. In addition, he was also public criminal defense lawyer from 1945 to 1946. 1947 Ailes trial lawyers of the American Economic Mission to Greece. This was preceded by the Truman Doctrine care in Greece and Turkey. From 1948 to 1949 he worked as a lawyer in the private sector. He worked at the Washington law firm Steptoe & Johnson. In 1951, he was legal adviser to the Office of Price Stabilization.

February 9, 1961 to January 28, 1964 Ailes was Vice Defense Minister of the United States and 28 January 1964 he was until July 1, 1965 Army general of the United States. Under his military leadership, he acted in the riots in the Panama Canal Zone, where the minister was negotiating a settlement. Furthermore, he supported disaster relief after the earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia. In Anchorage, Alaska, he settled an agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany on the development of a new common battle tank, probably for the national civil defense. Equipped forces should protect American personnel and bring an end to the civil war in the Dominican Republic. Finally, he sent the first soldiers to Vietnam.

After his term, he returned to the private sector. He was director of the Panama Canal down company from 1966 and 1970. Afterwards, he was president of the Association of American Rail Roads by 1971 until 1977.