Wilton Persons

Wilton Burton "Jerry" Persons ( born January 19, 1896 in Montgomery, Alabama; † 5 September 1977 in Arlington County, Virginia) was an American major general in the U.S. Army and Chief of Staff of the White House.

Biography

After school he studied electrical engineering at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and acquired there in 1916 with a Bachelor of Science (BS Electrical Engineering ). He then joined the U.S. Army in 1917 and went there during his last until 1949 service to major general. In 1951 he was recalled to military service and was until 1952 special assistant to General Dwight D. Eisenhower during which Supreme Allied Commander Europe activity as.

In 1952 he was part of the campaign team of Eisenhower during his election campaign for the presidential election in the United States in 1952. After the election of Eisenhower as U.S. president, he was initially the deputy assistant and finally his assistant, where he is the focus on the relation of the President to the Congress United States dealt.

On October 7, 1958, he was finally as Chief of Staff of the White House ( White House Chief of Staff ), also a member of the extended cabinet Eisenhower and held that office until the end of Eisenhower's presidency on January 20, 1961.

Persons son, Wilton B. Persons, Jr., was also a Major General and among other things, between 1975 and 1979 Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army. His younger brother was Gordon Persons 1951-1955 Democratic governor of Alabama.