Roswell Gilpatric
Deceased Person
1906 – 1996
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Who was Roswell Gilpatric?
Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric was a prominent New York City corporate attorney and government official who served as Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1961–64, when he played a pivotal role in the high-stake strategies of the Cuban Missile Crisis, advising President John F. Kennedy as well as Robert McNamara and McGeorge Bundy on dealing with the Russian nuclear missile threat. Gilpatric later served as Chairman of the Task Force on Nuclear Proliferation in 1964.
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- Born
- Nov 4, 1906
United States of America - Education
- Yale University
- Yale Law School
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
- Died
- Mar 15, 1996
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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