Charles Erwin Wilson (July 18, 1890 – September 26, 1961) was an American engineer and businessman who served as United States Secretary of Defense from...

used by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Secretary of Defense, Charles Erwin Wilson, in 1954. He used it to describe the New Look policy of depending...

Hawaii Charles Erwin Wilson (1890–1961), United States Secretary of Defense (1953–1957) and head of General Motors Malcolm Wilson (politician) (Charles Malcolm...

president of GM, and succeeded to the presidency in 1953 when GM president Charles Wilson became Secretary of Defense. With Curtice as president, GM became immensely...

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He was nicknamed "Electric Charlie" to avoid being confused with Charles Erwin Wilson, US Secretary of Defense under President Dwight Eisenhower and earlier...

bombed by U.S. forces during the war. Effective January 28, 1953, Charles Erwin Wilson, then GM president, was named by Dwight D. Eisenhower as United States...

to the chairman of the War Production Board. General Motors CEO Charles Erwin Wilson said of Weinberg's service during this period: “His wide and influential...

Staff, namely Nathan F. Twining, George S. Brown, David C. Jones, and Charles Q. Brown Jr. Served prior as Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force. Appointed...

Admiral Arthur W. Radford and United States Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson; it resulted in the successful detonation of a 15 kt (63 TJ) shell...

to Great Britain in naval power was very useful to House and Wilson, enough for Wilson to insist Benson remain in Europe until after the Treaty of Versailles...

for which we live." Less than a year later, Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson named Gray assistant secretary for international security affairs...

1948. On October 4, 1957, just four days before Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson left office, the Soviet Union launched into orbit the world's first...

Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2017. "Charles E. Wilson – Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration". Office of the Secretary of...

Lovett 4 Roger M. Kyes February 2, 1953 May 1, 1954 1 year, 88 days Charles Erwin Wilson Dwight D. Eisenhower 5 Robert B. Anderson May 3, 1954 August 4, 1955...

unable to reach a decision. This forced the Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson to move ahead without an official recommendation from the military...

whom he met in Paris, Strauss persuaded Hoover to urge President Woodrow Wilson to recognize Finland's independence from Russia. Besides the U.S. food relief...

Charles Erwin Wilson, met with his outgoing predecessor, Robert A. Lovett, he only did so cursorily. After Eisenhower designated Charles Erwin Wilson...

Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Initially named Charles E. Wilson, the vessel was renamed to its current name in 2000. She is a self-unloading...

became the Interstate Highway System. Assisting in the planning was Charles Erwin Wilson, who was still head of General Motors when President Eisenhower selected...

leaders of big business for many of his other cabinet appointments. Charles Erwin Wilson, the CEO of General Motors, was Eisenhower's first secretary of defense...

United States, in terms of its revenues as a percent of GDP. In 1953, Charles Erwin Wilson, then GM president, was named by Eisenhower as Secretary of Defense...

Twitty on Even Stevens Theodore Newton Vail, telephone industrialist Charles Erwin Wilson, former U.S. Secretary of Defense and CEO for General Motors "Village...

the ARCOVE's "single, efficient producer" model, Defense Secretary Charles Erwin Wilson directed the Army to reduce the number of contractors producing each...

equity investor; founder and chairman of Symphony Technology Group Charles Erwin Wilson (1909), CEO of General Motors (1946–1953), President of General Motors...

James Weinberg (19 September 1946) Eugene Wigner (1946) Charles Erwin Wilson (1946) Thomas E. Wilson (1946) Stephen J. Zand President's Certificate of Merit...

Mike Posner, singer and songwriter who attended Groves High School Charles Erwin Wilson (born 1890), U.S. Medal of Freedom Recipient, 5th U.S. Secretary...

several times during the transition period with the incoming secretary, Charles E. Wilson, and made sure that he was thoroughly briefed on current issues. Lovett's...

Secretary, Charles Erwin Wilson, whether the United States would send naval or air units if the French were subjected to greater pressure there, but Wilson replied...

(1953–1957) Robert B. Anderson (1957–1961) Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson (1953–1957) Neil H. McElroy (1957–1959) Thomas S. Gates Jr. (1959–1961)...