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Frederick Henry Mueller (November 22, 1893 – August 31, 1976) was a U.S. cabinet officer. He served as the United States Secretary of Commerce from 1959 until 1961, during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower .
Frederick Mueller was secretary of commerce under President Eisenhower from August 6, 1959, until January 20, 1961. Mueller graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1914.
Sep 2, 1976 · Frederick H. Mueller, who served as Secretary of Commerce under President Eisenhower, died at a hospital in Sarasota, Fla., on Tuesday. He was 82 years old.
The personal papers of Frederick H. Mueller, Michigan businessman, Assistant Secretary (1955-1958), Under Secretary (1958-1959), and Secretary of Commerce (1959-1961) were deposited in the Eisenhower Library in three installments: January 20, 1964; April 24, 1969; and, April 30, 1970 by Mr. Mueller.
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The first Secretary of Commerce, William C. Redfield, was an iron and steel executive and author of a book, The New Industrial Day. The first Secretary of Commerce and Labor was George B. Cortelyou.
The longest-serving Secretary of Commerce was Herbert C. Hoover, a mining engineer who directed projects in Australia and for the Chinese before his public service career, which culminated in his election as President of the United States. Hoover served almost seven and one-half years. The Department of Commerce headquarters building is named in hi...
Juanita Kreps, the first woman and the only economist to serve as Secretary, was vice president of Duke University and a labor demographics specialist. Barbara Franklin was the second woman to serve as Secretary. She was among the first women to graduate from Harvard Business School and served in the administrations of four U.S. presidents. In 1971...
Ronald Brown was the first African American to serve as Secretary. A lawyer, a negotiator, a pragmatic bridge builder and a past Chairperson of the Democratic National Committee, Brown, unlike many of his predecessors, did not come out of the business community directly. Brown died in a plane crash while on a trade mission to Croatia and Bosnia on ...
Norman Mineta was the first Asian-American Secretary (July 21, 2000-Jan. 19, 2001). Secretary Gary Locke later followed as the second. He resigned August 1, 2011, when he was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
Henry Wallace served as Vice President of the United States before his appointment as Secretary of Commerce. Three secretaries served in the U.S. Congress. Sinclair Weeks served in the U.S. Senate, and Joshua Alexander served seven terms and Rogers C. B. Morton four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Four others held top state offices. Lut...
The youngest person to be named Secretary was 38-year-old Alexander Trowbridge, an oil company executive who joined the Department as an assistant secretary. The oldest to be appointed was Philip Klutznick, 79, who had over 55 years of investment banking and private equity experience.
Most Secretaries were college graduates, many with degrees from Ivy League universities; but Jesse Jones, the Secretary who directed the Commerce Department's responses to war needs between 1940-1945, received his formal education at a rural schoolhouse in Kentucky.
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. February 28, 2017 – January 20, 2021 Penny S. Pritzker June 26, 2013 – January 20, 2017 John E. Bryson October 21, 2011- June 21, 2012 Gary F. Locke March 26, 2009 - August 1, 2011 Carlos M. Gutierrez February 7, 2005 - January 19, 2009 Donald L. Evans January 20, 2001 - February 3, 2005 Norman A. Mineta July 21, 2000 - January ...
Charles Nagel March 6, 1909 - March 4, 1913 Oscar S. Straus December 17, 1906 - March 5, 1909 Victor H. Metcalf July 1, 1904 - December 16, 1906 George B. Cortelyou February 18, 1903 - June 30, 1904
Secretary Mueller, in his letter to you of 18 Feb 1960, asks that all intelligence information reports emanating from sources be disseminated to the Department of Commerce on a regular basis, and points out their potential value to his Department in con- nection with its responsibility for enforcing the U. S. Export Control Act.
MUELLER, FREDERICK H.: PAPERS, 1943-65. Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 1955-58; Secretary of Commerce, 1959-61. 7 feet.
