Carter Lane Burgess (December 31, 1916 – August 18, 2002) was an American soldier, business executive, and diplomat.

Life

He graduated from

Virginia Military Institute The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is a public senior military college in Lexington, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1839 as America's first state military college and is the oldest public senior military college in the U.S. In k ...

. He served in

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, as an assistant to

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionar ...

. From September 24, 1954, to January 22, 1957, he was Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Personnel). From January 1957 to January 1958, he was president of

Trans World Airlines Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1930 until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles ...

. In 1958, he was president of

American Machine and Foundry American Machine and Foundry (known after 1970 as AMF, Inc.) was one of the United States' largest recreational equipment companies, with diversified products as disparate as garden equipment, atomic reactors, and yachts. History The company wa ...

. Also in 1958 he was appointed to the President's Council on Youth Fitness. In 1968 he was appointed ambassador to Argentina. Burgess also served as Chairman of the National Corporation of Housing Partnerships and the

National Center for Housing Management The National Center for Housing Management, Inc. (NCHM) was created by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), George W. Romney, pursuant to an Executive order (U ...

Family

In 1941, he married May Gardner Burgess. She died in 1990.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burgess, Carter L. 1916 births 2002 deaths United States Army personnel of World War II United States Army officers 20th-century American diplomats American expatriates in Argentina