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Chester R. Davis (February 27, 1896 – July 31, 1966) was an American businessman.


Education and early career

Davis was born in St. Charles, Illinois. He worked at the Ziegler Coal Company, and served in the 320th Infantry during
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
. He attended
Lake Forest College Lake Forest College is a private liberal arts college in Lake Forest, Illinois. Founded in 1857 as Lind University by a group of Presbyterian ministers, the college has been coeducational since 1876 and an undergraduate-focused liberal arts ins ...
and the
University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Unive ...
.Government Printing Office. ''U.S. Government Organization Manual 1955–1956''. Washington, DC: GPO. p. 134. Immediately after graduating from UI, he became an assistant trust officer at the Chicago Title and Trust Company, where he was elected director and vice-president on January 10, 1939.


Public service

On February 19, 1954, he was nominated by
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...
for the position of
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (abbreviated ASA(FM&C)) is a civilian office in the United States Department of the Army. The office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller ...
. The US Senate Armed Services Committee approved the nomination on March 4, 1955. Davis served for two years as Assistant Secretary during which he developed a plan for medical and hospital care for the armed forces. For his "lasting contributions" he was decorated in 1956-12-12. He resigned from that position on 1957-12-15. After his resignation from government service, he returned to Chicago. In February 1957, he had been appointed to a subcommittee of the Committee of 49, a citizen's advisory committee that had been appointed by the Chicago Welfare Council. He had already served on a similar committee in 1952 to consider the affairs of the county hospital. At the time, he was a Republican.


Retirement and death

He retired from Chicago Title and Trust in 1961. In 1963, he was named vice-president of the
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. Davis died in 1966 of a heart attack in his home in
Wayne, Illinois Wayne is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage and Kane County, Illinois, Kane counties, Illinois, United States. The eastern portion, in DuPage County, is in Wayne Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Wayne Township, while the western portio ...
.


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Further reading

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External links


Papers of Chester R. Davis, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
1896 births 1966 deaths United States Army personnel of World War I Lake Forest College alumni United States Army soldiers People from St. Charles, Illinois {{US-army-WWI-bio-stub