| 词条 | Charles Thomas (Secretary of the Navy) |
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|name = Charles Thomas |image = CharlesSThomas.jpg |office = 5th United States Secretary of the Navy |president = Dwight D. Eisenhower |term_start = February 9, 1953 |term_end = August 5, 1953 |predecessor = Robert B. Anderson |successor = Thomas S. Gates Jr. |birth_name = Charles Sparks Thomas |birth_date = {{birth date|1897|9|28}} |birth_place = Independence, Missouri, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1983|10|17|1897|9|28}} |death_place = Newport Beach, California, U.S. |party = Republican |education = University of California, Berkeley Cornell University }} Charles Sparks Thomas[1] (September 28, 1897 – October 17, 1983)[2] was a U.S. administrator. He served as Secretary of the Navy between May 3, 1954 and April 1, 1957. Thomas was born in Independence, Missouri,[3] and he attended the University of California and Cornell University. During World War I, he served as a naval aviator. He joined the Eisenhower Administration in 1953 as Undersecretary of the Navy; later that year, he designated an Assistant Secretary of Defense. During the 1930s, Thomas worked for Foreman and Clark. Thomas became president of Trans World Airlines on 2 July 1958, and served until 28 July 1960.[4] He subsequently was the president of the Irvine Company, which developed sprawling Southern California suburbs, through 1966. Thomas was director of several large corporations, including Lockheed. References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2c6036n4/ |title=Guide to the Charles Sparks Thomas Papers MS.R.003 |publisher=Oac.cdlib.org |accessdate=2012-08-07}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/20/obituaries/charles-s-thomas-who-headed-the-navy-and-twa-dies-at-86.html |title=CHARLES S. THOMAS, WHO HEADED THE NAVY AND T.W.A., DIES AT 86 - Obituary |publisher=NYTimes.com |date=1983-10-20 |accessdate=2012-08-06}} 3. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2OTjAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Thomas,+charles+sparks%22+1897&dq=%22Thomas,+charles+sparks%22+1897&source=bl&ots=GyXptpAPxl&sig=ECDRxGYp0zO4oVQY_CdZ27lTtBA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=R4IgULr7LYqkiQKAq4DYDA&redir_esc=y |title=Who's who in world aviation and astronautics - American Aviation Publications - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.ca |date=1994-10-01 |accessdate=2012-08-07}} 4. ^{{cite book |last1=Rummel |first1=Robert |title=Howard Hughes and TWA |date=1991 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |isbn=9781560980179 |page=337,362}} External links{{Portal|Biography}}
before=Francis P. Whitehair| title=Under Secretary of the Navy| after=Thomas S. Gates, Jr.| years= February 9, 1953 – August 5, 1953 }}{{succession box|title=Secretary of the Navy|before=Robert B. Anderson|after=Thomas S. Gates, Jr.|years= May 3, 1954 – April 1, 1957}}{{s-end}}{{USSecNavy}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Charles}}{{Missouri-politician-stub}} 5 : 1897 births|1983 deaths|United States Secretaries of the Navy|Trans World Airlines people|United States Under Secretaries of the Navy |
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