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Frederick Baily Dent (August 17, 1922 – December 10, 2019) was an American businessman who served as the United States Secretary of Commerce from February 2, 1973, to March 26, 1975, during the administrations of U.S. Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford
Dec 16, 2019 · Frederick B. Dent, a South Carolina textile manufacturer who in the mid-1970s was President Richard M. Nixon’s secretary of commerce and President Gerald R. Ford’s special representative...
Frederick B. Dent was born in Cape May, New Jersey, on August 17, 1922. He received an A.B. from Yale (1943) before serving in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946. Dent was president of Mayfair Mills in Arcadia, South Carolina (1958-1972), and he was a trustee of both the South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association and the American Textile ...
Frederick Baily Dent (August 17, 1922 – December 10, 2019) was an American politician and businessman. He served as the United States Secretary of Commerce from February 2, 1973, to March 26, 1975, during the administrations of U.S. Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford.
Eleven years after his transfer, Dent was elected president of Mayfair Mills. He was also a member of the Business Council and served as president on the American Textile Manufacturers Institute. In 1973, President Richard Nixon appointed Dent as secretary of Commerce.
Dec 17, 2019 · Frederick B. Dent, a South Carolina textile executive who served as President Richard M. Nixon’s last commerce secretary and President Gerald Ford’s special trade representative, championing...
Dec 17, 2019 · A respected business leader who advocated free trade and an end to most protectionist tariffs, Mr. Dent was commerce secretary from 1973 to 1975, bridging the Nixon and Ford administrations. He became Ford’s trade representative, with cabinet and ambassadorial rank, from 1975 to 1977.
