# Robert Abercrombie Lovett

> politician and United States Navy officer (1895–1986)

**Wikidata**: [Q2063424](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2063424)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Lovett)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/robert-abercrombie-lovett

## Summary

Robert Abercrombie Lovett was born on September 14, 1895, in Huntsville[1][2][3][4][5] and died on May 7, 1986, in Locust Valley[1][2][3][4][5]. He was the son of Lavinia Chilton Lovett[6] and was educated at Yale University and Harvard University. Following his death, he was buried in New York.He worked as a military officer, businessperson, politician, and foreign minister[7], and he was employed by the Union Pacific Corporation. His primary professional field encompassed politics, military policy, and national security[7]. In government, he served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1950 to 1951 and as the United States Secretary of Defense from 1951 to 1953[5]. For his contributions, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Distinguished Service Medal[8].


## References

1. Integrated Authority File
2. Geni.com
3. Department of Defense Key Officials: September 1947–October 2023
4. Czech National Authority Database
5. [Source](https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47639)
6. SNAC
7. Find a Grave
8. Munzinger Personen
9. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
10. Virtual International Authority File
11. Quora
12. [Source](http://purl.org/pressemappe20/beaconlist/pe)