Donald A. Quarles

Donald Quarles
7th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
In office
May 1, 1957 – May 8, 1959
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byReuben B. Robertson Jr.
Succeeded byThomas S. Gates
4th United States Secretary of the Air Force
In office
August 15, 1955 – April 30, 1957
PresidentDwight Eisenhower
Preceded byHarold E. Talbott
Succeeded byJames H. Douglas Jr.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
In office
September 1, 1953 – August 14, 1955
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byWalter Whitman
Succeeded byClifford C. Furnas
Personal details
Born(1894-07-30)July 30, 1894
Van Buren, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedMay 8, 1959(1959-05-08) (aged 64)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Missouri
Yale University (BA)
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1917–1919
RankCaptain

Donald Aubrey Quarles (July 30, 1894 – May 8, 1959) was a communications engineer, senior level executive with Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric, and a top official in the United States Department of Defense during the Eisenhower Administration. He served as both Secretary of the Air Force and Deputy Secretary of Defense.