Roswell Gilpatric

Roswell Gilpatric
10th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
In office
January 24, 1961 – January 20, 1964
PresidentJohn F Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byJames H. Douglas Jr.
Succeeded byCyrus Vance
United States Under Secretary of the Air Force
In office
October 19, 1951 – February 5, 1953
PresidentHarry S. Truman
Preceded byJohn A. McCone
Succeeded byJames H. Douglas Jr.
Personal details
Born
Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric

(1906-11-04)November 4, 1906
Brooklyn, New York City, New York
DiedMarch 15, 1996(1996-03-15) (aged 89)
New York City, New York
Resting placeMount Desert Island, Maine
Alma materYale University
Yale Law School (J.D.)

Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric (November 4, 1906 – March 15, 1996) was a New York City corporate attorney and government official who served as Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1961–64, when he played a pivotal role in the high-stake strategies of the Cuban Missile Crisis, advising President John F. Kennedy as well as Robert McNamara and McGeorge Bundy on dealing with the Soviet nuclear missile threat. Gilpatric later served as Chairman of the Task Force on Nuclear Proliferation in 1964.