branch predecessor successor children president title profession parents battles rank term_start order spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
united states navy george c. marshall stephen t. early charles e. wilson vacant evelyn robert scott lovett , ii -lrb- 1927 -- 1984 -rrb- springer lovett brown -lrb- 1920 -- 1967 -rrb- harry s. truman harry s. truman united of defense states secretary of defense united states deputy secretary businessman , government robert scott lovett lavinia chilton abercrombie lovett world war i lieutenant commander september 17 , 1951 october 4 , 1950 4th 2nd adele quartley brown lovett robert lovett , photo portrait , 1951.jpg robert a. lovett
 january 20 , 1953 september 16 , 1951 robert a. lovett yale university harvard university
robert a. lovett

robert abercrombie lovett -lrb- september 14 , 1895may 7 , 1986 -rrb- was the fourth united states secretary of defense , having been promoted to this position from deputy secretary of defense .
he served in the cabinet of president harry s. truman from 1951 to 1953 and in this capacity , directed the korean war .
lovett was a core member of the group of foreign policy elders known as `` the wise men . ''
author g. william domhoff described him as a `` cold war architect '' .
