serviceyears branch children birth_date term_end alma_mater profession battles order term_start spouse image rank name predecessor birth_place president party office parents successor religion article_title
1943-1946 united states navy frederick dent hutchinson diana dent gwynn pauline harrison `` polly '' baily dent magruder harrison `` mark '' dent `` rick '' dent , jr. mildred 17 august 1922 january 20 , 1977 march 26 , 1975 yale university politician world war ii 5th 21st march 26 , 1975 february 2 , 1973 mildred harrison dent frederickbailydent.jpg lieutenant junior grade frederick b. dent william d. eberle peter g. peterson cape may , new jersey , u.s. gerald r. ford richard m. nixon gerald r. ford republican united states trade representative united states secretary of commerce magruder dent edith baily dent robert s. strauss rogers c. b. morton episcopalian frederick b. dent

frederick b. dent

frederick baily dent -lrb- born august 17 , 1922 -rrb- is a former american politician 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 r. ford , jr. .
his assistant secretary , hastings wyman , a native of aiken , south carolina , became a political consultant and in 1978 the publisher of `` the southern political report '' .
dent served as the united states trade representative from march 26 , 1975 until january 20 , 1977 , during the remainder of president ford 's administration .
