Paisley, Melvyn R., 1924-2001

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Name (Latin)
Paisley, Melvyn R., 1924-2001
Other forms of name
Paisley, Melvyn R., 1924-
Paisley, M. R. (Melvyn R.), 1924-
Paisley, Mel, 1924-
Paisley, Melvyn, 1924-
Date of birth
1924-10-09
Date of death
2001-12-19
Associated country
United States
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 5613570
Wikidata: Q6814142
Library of congress: n 82072201
Sources of Information
  • U.S. Cong. Senate. Comm. on Armed Services. Nomination of Melvyn R. ... 1982 (subj.)t.p. (Melvyn R. Paisley, of Washington, to be an assistant secretary of the Navy (research, engineering, and systems) p. 1 (Melvyn Paisley) p. 2 (M.R. Paisley) p. 2 (Mel Paisley) p. 3 (b. Oct. 1924)
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Wikipedia description:

Melvyn Robert Paisley (October 9, 1924 – December 19, 2001) was appointed United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Engineering and Systems) by President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987. He was prosecuted in Operation Ill Wind in which he, numerous other government employees and 60 private citizens were arrested. In 1991, he admitted that while in office he had accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes and was sentenced to four years in prison.

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