Paisley, Melvyn R., 1924-2001
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- 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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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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