JOHN S. GLEASON

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FULL NAME:
John Simon Gleason Jr.

BORN:
February 11, 1915
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

DIED:
May 2, 1993 (age 78),
Hines, Illinois

EDUCATION:
University of Notre Dame (BA)
Harvard University (MBA)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1957-1958:
National Commander of the American Legion
1961-1965:
Administrator of Veterans Affairs

RESOURCES: 

2/21/1961: President John F. Kennedy meets with Administrator of the Veterans Administration General John S. Gleason in the Oval Office of the White House. General Gleason is presenting  a National Insurance dividend check to President Kennedy (Abbie Rowe/JFK Library).

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