Career
Arthur South. Barrows was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on August 22, 1884, the son of John Henry Barrows and Sarah Eleanor Mole. A protégé of Robert East. Wood, he was president of Sears from 1942 to 1946. On September 25, 1947, President of the United States Harry Truman nominated Barrows to be the first United States Under Secretary of the Air Force.
He subsequently held this office from September 26, 1947 until April 21, 1950.
He died on September 20, 1963, at the age of 79.
