Background
Pollard, Eric Wilton was born on May 18, 1917 in Alameda, California, United States. Son of Eric Wilton and Gladys (Gibson) Pollard.
Pollard, Eric Wilton was born on May 18, 1917 in Alameda, California, United States. Son of Eric Wilton and Gladys (Gibson) Pollard.
Graduate, United States Naval Academy, 1941; postgraduate, United States Naval War College, 1947; postgraduate, Naval Intelligence School, 1949-1950.
Commissioned ensign, United States Navy, 1941; advanced through grades to captain, United States Navy, 1962; commanding officer surveillance flights, United States Navy, Eastern Europe attache United States Embassy, United States Navy, Tehran, Iran, 1950-1953; executive assistant to supreme allied commander North Atlantic Treaty Organization, United States Navy, Paris, 1961-1963; counterinsurgency director Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States Navy, Washington, 1963-1965; retired, United States Navy, 1965; operations executive, Standard Oil New Jersey, Saigon, Vietnam, 1965-1967; chairman, founder, president, Wilton International Cons., Inc., New York City and Tehran, 1970-1979; chairman, founder, The Phoenix Challenge, Inc., since 1983.
Member of the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association, International Association Chiefs of Police, Vietnam Veterans (life), United States Tennis Association, Army-Navy Country Club, Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club.
Married Caroline Walker, 1944 (divorced 1945). 1 child, Eric Wilton III. Married Nanette De Lac, July 14, 1946.
Children: Line Maryvonne, Michelle.