Frederick Baily Dent

Education

Yale College.

Career

Dent served as the United States Trade Representative from March 26, 1975 until January 20, 1977, during the remainder of President Ford"s administration. Dent was born on August 17, 1922 in Cape May, New Jersey, to Edith (née Baily), and Magruder Dent. He was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut.

He attended Yale University to study law and served in the United States Navy from 1943 until 1946.

In the Navy, Dent was the Lieutenant Junior Grade, where he captained the United States Ship Personal Computer 1547 and the United States Ship PCEC 873. From 1958 until 1972 and 1977 until 1988, Dent was the president of Mayfair Mills in Arcadia, South Carolina.

He was appointed by Secretary of Commerce by President Richard Nixon, for serving from February 2, 1973 to March 26, 1975, and was the President Gerald Ford"s Trade Representative, from March 26, 1975 to January 20, 1977. He was inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame in 1994.

Connections

Father:

Magruder Dent

Mother:

Edith (Baily) Dent

Spouse:

Mildred C. Harrison

child:

Mildred Hutcheson Dent

child:

Pauline Harrison Dent

child:

Magruder Harrison Dent

child:

Frederick Baily Dent

child:

Diana Gwynn Dent