Elvis J. Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army under Eisenhower, signed 3x5 card

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Elvis J. Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army under Eisenhower, signed 3x5 card:
$85.00

Elvis J. Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army during the Eisenhower Administration, signed 3x5 card in blue ink with 2cUSArmy stamp attached and slightly off the card and typed message, with transmittal letter dated 28 March 1962 and signed byJohn G. Hill, Jr.,Military Assistant to the Secretary. The card is clean, fresh & crisp, while the letter has small faults.

Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr. (March 9, 1916– November 11, 1998) was an American government official and college president and administrator. After graduating from the University of Kentucky in 1936 as a member of Sigma Chi and Pershing Rifles, he attended Merton College at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. He served as lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. He returned to the University of Kentucky and became a professor and then dean of the College of Law, before becoming president of West Virginia University. He served as the United States Secretary of the Army between 1961 and 1962 and served as president of Indiana University from 1962 to 1968. He was the president of the National Audubon Society from 1968 until 1981.

This item is from the collection originally formed over a 50 year period by Dr. Sam Loebenstein of Kansas City, Missouri and continued by his grandson, Michael J. Gerstley, of San Jose, California with over 7,500 autographs.

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