Fred A. Bantz was an official in the United States Department of the Navy

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 during the administration of President

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 Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Biography

A native of Saint Paul, Minnesota

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, Bantz joined J. C. Penney

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 in 1922 as a buyer

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. He rose through the ranks, becoming a J. C. Penney vice president

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 in 1950.

In 1957, President Eisenhower appointed Bantz as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Material)

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Material)

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, a post he held until 1959. At that time, President Eisenhower nominated Bantz as Under Secretary of the Navy

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 and he served in that capacity from June 8, 1959 to January 20, 1961.

Bantz was active in charity work in the 1960s, serving as chairman of the fundraising

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 committees of the American Red Cross

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 and the American Cancer Society

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He died at his home in Delray Beach, Florida

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on September 22, 1982, at the age of 87.