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Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg, Jr. (June 30, 1907 – January 18, 1968) was a Republican government official from Michigan. He worked for many years on the staff of his father, Arthur H. Vandenberg (1884–1951), who served in the U.S. Senate from 1928 to 1951. He was briefly appointed to Eisenhower's White House staff in November 1952 but resigned in 1953 at the very start of the Eisenhower administration. He also worked as a consultant and academic and edited his father’s papers for publication. The reason for his 1953 resignation, originally blamed on health problems, was later revealed to be his inability to pass a security test because of his homosexuality.〔 In October 1964, following the arrest of President Lyndon Johnson's longtime aide Walter Jenkins on a "morals charge", columnist Drew Pearson published the circumstances of Vandenberg's 1952 resignation, and President Johnson himself repeated them publicly later that same month. ==Early years== Vandenberg was born on June 30, 1907, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His mother, the former Elizabeth Watson, died in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1928, just after his father entered the U.S. Senate. After graduation, he joined his parents in Washington, D.C., and attended social events escorting Margo Couzens, the daughter of Michigan's other U.S. Senator, James J. Couzens.〔''New York Times'': ("Notes of Social Activities in New York and Elsewhere," February 24, 1929 ), accessed November 16, 2010. She also spelled her name Margot.〕 He served in the Army Air Forces during World War II, joining as a private and rising to major.〔 He was awarded the Legion of Merit "for his work in intelligence and public relations during the war."〔''New York Times'': ("Vandenberg's Son Honored," March 1, 1947 ), accessed November 16, 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur H. Vandenberg, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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