[1] Raised in Greenwich, CT. Father: Magruder Dent
Mother: Edith Baily Dent
Wife: Mildred C. Harrison ("Millie", m. 11-Mar-1944)
Son: Frederick B. Dent, Jr., ("Rick")
Daughter: Mildred
Daughter: Diana
Daughter: Polly
Son: Mark
High School: St. Paul's School, Concord, NH
University: BA, Yale University (1943)
Administrator: Trustee, Yale University
US Secretary of Commerce (1973-75)
Mayfair Mills President (1958-73; 1977-88)
Joshua Baily & Company (1947-58)
Member of the Board of Communications Satellite Corporation
Member of the Board of General Electric
Member of the Board of International Paper
Member of the Board of Mutual Life Insurance of New York
Member of the Board of Scott Paper
Member of the Board of S. C. Johnson & Son
Member of the Board of SCN Corporation
Bush-Cheney '04
The Business Council
Business-Industry PAC
Campaign America Inc.
Committee to Elect Lindsey Graham
DeMint for Senate Committee
Friends of Giuliani Exploratory Committee
George W. Bush for President
Institute of Textile Technology Trustee
John McCain 2008
Lindsey Graham for Senate
McCain-Palin Victory 2008
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Romney for President
Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce
Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994)