Joseph Stanley Kimmitt

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J. Stanley Kimmitt (1918 – December 7, 2004) was the Secretary of the United States Senate and Secretary for the Majority from 1977 to 1981. Kimmitt also served in World War II and the Korean War as a United States Army lieutenant colonel. Kimmitt commanded a unit in the 8th Infantry Division in Germany from 1962 to 1964 before retiring from the Army as a colonel. He went to work under Mike Mansfield, U.S. Senator from Montana, before becoming Secretary. Upon leaving the Senate, Kimmitt then worked on the APACHE (Attack Helicopter) program. Kimmitt later founded Kimmitt, Senter, Coates, & Weinfurter, Inc. (KSC&W), a Washington, D.C. lobbying firm. Stan Kimmitt died in 2004.

Three sons went into the military, all Field Artillery, including Brigader General Mark Kimmitt, currently serving as the U.S. Central Command's deputy director for strategy and plans. Kimmitt's oldest son, Robert Kimmitt, is the Deputy Treasury Secretary.

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Library of Congress link to the Senate resolution on the passing of Stan Kimmitt
Remarks from the US Senate floor on the passing of Stan Kimmitt.
Obituary and remembrance of Stan Kimmitt from the Great Falls Tribune.
KSC&W website.
Joseph Stanley Kimmitt at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-03-20