LC control no. | n 81027497 |
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Personal name heading | Orr, Verne, 1916-2008 |
Variant(s) | Orr, George Vernon, 1916-2008 Orr, Vernon, 1916-2008 |
Found in | U.S. Cong. Senate. Com. on Armed Services. Nomination of George Vernon ... 1981 (subj.) t.p. (George Vernon Orr, Jr., to be secretary of the air force) p. 4 (b. 11-12-16) p. 2 (Verne Orr; Vernon Orr) U.S. Dept. of the Air Force. Joint statement by the Honorable Verne Orr, Secretary of the Air Force ... 1983? OCLC, 2004 Aug 3 (usage on works by him: Verne Orr) New York times WWW site, Dec. 8, 2008 (in obituary published Dec. 6: Verne Orr; b. George Vernon Orr, Jr., Des Moines; d. Nov. 27, Pasadena, Calif., aged 92; as secretary of the Air Force under President Ronald Reagan, he oversaw the final development of the B-1 bomber and, in a campaign against fraud and waste, introduced more competition into the process of bidding for military contracts) |