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President
  
Barack Obama

Preceded by
  
W. Scott Gould

Preceded by
  
Eric Shinseki

Name
  
Sloan Gibson


Succeeded by
  
Robert A. McDonald

Spouse
  
Margaret Gibson

President
  
Barack Obama

Political party
  
Republican Party


Alma mater
  
United States Military Academy University of Missouri, Kansas City Harvard University

Role
  
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Office
  
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs since 2014

Children
  
Celia Gibson, Laura Gibson

Education
  
University of Missouri–Kansas City, John F. Kennedy School of Government, United States Military Academy

Similar People
  
Barack Obama, Eric Shinseki, Franklin D Roosevelt, Gordon H Mansfield, Ed Derwinski

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Sloan D. Gibson IV (born 1951/1952) is the former United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Gibson was confirmed as the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs by the United States Senate on February 11, 2014, replacing former Deputy Secretary W. Scott Gould who resigned on May 17, 2013. He became the acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs after Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned on May 30, 2014. Gibson held the acting secretary and deputy secretary positions concurrently until Robert McDonald was sworn in as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on July 30, 2014.

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Career

Before his appointment as deputy secretary, Gibson was the 22nd president and CEO of the USO. He assumed that role on September 1, 2008. In 2004, he retired as chairman and chief financial officer of AmSouth Bancorporation. During his tenure, AmSouth became part of the S&P 500. In 2002, Gibson chaired the United Way campaign in Central Alabama.

Military service

Gibson earned both Airborne and Ranger qualifications and served as an infantry officer in the United States Army.

Education

A 1975 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he also earned a Masters in Economics from the University of Missouri–Kansas City and a Masters in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Personal life

Gibson and his wife, Margaret Gibson, whom he has been married to for over 32 years, have two grown daughters, Celia Gibson and Laura Gibson.

References

Sloan D. Gibson Wikipedia