Arthur I. Mendolia

{{short description|American chemical engineer and government official}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Arthur I. Mendolia

|image = Arthur I. Mendolia.jpg

|image_size = 150

|caption = Mendolia in 1973

|birth_date = {{birth date|1917|05|06}}

|birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2007|10|19|1917|05|06}}

|death_place = Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.

|office1 = Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Logistics

|president1 = Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford

|term_start1 = June 21, 1973

|term_end1 = March 31, 1975

|preceded1 = Barry J. Shillito
Hugh McCullough (acting)

|succeeded1 = John J. Bennett (acting)

|alma_mater = Case Institute of Technology

|party = Republican{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-mendolia-selected/147636648/|title=Mendolia Selected|work=Daily News|location=New York, New York|date=June 5, 1973|access-date=May 18, 2024|page=177|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

|occupation = Chemical engineer, government official

}}

Arthur I. Mendolia (May 6, 1917{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal-dupont-man-is-promoted/147633873/|title=DuPont Man Is Promoted: Arthur I. Mendolia Gets Position Vacated By W. Samuel Carpenter III|work=The News Journal|location=Wilmington, Delaware|date=July 17, 1958|access-date=May 18, 2024|page=10|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} – October 19, 2007) was an American chemical engineer and government official.

Life and career

Mendolia was born in Brooklyn.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-news-president-names-du-pont/147633724/|title=President names Du Pont official to defense post|work=The News Journal|location=Wilmington, Delaware|date=June 5, 1973|access-date=May 18, 2024|page=19|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} He attended Case Institute of Technology, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in 1941.

Mendolia was a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal-explosives-post-filled/147633677/|title=Explosives Post Filled by Du Pont|work=The News Journal|location=Wilmington, Delaware|date=October 19, 1966|access-date=May 18, 2024|page=43|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

In 1973, President Richard Nixon nominated Mendolia to serve as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Logistics.{{Citation|title=Department of the Navy. Family housing. Office of the Secretary of Defense|date=1974|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|author=United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations}} He served until 1975, when he was succeeded by John J. Bennett.

Mendolia died on October 19, 2007, in Wilmington, Delaware, at the age of 90.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9A06E4D9163AF931A15753C1A9619C8B63.html|title=Paid Notice: Deaths MENDOLIA, ARTHUR|work=The New York Times|date=October 22, 2007|access-date=May 18, 2024}}

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