Roger Kent
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Roger Kent, (June 8, 1906 May 16, 1980), was the son of William Kent (U.S. Congressman) and Elizabeth (Thacher) Kent. His father served in the U.S. Congress between 1910 and 1917. After his family returned to California, Kent attended Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley beginning in 1919. He then boarded for three years at the Thacher School to prepare for college. He graduated from Yale College in 1928. He stayed in New Haven after graduation, attending Yale Law School, from which he graduated in 1931. Kent practiced law in California and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Cour...
Roger Kent, (June 8, 1906 May 16, 1980), was the son of William Kent (U.S. Congressman) and Elizabeth (Thacher) Kent. His father served in the U.S. Congress between 1910 and 1917. After his family returned to California, Kent attended Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley beginning in 1919. He then boarded for three years at the Thacher School to prepare for college. He graduated from Yale College in 1928. He stayed in New Haven after graduation, attending Yale Law School, from which he graduated in 1931. Kent practiced law in California and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1937.During World War II, he was a Naval officer, receiving the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry in action at Guadalcanal.After two unsuccessful campaigns as a Democratic candidate for Congress in 1948 and 1950, Kent went to Washington in 1952, at the close of the Truman Administration, as General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Defense, at a time when the Pentagon was under attack by Senator Joseph McCarthy.
