American financier and government official (1884–1975)
Ralph Austin Bard
Under Secretary of the Navy
In office June 24, 1944 – June 30, 1945
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
Preceded by
James Forrestal
Succeeded by
Artemus Gates
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
In office February 24, 1941 – June 24, 1944
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by
Lewis Compton
Succeeded by
H. Struve Hensel
Personal details
Born
July 29, 1884 (1884-07-29) Cleveland, Ohio, US
Died
April 5, 1975 (1975-04-06) (aged 91) Deerfield, Illinois, US
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Mary Hancock Spear
Children
4, including Katharine Bard
Alma mater
Princeton University
Occupation
financier
Awards
Navy Distinguished Service Medal[1] Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award
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Ralph Austin Bard (July 29, 1884 – April 5, 1975) was a Chicago financier who served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1941–1944, and as Under Secretary, 1944–1945. He is noted for a memorandum he wrote to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in 1945 urging that Japan be given a warning before the use of the atomic bomb on a strategic city. He was "the only person known to have formally dissented from the use of the atomic bomb without advance warning."[2]
^"Hall of Valor: Ralph A. Bard". militarytimes.com. Sightline Media Group. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
^Gar Alperovitz, The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb and the Architecture of an American Myth (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995), p. 225. ISBN 0-679-44331-2
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