Charles E. Saltzman
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Charles E. Saltzman
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September 19, 1903 Zamboanga City |
| Died | June 16, 1994 (aged 90) |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
Charles Eskridge Saltzman (September 19, 1903 – June 16, 1994) was a United States soldier, businessman and State Department official.
Charles E. Saltzman was born on September 19, 1903, in Zamboanga City in the Philippines, where his father, Charles McKinley Saltzman, was a captain in the Signal Corps of the United States Army, serving on the staff of Major General Leonard Wood. His mother was Mary Eskridge Saltzman. Saltzman's father's military career meant that he lived in a variety of places growing up: the Philippines, Washington, D.C., New York City, and Panama.
When Saltzman was five years old, in September 1908, he was present at Fort Myer for the Wright brothers' demonstration of manned flight in an event arranged by Saltzman's father. Saltzman's father served as chairman of the Federal Radio Commission from 1930 to 1932.
After graduating from high school in New York, Saltzman spent a year at Cornell University and then entered the United States Military Academy. After graduating in 1925, Saltzman was a Rhodes scholar, studying at Magdalen College, Oxford and receiving a bachelor's degree in 1928.
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