Fred Murray Dean (1916-2002) was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He graduated in 1938 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Infantry. He completed primary and advanced flight schools at Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas. Following flight school, his first assignment was with the 40th Pursuit Squadron, which he later commanded. During the early years of World War II, he served in both the European and Mediterranean Theaters. He saw action in both the North African and Sicilian campaigns, flying over 100 combat missions while commanding the 308th Fighter Squadron and serving as Executive Officer and Commander of the 31st Fighter Group. In 1943, Dean was assigned to the Advisory Council for General H. H. Arnold, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces. He would serve as chief of the Advisory Council, as an executive assistant to General Arnold, and would accompany the Air Force member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Allied war conferences at Cairo, Yalta, and Potsdam. After the war, Dean was assigned to the Joint Brazil-United States Military Commission in Rio de Janeiro, overseeing the provision of training and logistical support to the Brazilian Air Force, and the closing of temporary American airfields built there during the war. In October, 1948, he began a series of assignments at Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. He served in several policy and planning roles before entering the National War College in 1952. He would graduate in 1953, and thereafter assumed command of the jet flying training wing at Webb AFB, Texas. In March, 1957, Dean was again sent overseas as Commander of Air Task Force 13, Pacific Air Forces, and chief of the Air Force section of the Military Assistance Group, Taiwan. In January, 1964, Dean was appointed by President Johnson to serve as an Assistant Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in Washington, D.C. (and as Chief of the Weapons Evaluation and Control Bureau within the agency). He would later serve in senior command roles with the U.S. Strike Command, and would assume responsibility for the Sahara Command covering the Middle East, Southern Asia, and Africa South. In August 1968, Dean assumed role of Commander, Allied Air Forces Southern Europe at Naples, Italy. General Dean retired from active duty on July 1, 1972. His career decorations and awards include the Distinguished Service Medal - Air Force design - with oak leaf cluster, Distinguished Service Medal -Army design, Silver Star, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster, Air Medal with nine oak leaf clusters, and other foreign awards. He died May 6, 2002.
From the description of Dean, Fred M. (Fred Murray), 1916-2002 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10679539
