William H. Brett

For other people with the same name, see William Brett (disambiguation).

William Howard Brett (December 31, 1893 – April 10, 1989) was Director of the United States Mint from 1954 to 1961.

Biography

William H. Brett, the son of William Howard Brett,^[1] was a native of Cleveland. He served in the United States Army during World War I and was educated at Dartmouth College.^[2] After college, he returned to Ohio and went into business.^[2]

In 1954, President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Brett to be Director of the United States Mint, and Brett held this post from July 1954 to January 1961.^[2] He was a contestant on What's My Line? on November 25, 1956.^[3] Brett was also a contestant on the game show "To Tell The Truth" dated August 13, 1957. After retiring from the Mint, Brett served as a financial consultant.^[2]

Brett died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Palm Desert, California on April 10, 1989.^[2]

Government offices
Preceded by Nellie Tayloe Ross	Director of the United States Mint July 1954 – January 1961	Succeeded by Eva Adams

Directors of the United States Mint

Rittenhouse de Saussure Boudinot R. Patterson Moore R. M. Patterson Eckert Pettit Snowden Pollock Millward Linderman Pollock Linderman Burchard Kimball Leech Preston Roberts Leach Andrew Roberts Woolley von Engelken Baker Scobey Grant Ross Brett Adams Brooks Hackel Sims Pope Ryder Diehl Johnson Fore Moy

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