Donald Aubrey Quarles (born Van Buren, Arkansas, July 30, 1894; died May 8, 1959) was a communications engineer, senior level executive with Bell Telephone ...
testimony before a subcommittee of the House ofRepresentatives, Donald Quarles, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, saidthat the firing of the Sputnik had convinced me that we are apt to getsupport from the people of the United States for a stronger program thanI thought I was going to get support