Patrick Shanahan
Spent over 30 years at Boeing before becoming Deputy Secretary of Defense (2017-2019) and briefly acting Secretary of Defense under Trump; his nomination to the permanent role was withdrawn amid personal controversies. Frequently cited as a case of the "reverse revolving door" - moving directly from a top Pentagon contractor into the Pentagon's own leadership.
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spent 30+ years there before becoming Deputy Secretary of Defense
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NOT A DEATH. Verified 2 September 2026 against Wikipedia, "Patrick M. Shanahan", fetched that day. THE SOURCE GIVES THREE DATES AND THE END RECORDED HERE MATCHES NONE OF THEM: he "became the 33rd Deputy Secretary of Defense on July 19, 2017"; he "assumed the office" of acting Secretary of Defense on 1 January 2019; and "Shanahan's last day in that position was June 24, 2019". This file records 2017-07-01 to 2019-06-01. The month of the final departure is corroborated and the day is not, so end_precision is "month". The dates are left alone. The article records him as president and CEO of Spirit AeroSystems from October 2023 and carries no death notice: HE IS LIVING. RECORDED GRADE: fetched secondary source, not a primary document read by eye. It is recorded so a reader can check it, and it is the same grade as the fourteen death dates already on this map.