discharged as a veteran, eligible for veterans' benefits available to service men who had completed long periods in uniform." Ailes testified that the plan (which the subcommittee declined to endorse) would cost $31,300,000 in its first year in 1965 dollars, the equivalent of $235 million fifty years later. From 1965 to 1970, Ailes was head of the Federal City Council, a group of business, civic, education, and other leaders interested in economic development in Washington, D.C. Personal life Ailes married Helen 'Nellie' Wales on June 24, 1939. and had four children. He died on June 30, 2001, from a stroke at his home in Bethesda, Maryland. He is buried in his home town of Romney at Indian Mound Cemetery. References External links Stephen Ailes at West Virginia University 1912 births 2001 deaths 20th-century American lawyers American people of Welsh descent Burials at Indian Mound Cemetery Cornwell family Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Virginia) alumni Kennedy administration personnel Lawyers from Washington, D.C. Lyndon B. Johnson administration personnel People from Bethesda, Maryland People from Romney, West Virginia Princeton University alumni United States Secretaries of the Army United States Under Secretaries of the Army West Virginia lawyers West Virginia University College of Law alumni West Virginia University College of Law faculty