On January 18 , 1961 , Gates was presented with the Medal of Freedom by President Dwight D. Eisenhower . After he left at The Pentagon , Gates joined Morgan and Company in New York , later the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company , which eventually became the J.P Morgan Bank , becoming president in 1962 and chairman and chief executive officer in 1965 . President Richard M. Nixon appointed him chairman of the Advisory Commission on an All-Volunteer Force , which presented its recommendations to end the draft on February 21 , 1970 . From 1976 to 1977 he served , with the rank of ambassador , as chief of the United States Liaison Office in the People 's Republic of China
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
Thomas S. Gates Jr.