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After he left public service, Potter was a long-time executive at <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a>. </p><p>Potter was born in <a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle, Washington</a> on January 16, 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a>, receiving a <a href="/wiki/B.S." class="mw-redirect" title="B.S.">B.S.</a> in <a href="/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">Physics</a> in 1945, and at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington" title="University of Washington">University of Washington</a>, from which he received a <a href="/wiki/Ph.D." class="mw-redirect" title="Ph.D.">Ph.D.</a> in Physics in 1951. Potter spent the next two decades as an <a href="/wiki/Engineer" title="Engineer">engineer</a> at <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a>. This academic phase of his career climaxed in his election to the <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Engineering" title="National Academy of Engineering">National Academy of Engineering</a> in 1973 in recognition of his work in <a href="/wiki/Underwater_Acoustic_Positioning_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Underwater Acoustic Positioning System">underwater acoustic instrumentation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marine_electronics" title="Marine electronics">ocean engineering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Human_spaceflight" title="Human spaceflight">human</a> <a href="/wiki/Exploration_of_the_Moon" title="Exploration of the Moon">exploration of the Moon</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> nominated Potter as <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Research_and_Development)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research and Development)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research and Development)</a> in 1973, and Potter held this office from September 14, 1973, to August 16, 1974. President <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> subsequently nominated Potter as <a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Under Secretary of the Navy">Under Secretary of the Navy</a>, and Potter held that office from August 28, 1974, to April 1, 1976. </p><p>Upon retiring from government in 1976, Potter returned to <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a> as vice president for environmental matters. He later became GM's Vice President of power Products and Defense Operations Group, a title he held until his retirement in 1985. </p><p>Potter served as a member of many organizations' <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Directors" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Directors">Board of Directors</a>, including a stint as Chairman of the Board of <a href="/wiki/Fluke_Corporation" title="Fluke Corporation">Fluke Corporation</a> from 1990 to 1991. 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Baldwin">Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Baird" title="Charles F. Baird">Baird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Warner" title="John Warner">Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_P._Sanders" title="Frank P. Sanders">Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._William_Middendorf" title="J. William Middendorf">Middendorf</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_R._Macdonald" title="David R. Macdonald">Macdonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._James_Woolsey_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="R. James Woolsey Jr.">Woolsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Murray" title="Robert J. Murray">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_F._Goodrich" title="James F. Goodrich">Goodrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Garrett_III" title="Henry L. Garrett III">Garrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Daniel_Howard" title="J. 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