The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Rear Admiral (MC) Frank P. Gilmore, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from 4 October 1956 to 1 August 1963 as Assistant Chief for Planning and Logistics in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Rear Admiral Gilmore was responsible for achieving success in the replacement of many obsolescent Medical Department facilities; was instrumental in achieving greater effectiveness and economy in the financial management of major medical activities; and sponsored and initially guided the establishment of a program for conversion to data processing techniques in naval hospitals and in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.