Richardson, Elliot L., 1920-1999

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Dates:
Birth 1920-07-20
Death 1999-12-31
English

Biographical notes:

U.S. cabinet officer, politician, and lawyer, of Massachusetts.

From the description of Papers of Elliot L. Richardson, 1780-1991 (bulk 1947-1991). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009619

From the description of Audio materials, 1961-1984 (bulk 1962 and 1974) [sound recording]. 1961-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 36045043

Government executive.

From the description of Reminiscences of Elliot Lee Richardson : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481134

U.S. cabinet official, politician, and lawyer, of Massachusetts.

From the description of Papers, 1780-1984 (bulk 1947-1984). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31605182

Biographical Note

1920, July 20 Born, Boston, Mass. 1941 Graduated, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1942 1945 United States Army 1947 LL.B., Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass. 1947 1948 Law clerk, Judge Learned Hand, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 1948 1949 Law clerk, Justice Felix Frankfurter, United States Supreme Court 1949 1953 Associate, law firm of Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge & Ruggs, Boston, Mass. 1952 Married Anne F. Hazard (died 1999) 1953 1954 Assistant to Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts 1955 1956 Associate, law firm of Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge & Ruggs, Boston, Mass. 1956 Acting counsel, Christian A. Herter, governor of Massachusetts 1957 1959 Assistant secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1959 1961 United States attorney for Massachusetts Special assistant to the attorney general of the United States 1961 1964 Partner, law firm of Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass. 1965 1967 Lieutenant governor, Massachusetts 1967 1969 Attorney general, Massachusetts 1969 1970 Under secretary of state 1970 1973 Secretary of health, education, and welfare 1973 Secretary of defense Attorney general of the United States 1974 1975 Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D. C. 1975 1976 Ambassador to Great Britain 1976 1977 Secretary of commerce 1976 Published The Creative Balance: Government, Politics, and the Individual in America's Third Century. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1977 1980 Ambassador at large, special representative of the president to the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea 1980 1992 Senior resident partner, law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Washington, D. C. 1984 Unsuccessful candidate, Massachusetts Republican primary for the United States Senate 1989 1990 Personal representative, United Nations secretary-general, for Nicaraguan elections 1989 Personal representative, president of the United States, for multilateral assistance to the Philippines 1996 Published Reflections of a Radical Moderate. New York: Pantheon Books 1998 Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 1999, Dec. 31 Died, Boston, Mass.

From the guide to the Elliot L. Richardson Papers, 1780-1999, (bulk 1947-1999), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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