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Weinberger, Caspar W.

Biographical Note

1917, Aug. 18 Born, San Francisco, Calif. 1933 Graduated, San Francisco Polytechnic High School, San Francisco, Calif. 1938 Graduated, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 1941 LL.B., Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass. 1941 1945 United States Army 1942 Married Jane Dalton 1945 1947 Law clerk, United States Judge William E. Orr 1947 1969 Practiced law with firm of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, Calif.; partner, 1959-1969 1952 1958 State assemblyman, California legislature 1958 Unsuccessful candidate to become Republican nominee for attorney general of California 1959 1968 Newspaper columnist on California politics and government Moderator, television program, "Profile: Bay Area," KQED, San Francisco, Calif. 1960 1962 Vice chairman, Republican Central Committee of California 1962 1964 Chairman, Republican Central Committee of California 1967 1968 Chairman, Commission on California State Government Organization and Economics 1968 1969 Director of finance, state of California 1970 Chairman, Federal Trade Commission 1970 1972 Deputy director, Office of Management and Budget 1972 1973 Director, Office of Management and Budget 1973 Counselor to the President for Human Resources 1973 1975 Secretary of health, education, and welfare 1975 1980 General counsel, vice president, and director, Bechtel Group of Companies 1978 1979 Member, California commission on government reform 1981 1987 Secretary of defense 1988 1990 Member, Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board Member, National Economic Commission 1988 1994 Counsel, Rogers & Wells, Washington, D.C., and New York, N.Y. 1989 2006 Publisher, Forbes magazine; chairman, 1993-2006 1990 Published Fighting for Peace: Seven Critical Years in the Pentagon. New York: Warner Books 1992 Indicted on charges related to the Iran-Contra scandal; pardoned by President George H. W. Bush. 1996 Published with Peter Schweizer The Next War. Washington, D.C.: Regnery 2001 Published with Gretchen Roberts In the Arena: A Memoir of the 20th Century. Washington, D.C.: Regnery 2005 Published with Peter Schweizer Chain of Command. New York: Atria Books 2006 Published with Wynton C. Hall Home of the Brave: Honoring the unsung Heroes in the war on Terror. New York: Forge 2006, Mar. 28 Died, Bangor, Maine

From the guide to the Caspar W. Weinberger Papers, 1910-2005, (bulk 1951-2005), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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