Weinberger, Caspar W.

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  • 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)
Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Meg Greenfield Papers, 1890-1999, (bulk 1952-1999) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with Caspar Weinberger Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 492 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Harvard Law School Forums Records Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Francis Valentine Keesling Papers, 1906-1957 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn National Security Files (Nixon Administration). 1968 - 1975. Henry A. Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts (Telcons) Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Malcolm Wallop papers Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
referencedIn Robert Manning papers, 1938-1993. Houghton Library
referencedIn Michael Pertschuk Papers, 1949-2002, (bulk 1977-2001) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Frederick D. Paterson Papers, 1861-1988, (bulk 1965-1988) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Cabinet Room tape number 107 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 929 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Bull Elephants Records, 1967-1974 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 737 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 870 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 796 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Cabinet Room tape number 66 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Harvard Law School Forums Records Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn William Howard Taft IV Papers, 1958-1989, (bulk 1970-1989) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn James J. Flaherty, Sr. Papers, 1960-1979 Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 514 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Russell E. Train Papers, 1898-2005, (bulk 1957-2005) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Women's Economic Round Table. Records, 1976-2005 (bulk: 1978-2004) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Executive Office Building tape number 372 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 508 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 741 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 897 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn William J. Crowe Papers, 1932-2003, (bulk 1971-2003) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 738 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf White House Staff Member and Office Files (Nixon Administration). 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974. President's Office Files Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Alexander Meigs Haig Papers, 1962-1982, (bulk 1973-1982) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 1921 - 2008. Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Executive Office Building tape number 292 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 746 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Henry C. Wahl Correspondence, 1948-1970 Bancroft Library
referencedIn Homer D. Crotty papers and addenda, 1859-2011 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department
referencedIn Records of the National Organization for Women, 1959-2002 (inclusive), 1966-1998 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn General Records of the Department of Justice. 1790 - 2002. Photographs of Attorneys General National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Caspar W. Weinberger Papers, 1910-2005, (bulk 1951-2005) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn United States. U.S. Customs Service. Master Files of Photographs Relating to Agency Officials, Facilities and Equipment, and Enforcement Pursuits, 6/18/1970 - 7/1997 National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Executive Office Building tape number 408 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 724 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 617 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Cabinet Room tape number 105 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Bruce Hoertel Photographic Archive 2006-145., ca. 1940s - 1980s Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Daniel P. Moynihan Papers, 1765-2003, (bulk 1955-2000) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Cabinet Room tape number 121 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. White House telephone tape number 26 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Executive Office Building tape number 330 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Caspar Weinberger at Stanford [videorecording], 1982 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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referencedIn Oral history with Arthur L. Alarcon, California State Government Oral Histories California State Archives

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