Taft, William Howard, IV, 1945-

• 1945, Sept. 13: Born, Washington, D.C.
• 1966: Graduated, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1968 - 1970 : Federal Trade Commission Investigation Project
• 1969: Graduated, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1969 - 1970 : Attorney-advisor to chairman, Federal Trade Commission
• 1970: Principal assistant to deputy director, Office of Management and Budget
• 1970 - 1972 : Executive assistant to director, Office of Management and Budget
• 1973 - 1976 : Executive assistant to secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
• 1974: Married Julia Vadala
• 1976 - 1977 : General counsel, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
• 1977 - 1981 : Partner at Leva, Hawes, Symington, Martin & Oppenheimer, Washington, D.C.
• 1981 - 1984 : General counsel, Defense Department
• 1984 - 1989 : Deputy secretary, Defense Department
• 1989 - 1992 : Permanent representative, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• 1992 - : Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the William Howard Taft IV Papers, 1958-1989, (bulk 1970-1989), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)