Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932-....

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U.S. secretary of defense, U.S. representative from Illinois, White House official, ambassador, and business executive. Full name: Donald Henry Rumsfeld.

From the description of Donald Rumsfeld papers, 1888-2008 (bulk 1963-2007). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 318293638

Biographical Note

  • 1932, July 9: Born, Chicago, Ill.
  • 1954: B.A., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. Married Joyce Pierson
  • 1954 - 1957 : Military service as an aviator and flight instructor, United States Navy
  • 1958: Administrative assistant to United States Congressman David Dennison of Ohio
  • 1959: Staff assistant to United States Congressman Robert P. Griffin of Michigan
  • 1960 - 1962 : Employed by investment banking firm A. G. Becker and Co., Chicago, Ill.
  • 1963 - 1969 : United States congressman from Illinois's Thirteenth Congressional District
  • 1969 - 1970 : Assistant to the president with cabinet rank Director, Office of Economic Opportunity
  • 1970: Appointed counselor to the president
  • 1971 - 1972 : Director, Cost of Living Council (Economic Stabilization Program) Chairman, Property Review Board
  • 1973 - 1974 : United States ambassador, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • 1974, Aug.: Chairman, presidential transition team
  • 1974 - 1975 : White House chief of staff
  • 1975 - 1977 : Secretary of defense
  • 1977: Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • 1977 - 1985 : Chief executive officer, president, and chairman, G. D. Searle & Co., a pharmaceutical company
  • 1982 - 1983 : Special presidential envoy, Law of the Sea Treaty
  • 1982 - 1986 : Member, President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control
  • 1983 - 1984 : Special presidential envoy to the Middle East Senior advisor, President's Panel on Strategic Systems Member, United States-Japan Advisory Commission
  • 1987 - 1990 : Member, National Commission on Public Service
  • 1988 - 1989 : Member, National Economic Commission
  • 1990 - 1993 : Chairman and chief executive officer, General Instrument Corp., a broadband technology company
  • 1993 - 2001 : Chairman of the board, Gilead Sciences, a biotechnology company
  • 1996: National chairman and policy advisor, Robert J. Dole presidential campaign
  • 1998: Appointed chair, Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States
  • 1999 - 2000 : Member, United States Trade Deficit Review Commission
  • 2000: Appointed chair, Commission to Assess National Security Space Management and Organization
  • 2001 - 2006 : Secretary of defense

From the guide to the Donald Rumsfeld Papers, 1888-2008, (bulk 1963-2007), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn McNamee, Wally, 1932-2017. Wally McNamee Photographic Archive, ca. 1950-2017 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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. Camp David hard wire tape number 231 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 1921 - 2008. Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files. 1982 - 2007. U.S. Secretary of Defense The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (background center), and the new seven NATO allies during a ceremony on the steps at the Corcoran Art Gallery, March 29, 2004. (DoD photo by STAFF SGT. Jerry Morrison Jr.) (Released) 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. Oval Office tape number 741 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Hagstrum, Jean H., 1913-1995. Jean Hagstrum Papers, 1921-1995. Northwestern University
referencedIn Robert A. Goldwin Papers. 1973 - 1978. General Subject Files Gerald R. Ford Library
referencedIn Dean Burch Papers, 1964-1973 Arizona State University Libraries Arizona Collection
creatorOf Memoranda of Conversations (Nixon and Ford Administrations). 1973 - 1977. Ford Administration Memoranda of Conversations. 8/1974 - 1/1977. June 19, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, NATO Secretary General Joseph Luns, NATO Ambassadors Gerald R. Ford Library
creatorOf James E. Connor Files. 1974 - 1977. Cabinet Secretary's Subject Files Gerald R. Ford Library
referencedIn Evans, Rowland, 1921-2001. Rowland Evans Jr. and Robert D. Novak papers, 1948-2008. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
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 276 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Memoranda of Conversations (Nixon and Ford Administrations). 1973 - 1977. Ford Administration Memoranda of Conversations. 8/1974 - 1/1977. January 7, 1976 - Ford, Kissinger, Scowcroft, Rumsfeld Gerald R. Ford 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 463 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Hare, David, 1947-. Stuff happens : a play / by David Hare, 2006. New York Public Library System, NYPL
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 542 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. Oval Office tape number 894 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 878 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. Secy Rumsfeld flies B-1, Edwards AFB, California National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Floyd B. McKissick Papers, 1940s-1980s University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Records of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 1956 - 2008. Photographs of Civil Defense Personnel and Activities 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. Oval Office tape number 671 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Donald Rumsfeld Papers, 1888-2008, (bulk 1963-2007) 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 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. Camp David hard wire tape number 229 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 480 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Outside the System Chronological Files (Ford Administration). 1974 - 1977. Outside the System Files Gerald R. Ford Library
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 1921 - 2008. Speeches and Other Public Papers National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Morton, Thruston Ballard, 1907-1982. Thruston Ballard Morton papers, 1968-1982. The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf Gingiss, Benjamin J., 1911-1999. Benjamin Gingiss papers, 1905, 1925-1987 (bulk 1965-1985). Chicago History Museum
referencedIn Williams, Lynn A., 1909-1985. Lynn A. Williams papers, 1945-1981. Chicago History Museum
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 1921 - 2008. Sound Recordings of Secretaries of Defense 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. Oval Office tape number 854 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. Executive Office Building tape number 287 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn McNamee, Wally, 1932-2017. Wally McNamee Photographic Archive, ca. 1950-2017 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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 794 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Memoranda of Conversations (Nixon and Ford Administrations). 1973 - 1977. Ford Administration Memoranda of Conversations. 8/1974 - 1/1977. June 23, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Rumsfeld, Marsh, Friedersdorf, Representatives Hamilton, Whalen, Sarbanes Gerald R. Ford 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. Cabinet Room tape number 105 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf White House Staff Member and Office Files (Nixon Administration). 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974. Bryce N. Harlow's Files Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Memoranda of Conversations (Nixon and Ford Administrations). 1973 - 1977. Ford Administration Memoranda of Conversations. 8/1974 - 1/1977. September 25, 1975 - Ford, Bipartisan Congressional Leadership Gerald R. Ford Library
creatorOf Thimmesch, Nick. Papers of Nick Thimmesch, 1955-1985. University of Iowa Libraries
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 544 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Papers of Julian Bond 1897-2006 University of Virginia. Small Special Collections 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. Executive Office Building tape number 286 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. Executive Office Building tape number 294 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Russell E. Train Papers, 1898-2005, (bulk 1957-2005) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Sive, David. The David Sive Archive: Pioneering Environmental Litigation, 1962-1992. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
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 97 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Caspar W. Weinberger Papers, 1910-2005, (bulk 1951-2005) 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. White House telephone tape number 17 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf James E. Connor Files. 1974 - 1977. Courier Materials Gerald R. Ford Library
creatorOf James E. Connor Files. 1974 - 1977. Staff Secretary's Subject Files Gerald R. Ford Library
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