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RUMSFELD, Donald was born on July 9, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of George and Jeannette (née Husted) Rumsfeld.
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RUMSFELD, Donald was born on July 9, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of George and Jeannette (née Husted) Rumsfeld.
AB, Princeton University, 1954. Degree (honorary), De Paul University College Commerce. Degree (honorary), Illinois College.
Degree (honorary), Lake Forest College. Degree (honorary), Park College. Degree (honorary), Tuskegee Institute.
Degree (honorary), National College Education. Degree (honorary), Bryant College. Degree (honorary), Claremont Graduate School, California.
Degree (honorary), Illinois Wesleyan University. Degree (honorary), Research and Development Graduate School. Degree (honorary), Hampden-Sydney College.
Administrative assistant to Republican David Dennison United States House of Representatives, 1957-1959, member staff to Republican Robert Griffin, 1959. Investment broker A.G. Becker & Company, Chicago, 1960-1962. Member United States Congress from 13th Illinois District, Washington, 1963—1969.
Director Office of Economic Opportunity & assistant to the President The White House, 1969—1970, counsellor to the President, 1970—1973, director Cost of Living Council, 1971—1973. United States ambassador & permanent representative to North Atlantic Treaty Organization United States Department State, Brussels, 1973-1974. Chair transition to the presidency of Gerald R. Ford The White House, Washington, 1974, chief of staff to President, 1974-1975.
Secretary United States Department Defense, 1975—1977, 2001—2006. President, Chief Executive Officer G.D. Searle & Company, Skokie, Illinois, 1977-1985, chairman Chief Executive Officer, 1985. Special presidential ambassador to Middle East The White House, 1983-1984.
Senior advisory William Blair & Company, Chicago, 1985-1990. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer General Instrument Corporation, 1990-1993. Chairman Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, 1997—2001.
Distinguished visiting fellow Hoover Institution Stanford University, since 2007. Member General Advisory Committee on Arms Control & advisor to the government on national security affairs, 1983-1984, United States Joint Advisory Commission on United States/Japan Relations, 1983-1984, National Commission on Public Service, 1987-1990, National Economic Commission, 1988-1989, Commission on United States/Japan Relations, 1989-1991. Special presidential envoy on the Law of the Sea Treaty, 1982-1983, senior advisor to the President panel on Strategic Systems, 1983-1984, chairman United States Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States, 1998.
Commissioner United States Federal Trade Deficit Review Commission, 1999-2000. United States Commission to Assess National Security Space Management & Organization, 2000. Board visitors, National Defense University, 1988-1992.
Aviator, flight instructor United States Navy, 1954-1957 United States Naval Reserve, 1957-1975.
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Author: Known and Unknown: A Memoir, 2011.
88th-91st Congresses. Cabinet 1969-1972, 1974-1977. Presidential Advisory Committee on Arms Control 1982-1986, National Economics Commission 1988-1989.
Board of directors Sears Roebuck and Company, Kellogg Company, Rand-Corporation.
Sports, history and reading.
Married Joyce Pierson in 1954.