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Caspar WEINBERGER, American government official. Medal 1982; Order of the Rising Sun (Japan) 1988; Medal of Freedom (with Distinction) 1987. California State Legislature 1952-1958;; American Assembly Board of Trustees, Trilateral Commission.

Background

Weinberger, Caspar Willard was born on August 18, 1917 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Herman and Cerise Carpenter (Hampson) Weinberger.

Education

AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1938. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1941. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Leeds, England, 1989.

Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Buckingham, 1995. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Rennselear Polytechnic. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University San Francisco.

Career

Law clerk to Honorary William E. Orr United States Court Appeals (9th circuit), San Francisco, 1945-1947. Attorney Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, 1947-1969, partner, 1959-1969. Member California State Assembly from 21st District, 1952-1958.

Vice chairman California Republican Central Committee, 1960-1962, chairman, 1962-1964, Committee California Government Organization and Economics, 1967-1968. Director finance State of California, 1968-1969. Chairman Federal Trade Commission, Washington, 1970.

Deputy director Office Management & Budget Executive Office of the President, 1970-1972, director, 1972-1973. Counsellor to the President The White House, 1973. Secretary United States Department Health, Education & Welfare, 1973-1975.

General counsel, vice president, director Bechtel Power Corporation, San Francisco, 1975-1980, Bechtel, Inc., 1975-1980, Bechtel Corporation, 1975-1980. Secretary United States Department Defense, Washington, 1981-1987. Counsel Rogers & Wells LLP, Washington and New York City, 1988-1994.

Public Forbes magazine, New York City, 1989—1993. Chairman Forbes Inc., 1993—2006. Formerly staff book reviewer San Francisco Chronicle.

Moderator weekly television program Profile, Bay Area, station KQED, San Francisco, 1959-1968. Frank Nelson Doubleday lecturer, 1974. Co-host World Business Review, 1996-1999.

Achievements

  • Bar: California, 1941, United States Court Appeals (District of Columbia circuit) 1990.

Works

All works

Membership

Chairman President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 1973-1975. Member President Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 1987-1988. Former member Trilaterial Commission.

Former member advisory council American Ditchley Foundation. Former board directors Yosemite Institute. Former trustee St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, Mechanics Institute.

Former chairman national board trustees National Symphony, Washington. Former board governors San Francisco Symphony. Chairman board United States of America-Republic of China Economic Council, 1991-1994.

Co-chairman Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowships Foundation, 1989-1999. Trustee Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. Board directors Chatham House Foundation, Inc.

Member council on foreign rels. Served as Captain, Army of the United States, 1941-1945. PTO. Member American Bar Association, State Bar California, District of Columbia Court Appeals, Century Club (New York ), Bohemian Club (San Francisco), Pacific Union Club (San Francisco), Harvard Club (Washington).

Connections

Married Jane Dalton, August 16, 1942. Children: Arlin Cerise, Caspar Willard.

Father:
Herman Weinberger

Mother:
Cerise Carpenter (Hampson) Weinberger

Spouse:
Jane Dalton

child:
Arlin Cerise Weinberger

child:
Caspar Willard Weinberger