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Cohen, William Sebastian was born on August 28, 1940 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Son of Reuben and Clara (Hartley) Cohen.
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Streaming Video on Love In Black & White now available at Expandedbooks.com Most Americans regard the World War II period as belonging to the "greatest generation," but it was also a time when religious intolerance and racial violence flourished. Shamefully, it was commonplace to see signs that read "Whites Only" or "Jews Not Allowed." It is within this world that this compelling memoir is set. William Cohen, born in Bangor, Maine, was the eldest son of a Jewish father and a Protestant Irish mother. Janet Langhart, an African-American, was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana by her single parent mother, a Southern Baptist. The book draws fascinating parallels between the histories of two people from different regions, races, and religions, as both are witnesses to and targets of the social tensions of the day. Throughout Love in Black and White, readers accompany Bill and Janet in their struggle to overcome to the barriers of ethnic and racial bigotry and hatred. The stories are rich and profound. At times they are amusing. Other times, harrowing. Against impossible odds, Bill would be elected to serve his country as a U.S. Congressman and Senator, and Janet would become a prominent television personality, activist, and highly respected businesswoman and author. Opposites in so many ways―in color, faith and culture―seemingly a bundle of contradictions, they meet in 1974, become friends, and eventually fall in love. They decide to marry on Valentine's Day 1996 in the very place that once harbored some of the nation's most prominent racists-the U.S. Capitol. They receive the surprise of a lifetime when Bill is asked by President Bill Clinton to serve as the nation's 20th Secretary of Defense. It is a calling that proves to be life transforming for both him and Janet, as they lead, inspire and bring comfort to the men and women who defend our nation. It is at the Pentagon where they witness just how powerful our nation ca
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Cohen, William Sebastian was born on August 28, 1940 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Son of Reuben and Clara (Hartley) Cohen.
AB cum laude, Bowdoin College, 1962. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Boston University, 1965. Doctor of Laws, St. Joseph's College, Windham, Maine, 1974.
Doctor of Laws, University Maine, 1975. Doctor of Laws, Western New England College, 1975. Doctor of Laws, Bowdoin College, 1975.
Doctor of Laws, Nasson College, 1975. Doctor of Laws, Thomas College, 1988. Doctor of Laws, Colby College, 1988.
Partner Paine, Cohen, Lynch, Weatherbee & Kobritz, Bangor, 1966-1972. Instructor University Maine, 1968-1972. Assistant county attorney Penobscot County, Maine, 1968-1970.
Member United States Congress from 2nd Maine District, 1973—1979. United States Senator from Maine, 1979-1996. Chairman United States Senate Indian Affairs Committee, 1981—1983, United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, 1995—1997.
Secretary United States Department Defense, Washington, 1997-2001. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer The Cohen Group, since 2001. Member Bangor School Committee, 1970-1971, Bangor City Council, 1969-1972, mayor, 1971-1972.
Trustee Unity College. Board overseers Bowdoin College, 1973-1985. Board directors Council Foreign Relations, 1989-1997.
Trustee and counselor Center Strategic and International Studies, Washington, since 2001. Chairman board advisors Ministry of Information and Communication Industries. Board directors Columbia Broadcasting System Corporation, since 2003.
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Author: Of Sons and Seasons, 1978, Roll Call, 1981, A Baker's Nickel, 1986, One-Eyed Kings, 1991, Easy Prey: the Fleecing of America's Senior Citizens and How to Stop It, 1997, Dragon Fire, 2006. Co-author: (with Kenneth Lassoon) Getting the Most Out of Washington: Using Congress to Move the Federal Bureaucracy, 1982 (with Gary Hart) The Double Man, 1985, (with George Mitchell) Men of Zeal: The Inside Story of the Iran-Contra Hearings, 1988, (with Thomas B. Allen) Murder in the Senate, 1993, (with Janet Langhart Cohen) Love in Black and White: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Romance, 2007.
Board of Overseers, Bowdoin College 1973-1985. Armed Services Committee, Projection Forces and Regional Defense Sub-committee (Ranking Republican), Sub-committee on Strategic Forces and Nuclear Deterrence, Sub-committee on Conventional Forces and Alliance Defense, Select Committee on Secret Mil. Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, Governmental Affairs Committee, Sub-committee on Oversight of Government Manager (Ranking Republican), Perm.
Sub-committee on Investigations, Sub-committee on Government Information and Regulation Balfour Silver Anniversary All-American Team.
Poetry, sport.
Married Diana Dunn, 1962 (divorced 1987). Children: Kevin, Christopher. Married Janet Langhart, February 14, 1996.