OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Caspar Willard Weinberger
BORN:
August 18, 1917;
San Francisco, California
DIED:
March 28, 2006 (age 88);
Bangor, Maine
EDUCATION:
Harvard University (AB, 1938)
Harvard University (JD, 1941)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1941-1945:
U.S. Army
1945-1947:
Served as Law Clerk for Federal Judge,
Attorney at San Francisco Law Firm
1953-1957:
Served in CA State Assembly
1958:
Unsuccessful Campaign for CA Attorney General
1962-1964:
Chair, California Republican Party
1967:
Chairman, Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy
1968-1970:
California State Director of Finance
1970:
Chair, Federal Trade Commission
1970-1972
Deputy Director, Office of Management & Budget
1972-1973:
Director, Office of Management & Budget
1973-1975:
U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, & Welfare
1975-1980:
Vice President/ General Counsel, Bechtel Group of Companies in California
1981-1987:
U.S. Secretary of Defense
6/16/1992:
Indicted for Lying to Congress/ FBI during Investigation of Iran/ Contra Affair
12/25/1992:
Pardoned by President George H.W. Bush
PORTRAITS:
RESOURCES:
Department of Defense
Reagan White House
Nixon White House
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia
Reagan Oral History (Miller Center)
Booknotes (C-SPAN, 7/15/1990)
MEDIA COVERAGE:
HEW NOMINATION (11/29/1972):
New York Times
DOD NOMINATION (12/12/1980):
Washington Post
Washington Post
DOD CONFIRMATION (1/21/1981):
New York Times
PROFILES:
Washington Post (4/18/1982)
Washington Post (10/9/1983)
New York Times Magazine (Feud with Schultz, 4/14/1985)
DOD RESIGNATION (11/6/1987):
New York Times
New York Times
Los Angeles Times
C-SPAN (Reagan Announcement)
C-SPAN (Weinberger Announcement)
UPI
IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR INDICTMENT (6/17/1992):
Washington Post
New York Times
New York Times
New York Times
Los Angeles Times
BUSH PARDON (12/25/1992):
New York Times
Washington Post
OBITUARIES (3/28/2006):
New York Times
Washington Post
Los Angeles Times