BORN:
January 30, 1941 (Lincoln, Nebraska)
EDUCATION:
Yale University (1959-1960)
Casper College (1963)
University of Wyoming (B.A., 1965)
University of Wyoming (M.A. in Political Science, 1966)
SPOUSE:
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1966:
Staff aide to Governor Warren Knowles (R-WI)
1966-1968:
Graduate student, University of Wisconsin
1968-1969:
American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow on staff of Representative William A. Steiger (R-WI)
1969-1970:
Special Assistant to Donald Rumsfeld, Director, U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity
1970-1971:
Deputy to Counsellor to the President Donald Rumsfeld
1971-1973:
Assistant Director for Operations, Cost of Living Council
1973-1974:
Partner, Bradley, Woods & Co. investment advisory firm
1974-1975:
Deputy Assistant to the President for White House Operations
1975-1977:
White House Chief of Staff
1977-1978:
Partner, Bradley, Woods & Co
Public Policy Consultant
1979-1989:
U.S. House of Representatives (R-WY)
1981:
Chairman, House Republican Policy Committee
1987-1989:
Chair of House Republican Conference
1989:
House Minority Whip
1989-1993:
Secretary of Defense
1993-1995:
Senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute
1993-2000:
Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer, Halliburton Company
2001-2009:
Vice President of the United States
RESOURCES:
Bush White House
U.S. Senate
Wyoming State Historical Society
Miller Center
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia
Papers (Ford Library)
Gerald R. Ford Oral History Project
Department of Defense
George H.W. Bush Oral History (Miller Center)
MEDIA COVERAGE:
DOD Nomination, 3/11/1989 (LAT, NYT)
Selection as VP, 7/24/2000 (NYT)
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency (WP, 6/2007)
The Dark Side (6/20/2016, PBS)
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