OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Cyrus Roberts Vance

BORN:
March 27, 1917
Clarksburg, West Virginia

DIED:
January 12, 2002 (age 84)
New York City

EDUCATION:
Yale University (BA, 1939)
Yale University (JD, 1942)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1942-1946:
U.S. Navy
1961-1962:
General Counsel, Department of Defense
1962-1964:
U.S. Secretary of the Army
1964-1967:
Deputy Secretary of Defense
1977-1980:
Secretary of State

 

PORTRAIT:

 

RESOURCES:

Department of State
Miller Center
Wikipedia

Papers (Yale University)
Oral History (LBJ Library)
Carter and Vance (State Dept.)

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Selection, 12/4/1976 (NYT, NYT)
Resignation, 4/28/1980 (WP, WP, NYT)
Obituaries, 1/13/2002 (NYT, WP)
Profile (NYT, 12/29/2002)