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| Affiliation | Republican |
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1982-01-01 |
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| Name | Alexander M. Haig, Jr. |
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McLean, Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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December 02, 1924
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| Died | February 20, 2010
(85 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Dec 02, 2020 05:54pm |
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| Info | Secretary of State Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 2, 1924;
Attended Notre Dame University;
Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1947;
Studied business administration at Columbia University, 1954-1955;
Received a Master's degree in International Relations from Georgetown University in 1962;
Served in the United States Army, 1947-1973 and 1974-1979, reaching the rank of four-star general;
Military assignments included service in Japan, Korea, Europe, and Vietnam;
Military assistant to the Secretary of the Army, 1964;
Deputy Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, 1964-1965;
Command of an infantry battalion in Vietnam, 1966-1967;
Deputy commander of the U.S. Military Academy, 1967-1969;
Senior military advisor to the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs, 1970-1973;
Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, 1973;
Retired from the Army to serve as the White House Chief of Staff, 1973-1974;
Recalled to active duty as Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, 1974-1979;
Retired from the Army June 30, 1979;
President and chief operating officer of United Technologies, 1979-1981;
Commissioned Secretary of State in President Reagan's Cabinet on January 22, 1981, and entered upon his duties the same day and served until July 5, 1982
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