Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1906, Dec. 25 | Born, Fort Scott, Kans. |
| 1928 | LL.B., Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1928-1933 | Associate attorney, Holland, Lashly & Donnell, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1931 | Married Margery Kimball (died 2000) |
| 1933-1937 | Associate attorney, Holland, Lashly & Lashly, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1938-1943 | Partner, Lashly, Lashly, Miller & Clifford, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1944-1946 | Enlisted in U.S. Naval Reserve; served as special assistant to commander, Western Sea Frontier; assistant naval aide to the president; and naval aide to the president |
| 1946-1950 | Special counsel to the president |
| 1950-1968 | Senior partner, Clifford & Miller, Washington, D.C. |
| 1960 | Member, Committee on the Defense Establishment |
| 1960-1961 | Representative, presidential administration transition team |
| 1961-1968 | Member and chairman, Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board |
| 1965 | Fact-finding mission to Asia |
| 1966 | Adviser to the president, Manila Conference |
| 1967 | Trip to southeast Asia and Pacific as presidential emissary |
| 1968-1969 | Secretary of defense |
| 1969 | Awarded Medal of Freedom with Distinction |
| 1969-1991 | Senior partner, Clifford & Warnke, Washington, D.C. |
| 1976 | Distinguished Alumnus Award, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1977 | Appointed special presidential emissary to Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus |
| 1978 | Lawyer of the Year Award, Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. |
| 1980 | Appointed special presidential emissary to India Harry S. Truman Public Service Award |
| 1982-1991 | Chairman, First American Bankshares, Washington, D.C. |
| 1991 | Published with Richard Holbrooke, Counsel to the President (New York: Random House. 709 pp.) |
| 1998, Oct. 10 | Died, Bethesda, Md. |