Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1932, July 9 | Born, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1954 | B.A., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. Married Joyce Pierson |
| 1954-1957 | Military service as an aviator and flight instructor, United States Navy |
| 1958 | Administrative assistant to United States Congressman David Dennison of Ohio |
| 1959 | Staff assistant to United States Congressman Robert P. Griffin of Michigan |
| 1960-1962 | Employed by investment banking firm A. G. Becker and Co., Chicago, Ill. |
| 1963-1969 | United States congressman from Illinois's Thirteenth Congressional District |
| 1969-1970 | Assistant to the president with cabinet rank Director, Office of Economic Opportunity |
| 1970 | Appointed counselor to the president |
| 1971-1972 | Director, Cost of Living Council (Economic Stabilization Program) Chairman, Property Review Board |
| 1973-1974 | United States ambassador, North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| 1974, Aug. | Chairman, presidential transition team |
| 1974-1975 | White House chief of staff |
| 1975-1977 | Secretary of defense |
| 1977 | Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 1977-1985 | Chief executive officer, president, and chairman, G. D. Searle & Co., a pharmaceutical company |
| 1982-1983 | Special presidential envoy, Law of the Sea Treaty |
| 1982-1986 | Member, President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control |
| 1983-1984 | Special presidential envoy to the Middle East Senior advisor, President's Panel on Strategic Systems Member, United States-Japan Advisory Commission |
| 1987-1990 | Member, National Commission on Public Service |
| 1988-1989 | Member, National Economic Commission |
| 1990-1993 | Chairman and chief executive officer, General Instrument Corp., a broadband technology company |
| 1993-2001 | Chairman of the board, Gilead Sciences, a biotechnology company |
| 1996 | National chairman and policy advisor, Robert J. Dole presidential campaign |
| 1998 | Appointed chair, Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States |
| 1999-2000 | Member, United States Trade Deficit Review Commission |
| 2000 | Appointed chair, Commission to Assess National Security Space Management and Organization |
| 2001-2006 | Secretary of defense |
| 2021, June 29 | Died, Taos, N.Mex. |