Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1917, Aug. 18 | Born, San Francisco, Calif. |
| 1933 | Graduated, San Francisco Polytechnic High School, San Francisco, Calif. |
| 1938 | Graduated, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1941 | LL.B., Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1941-1945 | United States Army |
| 1942 | Married Jane Dalton |
| 1945-1947 | Law clerk, United States Judge William E. Orr |
| 1947-1969 | Practiced law with firm of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, Calif.; partner, 1959-1969 |
| 1952-1958 | State assemblyman, California legislature |
| 1958 | Unsuccessful candidate to become Republican nominee for attorney general of California |
| 1959-1968 | Newspaper columnist on California politics and government Moderator, television program, "Profile: Bay Area," KQED, San Francisco, Calif. |
| 1960-1962 | Vice chairman, Republican Central Committee of California |
| 1962-1964 | Chairman, Republican Central Committee of California |
| 1967-1968 | Chairman, Commission on California State Government Organization and Economics |
| 1968-1969 | Director of finance, state of California |
| 1970 | Chairman, Federal Trade Commission |
| 1970-1972 | Deputy director, Office of Management and Budget |
| 1972-1973 | Director, Office of Management and Budget |
| 1973 | Counselor to the President for Human Resources |
| 1973-1975 | Secretary of health, education, and welfare |
| 1975-1980 | General counsel, vice president, and director, Bechtel Group of Companies |
| 1978-1979 | Member, California commission on government reform |
| 1981-1987 | Secretary of defense |
| 1988-1990 | Member, Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board Member, National Economic Commission |
| 1988-1994 | Counsel, Rogers & Wells, Washington, D.C., and New York, N.Y. |
| 1989-2006 | Publisher, Forbes magazine; chairman, 1993-2006 |
| 1990 | Published Fighting for Peace: Seven Critical Years in the Pentagon. New York: Warner Books |
| 1992 | Indicted on charges related to the Iran-Contra scandal; pardoned by President George H. W. Bush. |
| 1996 | Published with Peter Schweizer The Next War. Washington, D.C.: Regnery |
| 2001 | Published with Gretchen Roberts In the Arena: A Memoir of the 20th Century. Washington, D.C.: Regnery |
| 2005 | Published with Peter Schweizer Chain of Command. New York: Atria Books |
| 2006 | Published with Wynton C. Hall Home of the Brave: Honoring the unsung Heroes in the war on Terror.New York: Forge |
| 2006, Mar. 28 | Died, Bangor, Maine |