Jump to content

User:Varavour/William Burgess III

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William R. Burgess III
61st United States Secretary of State
In office
January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush
Preceded byGeorge P. Shultz
Succeeded byWarren Christopher
67th United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office
August 17, 1986 – January 20, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byDon Regan
Succeeded byJames Baker
6th President of the World Bank Group
In office
July 1, 1981 – July 1, 1986
Preceded byRobert McNamara
Succeeded byBarber Conable
11th United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
In office
August 8, 1975 – January 20, 1977
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byCaspar Weinberger
Succeeded byJoseph A. Califano Jr.
11th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
In office
February 12, 1973 – May 20, 1975
PresidentRichard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Preceded byGeorge H. W. Bush
Succeeded byDaniel Patrick Moynihan
1st United States Deputy Secretary of State
23rd United States Under Secretary of State
In office
December 4, 1970 – Feburary 1, 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byElliot Richardson
Succeeded byKenneth Rush
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 37th district
In office
January 22, 1963 – December 2, 1970
Preceded byHoward W. Robison
Succeeded byTBD
Personal details
Born
William Rupert Burgess III

(1928-09-13) September 13, 1928 (age 96)
Rochester, New York
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
(m. 1948; died 1998)
ChildrenWilliam IV
Elizabeth
Hamilton
Alma materYale University (B.A., LL.B.)
Columbia University (LL.M.)

William Rupert Burgess III GCMG (born September 13, 1928) is a American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A member of the Republican Party, he is one of only three individuals to serve in four United States Cabinet positions within the United States government, the other being his contemporaries Elliot Richardson and George Schultz. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in New York's 37th congressional district in 1962, and was re-elected three times (in 1964, 1968, 1970). In 1970 he was appointed United States Under Secretary of State by Richard Nixon, Ambassador to the United Nations in 1973, and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Gerald Ford in 1975.

In 1981 he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to serve as President of the World Bank, serving for five years before becoming Secretary of the Treasury in 1986. In 1989 Burgess was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to serve as United States Secretary of State, serving until the administration's end in 1993. and declined to seek the presidency in 1996 and 2000.

Initially a liberal republican in the mold of Nelson Rockefeller, Burgess adapted to the party's rightwards shift but remained a moderate figure. The patriarch of the highly influential and politically prominent Burgess family, he was the sixth member of the family to serve in a presidential cabinet and the fifth in the House of Representatives. He was estimated to be worth $2.1 billion in 2011, and exerts significant control over the family's commercial interests. He is the father of United States Ambassador to Japan William R. Burgess IV and congressman Hamilton Burgess, and the grandfather of current Congresswoman Helen Burgess.

Early life

[edit]

Furthermore, as family head, he is the 8th and present Earl of Stratfield in the Peerage of Great Britain. In 1977, after leaving office, he was appointed President of Chemical Bank, and in 1980 also became its CEO. He stepped aside in 1981 to become President of the World Bank and was succeeded by Walter V. Shipley.

Notes

[edit]

References

[edit]
[edit]


Category:2010 elections in Australia Category:Federal elections in Australia