Casper Weinberger
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Date of Birth: August 18, 1917
Date of Death: March 28, 2006
Biography: Born
in San Francisco, California,
Casper was the
son of the well known lawyer Herman Weinberger. Casper was Secretary of Defense under
President Ronald Reagan, and an American politician. His parents where
immigrants, from England and
Casper was
raised Episcopalian. In 1983 Casper
received is B.A. degree and in 1941 he continued and on received his J.D.
(Juris Doctor) degree. Both degree’s from Harvard University.
In 1941, Casper
entered into the Army as a private, at the end of the war he was a captain on
General Douglas MacArthur's intelligence staff. From
1945 to 1947 Casper
worked as a law clerk for a federal judge, after this he joined a law firm. In
1952, Casper
won an election to the California State Assembly, and was reelected in 1954 and
1956. After being Secretary of Defense for well over six years, and having been
for longer than any of his ancestors except for Robert McNamara, Casper left the pentagon
and joined Forbes Inc. as a publisher of the magazine Forbes Magazine. In 1993, Casper was named chairman
of the magazine and spent over the next decade writing regularly on defense and
national security. Casper
co-authored a book called The Next War
in 1996. After this book was published, people questioned the military and its
accuracy, and Casper
lost many of his political connections. Casper
passed away in late march when he was 88 from complications caused by pneumonia.
After, George W. Bush was quoted saying “This good man made many contributions
to our Nation. America
is grateful for Caspar Weinberger's lifetime of service. Laura and I send our
condolences and prayers to the entire Weinberger family." As well as a few
other kind words.
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