George P. Shultz
Politician
1920 –
Who is George P. Shultz?
George Pratt Shultz is an American economist, statesman, and businessman. He served as the United States Secretary of Labor from 1969 to 1970, as the director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1970 to 1972, as the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1972 to 1974, and as the U.S. Secretary of State from 1982 to 1989. Before entering politics, he was professor of economics at MIT and the University of Chicago, serving as Dean of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business from 1962 to 1969. Between 1974 and 1982, Shultz was an executive at Bechtel, eventually becoming the firm's president. He is currently a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Shultz is one of only two individuals to serve in four United States Cabinet positions within the United States government. The other is Elliot Richardson.
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- Born
- Dec 13, 1920
New York City - Also known as
- George Shultz
- Spouses
- Religion
- Episcopal Church
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Princeton University
- Employment
- University of Chicago
- Lived in
- New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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