He attended Case Western Reserve University School of Law and the Georgetown University Law Center, but did not take a degree from either institution. They had three children, six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. While at Princeton he was friends with another future Secretary of Defense, Frank Carlucci. During his time at Princeton, he was an accomplished amateur wrestler, becoming captain of the varsity wrestling team, and captain of the Lightweight Football team playing defensive back. in politics after completing a senior thesis titled " The Steel Seizure Case of 1952 and Its Effects on Presidential Powers". He attended Princeton University on academic and NROTC partial scholarships. Rumsfeld attended Baker Demonstration School, and later graduated from New Trier High School. He was a ranger at Philmont Scout Ranch in 1949. From 1943 to 1945, Rumsfeld lived in Coronado, California, while his father was stationed on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific in World War II. Living in Winnetka, his family attended a Congregational church. His father came from a German family that had emigrated in the 1870s from Weyhe in Lower Saxony, : 15–16 but young Donald was sometimes ribbed about looking like a "tough Swiss." : 16 and 31 Growing up in Winnetka, Illinois, Rumsfeld became an Eagle Scout in 1949 and is the recipient of both the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America and its Silver Buffalo Award in 2006. Lukes Hospital on July 9, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Jeannette Kearsley (née Husted) and George Donald Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld's 1954 yearbook portrait from Princetonĭonald Henry Rumsfeld was born at St. In his retirement years, he published an autobiography, Known and Unknown: A Memoir, as well as Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life. Rumsfeld gradually lost political support and resigned in late 2006. Rumsfeld's tenure was controversial for its use of torture and the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal. A Pentagon Inspector General report found that Rumsfeld's top policy aide "developed, produced, and then disseminated alternative intelligence assessments on the Iraq and al-Qaeda relationship, which included some conclusions that were inconsistent with the consensus of the Intelligence Community, to senior decision-makers". Before and during the Iraq War, he claimed that Iraq had an active weapons of mass destruction program no stockpiles were ever found. As Secretary of Defense, Rumsfeld played a central role in the invasion of Afghanistan and invasion of Iraq. Rumsfeld was appointed Secretary of Defense for a second time in January 2001 by President George W. He was later named CEO of General Instrument from 1990 to 1993 and chairman of Gilead Sciences from 1997 to 2001. When Ford lost the 1976 election, Rumsfeld returned to private business and financial life, and was named president and CEO of the pharmaceutical corporation G. Rumsfeld recruited a young one-time staffer of his, Dick Cheney, to succeed him when Ford nominated him to be Secretary of Defense in 1975. Called back to Washington in August 1974, Rumsfeld was appointed chief of staff by President Ford. Rumsfeld accepted an appointment by President Richard Nixon to head the Office of Economic Opportunity in 1969 appointed counsellor by Nixon and entitled to Cabinet-level status, he also headed up the Economic Stabilization Program before being appointed ambassador to NATO. After serving in the Navy for three years, he mounted a campaign for Congress in Illinois's 13th Congressional District, winning in 1962 at the age of 30. Between his terms as secretary of defense, he served as the CEO and chairman of several companies.īorn in Illinois, Rumsfeld attended Princeton University, graduating in 1954 with a degree in political science. Representative to NATO (1973–1974), and the White House Chief of Staff (1974–1975). Congressman from Illinois (1963–1969), director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1969–1970), counselor to the president (1969–1973), the U.S. Additionally, Rumsfeld was a three-term U.S. He was both the youngest and the oldest secretary of defense.
Donald Henry Rumsfeld (J– June 29, 2021) was an American politician, government official and businessman who served as Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under president Gerald Ford, and again from 2001 to 2006 under President George W.
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