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George Pratt Shultz was an American economist, businessman, diplomat, and statesman who served in various positions under presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. A member of the Republican Party, he is one of only two persons to have held four different Cabinet-level posts, the other being Elliot Richardson. As the 60th United States Secretary of State, Shultz played a major role in shaping th…
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Born 13 December 1920 · Died 6 February 2021 · Q313411
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Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2023).
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The Real Deal: George Shultz penthouses set record for SF condo sale
The National Interest: George Shultz’s Enduring Wisdom Can Guide Diplomacy Today
The Forward: George Shultz was a hero for Soviet Jewry — and all of us
PBS: George Shultz sealed a lasting legacy by helping to bring down the Iron Curtain
Yahoo: George Shultz wasn't 'afraid to struggle against the odds'
Died 2021-02-06.
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These Republican elder statesmen, along with Martin S
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Theranos' "Board of Counselors" was "retired"
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Shultz was one of eight former Treasury secretaries who called on the United Kingdom to remain a member of the European Union ahead of the "Brexit" referendum
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The company moved their non-technical directors like Shultz to a "Board of Counselors" and replaced them with a technical board
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Shultz joined the advisory board of the Citizens' Climate Lobby, and in 2017, Shultz cofounded the Climate Leadership Council, along with George H
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After raising concerns about its testing practices with Holmes and his grandfather
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Shultz advocated for a revenue-neutral carbon fee and dividend as the most economically sound means of mitigating anthropogenic climate change
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Awarded Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia (2011).
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Was part of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, which called for a public health and harm reduction approach towards drug use, alongside Kofi Annan, Paul Volcker, and George Papandreou
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“I am impressed that the people who are best informed about the classified material Pollard passed to Israel, former CIA Director James Woolsey and former Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Dennis DeConcini, favor his release”
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Awarded California Hall of Fame (2010).
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The four were featured in the documentary film Nuclear Tipping Point, which discussed their agenda
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Awarded Rumford Prize (2008).
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“Now that we know so much about these weapons and their power, they”
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Peking University (2007).
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Shultz served as co-chair (along with Warren Buffett) of California's Economic Recovery Council, an advisory group to the campaign of California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Headlined "We believe the global war on drugs is now causing more harm than drug abuse itself
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Shultz married Charlotte Mailliard Swig, a prominent San Francisco philanthropist and socialite
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Awarded Sylvanus Thayer Award (1992).
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Ronald Reagan (1989).
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Upon the end of his tenure as secretary of State, but remained active in business and politics
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Shultz became a faculty member at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, where he taught international economics
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Persuaded Shultz that Soviet intentions were changing
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When the two leaders signed the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
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Shultz advocated that Reagan pursue a personal dialogue with him
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Testimony before Congress, he said that the Sandinista government in Nicaragua was "a very undesirable cancer in the area"
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Shultz was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as the 60th U
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Awarded Financial Times Person of the Year (1982).
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of State (1982–1989).
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Left government service to become executive vice president of Bechtel Group, a large engineering and services company
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Participated in an international monetary conference in Paris that grew out of the 1971 decision to abolish the gold standard, a decision Shultz and Paul Volcker had supported (see Nixon shock)
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of the Treasury (1972–1974).
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Became the first director of the Office of Management and Budget, and he served in that position until his appointment as United States Secretary of the Treasury in 1972
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Career landmark: Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1970–1972).
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of Labor (1969–1970).
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Shultz left MIT and joined the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business as a professor of industrial relations, and he served as the Graduate School of Business Dean from 1962 to 1968
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To take a position on President Dwight D
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Shultz earned a PhD in industrial economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Shultz graduated from the private preparatory boarding high school Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut
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Born 1920-12-13.
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