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Paul H. O'Neill
Paul Henry O'Neill was an American businessman and government official who served as the 72nd United States secretary of the treasury for part of President George W. Bush's first term, from January 2001 until his resignation in December 2002. Prior to his term as Secretary, O'Neill was chairman and CEO of industrial giant Alcoa and chairman of the RAND Corporation.
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business · American politician and businessman (1935–2020) · politician · businessperson · also Paul H. O'Neill, Paul Henry O'Neill, Paul O'Neill, O'Neill
Born 4 December 1935 · Died 18 April 2020 · Q456921
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2026· 9 entries
“Neill for the Alcoa job. For O”
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“s spiral toward bankruptcy even though hundreds of Enron employees, whose pension plans were invested heavily in company stock, lost their retirement savings when the value plummeted.”
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“the people who sold will be sorry that they did it”
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“the president has never had a moment of concern”
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“In Washington, these days, that might make me a dangerous man.”
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“Then his views might hold greater weight when he urges the European equivalent on the British people.”
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“s fuel reserves up between the world”
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“Foreign Suitors For Iraqi Oilfield Contracts,”
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2020· 1 entry
Died 2020-04-18.
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2006· 1 entry
Published the results of a study conducted from 2003 to 2005 at Allegheny General Hospital along with a team of doctors led by Richard Shannon, in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
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2005· 1 entry
Established a consulting firm named Value Capture that advises health care institutions on reducing expenses as well as increasing safety of patients
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2004· 2 entries
“I like ... the idea of including the smartest people on every issue, no matter what their polarity is, because it”
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Authored the book The Price of Loyalty, detailing O'Neill's tenure in the Bush administration
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2002· 1 entry
“I have a hunger for explicitness in formulating policy, and I didn”
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2001· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States Secretary of the Treasury (2001–2002).
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2000· 1 entry
While net income increased from $200 million to $1
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1988· 1 entry
O'Neill joined the RAND Corporation as a member of its board of trustees and in 1997 was elected as its chairperson
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1974· 1 entry
As Nixon's authority was eroded with the Watergate scandal
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1973· 1 entry
When he tried cutting off federal funding to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in retaliation for it allowing anti-war protests over the Vietnam War
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1967· 1 entry
And served as its deputy director from 1974 to 1977
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1961· 1 entry
And received a Master of Public Administration from Indiana University Bloomington, from a school renamed in his honor, the Paul H
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1935· 1 entry
Born 1935-12-04.
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