Biography

Casper W. Weinberger was designated by President-elect Ronald Reagan to be the fifteenth secretary of defense and was subsequently commissioned and served in the Pacific Theater.

Member of General Douglas MacArthur's Intelligence Staff; Law Clerk and joined the San Francisco law firm; Won election to the State Assembly of California in 1952; Chairman of the State Republican Party in 1962; Chairman of the Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy; Director of Finance; Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Washington; Director of the Office of Management and Budget and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.