James R. Schlesinger

James R. Schlesinger
Born	James Rodney Schlesinger 1929-02-15 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	2014-03-27 (Age 85) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University
Religion	Jew
Children	8
Spouse	Rachel Line Mellinger
Member of	Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Homeland Security Advisory Council
Party	Republican
United States Secretary of Defense  In office July 2, 1973 - November 19, 1975 Succeeded by Donald Rumsfeld  Director of Central Intelligence  In office February 2, 1973 - July 2, 1973 Preceded by Richard Helms Succeeded by William Colby  United States Atomic Energy Commission In office 1971 - 1973  United States Secretary of Energy  In office August 6, 1977 - August 23, 1979  Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission In office 1971 - 1973  Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission In office August 17, 1971 - January 26, 1973

James Rodney Schlesinger was born in New York City, the son of Jewish parents, Rhea Lillian (née Rogen) and Julius Schlesinger. His mother was a Lithuanian emigrant from what was then part of the Russian Empire and his father was of Austrian Jewish descent. He converted to Lutheranism in his early 20s. Schlesinger was educated at the Horace Mann School and Harvard University, where he earned a B.A. (1950), M.A. (1952), and Ph.D. (1956) in economics. Between 1955 and 1963 he taught economics at the University of Virginia and in 1960 published The Political Economy of National Security. In 1963, he moved to the Rand Corporation, where he worked until 1969, in the later years as director of strategic studies.

"Someone once said that war is hell, and peace is heaven. But we know that the opposite is true: War is heaven, and peace is hell."

James R. Schlesinger, honorary chairman of the OSS Society and member of the AFIO, in a speech to the Military Order of the Carabao.

Affiliations

• Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs International Advisory Council
• Committee on the Present Danger (1976 version)

 

An appointment by James R. Schlesinger

Use the Up/Dn symbols to sort

Appointee	Job	Appointed	End
William Colby	Head of Clandestine Branch ?	1973	September 1973

References

This is a page stub. Please add to it.