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Join Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz in Conversation with Political Scientist James McAllister
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., May 22, 2008 -- On Saturday, May 31, former Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Williams Professor James McAllister will hold a far ranging conversation at 10 a.m. in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall on the Williams campus. Secretary Shultz is in Williamstown to receive an honorary degree from the college on Sunday.
On Saturday, which is Class Day in the Commencement Weekend, it is tradition for one of the honorary degree candidates to participate in a structured interview with a Williams professor. The event is free and the public cordially invited to attend.
Secretary Shultz served as United States Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State.
President Nixon appointed Dr. Shultz Secretary of Labor in 1969. In June 1970, he became director of the Office of Management and Budget. In May 1972, he was named Secretary of the Treasury, a post he held two years.
He left government service in 1974 to become president and director of the Bechtel Group, Inc., where he remained until 1982, when he joined the Reagan administration serving as chairman of the President's Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981-82) and Secretary of State (1982-1989).
He rejoined the Bechtel Group as director and senior counselor and rejoined Stanford University as Professor of International Economics at the Graduate School of Business.
Secretary Shultz is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor; the Seoul Peace Prize; the Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service; and the Reagan Distinguished American Award.
His publications include his memoir, "Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State" and the recent, "Putting Our House in Order: A Citizen's guide to Social Security and Health Care Reform."
He graduated from Princeton University in 1942, then joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served through 1945.
In 1949, he earned a Ph.D. in industrial economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he taught until 1957, and then at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business where he was named dean in 1962. After leaving government office in 1989, Secretary Shultz rejoined Stanford University as the Jack Steele Parker Professor of International Economics at the Graduate School of Business and a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution.
He is a member of the board of directors of Fremont Group and Accretive Health, chairman of the J.P. Morgan Chase International council, and chairman of the Accenture Energy Advisory Board. He also serves as chairman of the California Governor's Council of Economic Advisors and co-chairman of the Committee on the Present Danger.
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Founded in 1793, Williams College is the second oldest institution of higher learning in Massachusetts. The college's 2,000 students are taught by a faculty noted for the quality of their teaching and research, and the achievement of academic goals includes active participation of students with faculty in their research. Students' educational experience is enriched by the residential campus environment in Williamstown, Mass., which provides a host of opportunities for interaction with one another and with faculty beyond the classroom. Admission decisions are made regardless of a student's financial ability, and the college provides grants and other assistance to meet the demonstrated needs of all who are admitted.
To visit the college on the Internet:www.williams.edu
On Saturday, which is Class Day in the Commencement Weekend, it is tradition for one of the honorary degree candidates to participate in a structured interview with a Williams professor. The event is free and the public cordially invited to attend.
Secretary Shultz served as United States Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State.
President Nixon appointed Dr. Shultz Secretary of Labor in 1969. In June 1970, he became director of the Office of Management and Budget. In May 1972, he was named Secretary of the Treasury, a post he held two years.
He left government service in 1974 to become president and director of the Bechtel Group, Inc., where he remained until 1982, when he joined the Reagan administration serving as chairman of the President's Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981-82) and Secretary of State (1982-1989).
He rejoined the Bechtel Group as director and senior counselor and rejoined Stanford University as Professor of International Economics at the Graduate School of Business.
Secretary Shultz is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor; the Seoul Peace Prize; the Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service; and the Reagan Distinguished American Award.
His publications include his memoir, "Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State" and the recent, "Putting Our House in Order: A Citizen's guide to Social Security and Health Care Reform."
He graduated from Princeton University in 1942, then joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served through 1945.
In 1949, he earned a Ph.D. in industrial economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he taught until 1957, and then at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business where he was named dean in 1962. After leaving government office in 1989, Secretary Shultz rejoined Stanford University as the Jack Steele Parker Professor of International Economics at the Graduate School of Business and a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution.
He is a member of the board of directors of Fremont Group and Accretive Health, chairman of the J.P. Morgan Chase International council, and chairman of the Accenture Energy Advisory Board. He also serves as chairman of the California Governor's Council of Economic Advisors and co-chairman of the Committee on the Present Danger.
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Founded in 1793, Williams College is the second oldest institution of higher learning in Massachusetts. The college's 2,000 students are taught by a faculty noted for the quality of their teaching and research, and the achievement of academic goals includes active participation of students with faculty in their research. Students' educational experience is enriched by the residential campus environment in Williamstown, Mass., which provides a host of opportunities for interaction with one another and with faculty beyond the classroom. Admission decisions are made regardless of a student's financial ability, and the college provides grants and other assistance to meet the demonstrated needs of all who are admitted.
To visit the college on the Internet:www.williams.edu
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