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Digitized from Box 17 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NOVEMBER 3, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON
DONALD RUMSFELD
Donald Rumsfeld was appointed Assistant to the President by President Ford
on September 27, 1974. In this capacity, he serves as a member of the
Cabinet, Director of the White House Office of Operations, and Coordinator
of the White House Staff. Previously, he headed President Ford's transition
team in August of 1974.
Mr. Rumsfeld was born on July 9, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois. He received
a B.A. in Politics from Princeton University in 1954. He served in the
U.S. Navy as a naval aviator from 1954-1957.
Mr. Rumsfeld became active in government in 1958 when he worked as
Administrative Assistant to Congressman Dave Dennison of Chio. In 1959,
he became a Staff Assistant to then Congressman Robert Griffin of Michigan.
From 1960 to 1962, he was with the Chicago investment banking firm of
A. G. Becker and Company.
In 1962, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives from
the Thirteenth District of Illinois to serve in the Eighty-Eighth Congress.
He was re-elected by large majorities in 1964, 1966, and 1968. In the
Congress, he served on the Joint Economic Committee, the Committee on
Science and Aeronautics, and the Government Operations Committee, and
the Subcommittees on Military and Foreign Operations. He was also a
co-founder of the Japanese-American Inter-Parliamentary Council.
In 1969, he resigned his seat in the House to join the Cabinet as an Assistant
to the President and Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. In
December of 1970, he was named Counsellor to the President and in
October 1971, he was appointed Director of the Cost of Living Council.
Mr. Rumsfeld was named United States Ambassador to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization in February 1973. He served as the United States'
Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council and the Defense
Planning Committee, and the Nuclear Planning Group. In this responsibility,
he represented the United States on a wide range of military and diplomatic
matters.
Mr. Rumsfeld has received honorary degrees in law from Park College (Mo. );
Lake Forest College (I11.), and Illinois College (Ill. ). Additional awards
include the Opportunities Industrial Center's Executive Government Award
and the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.
Mr. Rumsfeld was married to the former Joyce Pierson of Wilmette,
Illinois in 1954. They have two daughters, Valerie (19) and Marcy (15),
and a son, Nicholas (8).
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