(CNN)Here’s a look at the life of former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Personal Birth date: July 9, 1932 Birth place: Chicago, Illinois Birth name: Donald Harold Rumsfeld Read More Father: George Donald Rumsfeld, a real estate salesman Mother: Jeannette (Huster) Rumsfeld Marriage: Joyce (Pierson) Rumsfeld (1954-present) Children: Nick, Marcy and Valerie Education: Princeton University, B.A. in Political Science, 1954 Military service: US Navy pilot and flight instructor, 1954-1957; US Navy Reserves, 1957-1989, retired as a captain Other Facts Rumsfeld has won the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977) and the Woodrow Wilson Award from Princeton University (1985). Was captain of the football and wrestling teams at Princeton. Timeline 1957-1959 – Administrative assistant to Ohio Congressman David Dennison. 1959 – Joins the staff of Michigan Congressman Robert Griffin. 1960-1962 – Works at investment banking company, A.G. Becker in Chicago. 1962 – Is elected to the House of Representatives from Illinois’ 13th District. During Rumsfeld’s years in Congress, he supports the war in Vietnam and the 1964 Civil Rights Act, while opposing many of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society” programs. 1964, 1966 and 1968 – Is re-elected to the House. 1969 – Is appointed director of the Office of Economic… Read full this story
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