| Caspar Weinberger  AKA Caspar Willard Weinberger, Sr.
Born: 18-Aug-1917
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
Died: 28-Mar-2006
Location of death: Bangor, ME [1]
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government
Party Affiliation: Republican [2] Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush Military service: US Army (1941-45)
[1] Eastern Maine Medical Center.
[2] Chairman, California Republican Party, 1962-68.
Father: Herman Weinberger
Mother: Cerise Carpenter Hampson (stepmother)
Wife: Jane Dalton (author, m. 12-Aug-1942, d. 12-Jul-2009, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Arlin Cerise Weinberger
Son: Caspar Willard Weinberger, Jr.
University: AB, Harvard University (1938)
University: JD, Harvard Law School (1941)
Forbes Chairman (1993-2006)
Forbes Publisher (1989-93)
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (1988-90)
US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)
Bechtel VP and General Counsel (1975-80)
US Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1973-75)
US Director, Office of Management and Budget (1972-73)
US Federal Trade Commission Chairman (1970-72)
California State Official State Director of Finance (1968-70)
California State Assembly (1952-58)
The San Francisco Chronicle staff book reviewer
Member of the Board of Bechtel
Member of the Board of Pepsi
Iran-Contra Scandal
Obstruction of Congress
Making False Statements
Pardoned by President George H.W. Bush 24-Dec-1992
Bronze Star
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1987
International Security Leadership Award 1982
Knight of the British Empire Feb-1988
Bohemian Grove
Forbes 2000
Friends of George Allen
Kennedy Center Trustee (past)
Institute for Contemporary Studies Board member
National Legal Center for the Public Interest Board of Directors
Project for the New American Century
Trilateral Commission
Young America's Foundation Board of Trustees
Phi Beta Kappa Society
The Harvard Crimson
Polygraphed (May-1992)
Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994)
Funeral: Ronald Reagan (2004)
Jewish Ancestry
Author of books:
Fighting for Peace: Seven Critical Years in the Pentagon (1990, memoir)
In the Arena: A Memoir of the 20th Century (2001, memoir)
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