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George Shultz

George P. Shultz
George Pratt Shultz.jpg
60th United States Secretary of State
In office
July 16, 1982 – January 20, 1989
President Ronald Reagan
Deputy Walter J. Stoessel, Jr.
Kenneth W. Dam
John C. Whitehead
Preceded by Alexander Haig
Succeeded by James Baker
62nd United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office
June 12, 1972 – May 8, 1974
President Richard Nixon
Preceded by John Connally
Succeeded by William E. Simon
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
In office
July 1, 1970 – June 11, 1972
President Richard Nixon
Preceded by Bob Mayo (Bureau of the Budget)
Succeeded by Caspar Weinberger
11th United States Secretary of Labor
In office
January 22, 1969 – July 1, 1970
President Richard Nixon
Preceded by W. Willard Wirtz
Succeeded by James Day Hodgson
Personal details
Born George Pratt Shultz
(1920-12-13) December 13, 1920 (age 96)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Helena O'Brien (m. 1946; her death 1995)
Charlotte Mailliard (m. 1997)
Children 5
Education Princeton University (BA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA, PhD)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Marine Corps
Years of service 1942–1945
Rank Captain Insignia USMC.png Captain

George Pratt Shultz (born December 13, 1920) is an American economist, statesman and businessman. From 1969 to 1970, Shultz served as the United States Secretary of Labor; from 1970 to 1972 as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; from 1972 to 1974 as the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; from 1974 to 1982 as the President and Director of the Bechtel Group; and from 1982 to 1989 as the U.S. Secretary of State.

Shultz is the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, California.

Shultz was born in New York City, the only child of Margaret Lennox (née Pratt) and Birl Earl Shultz, and grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. His great-grandfather was an immigrant from Germany who arrived in the United States in the middle of the 19th century. Contrary to common assumption, Shultz is not a member of the English American Pratt family, associated with John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Trust.

In 1938, Shultz graduated from the elite private preparatory boarding high school, Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut. He earned a Bachelor's Degree, cum laude, at Princeton University, New Jersey, in Economics with a minor in Public and International Affairs. His senior thesis examined the Tennessee Valley Authority's effect on local agriculture, for which he conducted on-site research, and he graduated with honors in 1942.


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