| LC control no. | n 80023528 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Laird, Melvin R. |
| Located | Marshfield (Wis.) |
| Birth date | 1922-09-01 |
| Death date | 2016-11-16 |
| Place of birth | Omaha (Neb.) |
| Place of death | Fort Myers (Fla.) |
| Affiliation | Reader's Digest Association United States. Department of Defense United States. Congress. House Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Cabinet officers Presidents--United States--Staff |
| Found in | His A house divided, 1962. Laird Center Internet website, July 10, 2007 bio. (Melvin R. Laird; b. Sept. 1, 1922, [Omaha, Neb.]; Senior Counselor, National and International Affairs, Reader's Digest Association (1974-present); Counsellor to the President (1973-74); Secretary of Defense (1969-73); U.S. Representative (1953-68); Wisconsin State Senate (1946-1952); US Navy (1942-1946)) New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 17, 2016 (in obituary published Nov. 16: Melvin R. Laird; b. Melvin Robert Laird Jr., Sept. 1, 1922, Omaha; within a year, the family moved to Marshfield, Wis.; d. Wednesday [Nov. 16, 2016], Fort Myers, Fla., aged 94; as President Richard M. Nixon's first secretary of defense, quietly challenged the administration's hawkish military policies during the war in Vietnam, prompting deep suspicion, and even spying, between the White House and the Pentagon) |
| Associated language | eng |
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