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Biography of Casper Willard WeinbergerName: Casper Willard WeinbergerBirth Date: August 18, 1917 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: San Francisco, California Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: secretary of defense Casper Willard Weinberger Casper Willard Weinberger (born 1917) served in the administrations of three U.S. presidents, as director of the Office of Management and Budget, as secretary of health, education and welfare, and as secretary of defense. He was noted for His budget-cutting ability until, as secretary of defense, he pressed for huge annual increases in military spending.Casper W. Weinberger was born in San Francisco on August 18, 1917. He was the son of Herman Weinberger, an attorney, and Cerise Carpenter Hampson. After attending public schools in San Francisco, Caspar won a scholarship to Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree with honors in 1938 and a law degree in 1941. In his senior year as an undergraduate, he was editor of the Crimson, the Harvard newspaper, and wrote conservative editorials that angered his liberal colleagues.Weinberger enlisted in the army in 1941. He met his future wife Jane, a nurse, aboard a troop …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…great or small, large or petty--never give in." Associated Organizations Associated Events Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990 Further Reading Weinberger's account of his stint as defense secretary is Fighting for Peace: Seven Critical Years in the Pentagon (1990). Some biographical material is in Ronald Brownstein and Nina Easton, Reagan's Ruling Class (1982). Weinberger's views on the national defense budget can be found in his The Defense Budget (1972), and his warnings about military cuts of the 1990s are in The Next War, co-written with Peter Schweitzer (1996). Background reading about Weinberger's participation in public office is in Gary C. Hamilton and Nicole W. Biggart, Governor Reagan, Governor Brown (1984); A. James Reichley, Conservatives in an Age of Change: The Nixon and Ford Administrations (1981); and Laurence I. Barrett, Gambling With History: Ronald Reagan in the White House (1984). A good short overview of Weinberger's career is William R. Doerner, "Man with a Mission: Seeking Fire and Vision," Time (February 11, 1985). |