| Melvin Laird  AKA Melvin Robert Laird, Jr.
Born: 1-Sep-1922
Birthplace: Omaha, NE
Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Secretary of Defense, 1969-73 Military service: US Navy (WWII, enlisted May 1942, discharged April 1946) Father: Melvin Robert Laird, Sr. (state legislator)
Mother: Helen Connor Laird (b. 1891)
Wife: Barbara Masters Laird (m. 1945)
Son: John
Son: David
Daughter: Alison
Wife: Carole Fleischman (m. 1993)
University: BA, Carleton College, Northfield, MN (1942)
US Secretary of Defense (22-Jan-1969 to 29-Jan-1973 under Richard M. Nixon)
US Congressman, Wisconsin 7th (3-Jan-1953 to 21-Jan-1969, resigned)
Wisconsin State Senate (1946-52)
Member of the Board of Metropolitan Life
Member of the Board of Martin Marietta
Member of the Board of Northwest Airlines
Member of the Board of Purolator
American Academy of Diplomacy
Freemasonry 33rd degree
Alfalfa Club 1973
Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
George C. Marshall Foundation Council of Advisors
Kennedy Center Honorary Trustee
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Augusta National Golf Club
Purple Heart
Lasker Award Public Service Award (1963)
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1974
Wedding: Edward Cox and Tricia Nixon (1971)
Appears on the cover of:
Time, 29-Aug-1969, DETAILS: Defense Secretary Laird: Shaking up the Pentagon
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