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William J. Perry

William Clinton Administration

**Full Bio Forthcoming**

 

March 5, 1993-February 3, 1994

 

B.S., Stanford, 1949

M.S., Stanford, 1950

PhD, Penn State, 1957

Served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1946-1947

U.S. Army Reserve, 1950-1955

Laboratory Director, General Telephone and Electronics, 1954-1964

Founder; President, ESL, Inc., 1964-1977

Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, 1977-1981

Secretary of Defense, February 1994-January 1997