PORTRAITS:
OVERVIEW:
BORN:
January 30, 1941 (Lincoln, Nebraska)
EDUCATION:
Yale University (1959-1960)
Casper College (1963)
University of Wyoming (B.A., 1965)
University of Wyoming (M.A. in Political Science, 1966)
SPOUSE:
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1966:
Staff aide to Governor Warren Knowles (R-WI)
1966-1968:
Graduate student, University of Wisconsin
1968-1969:
American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow on staff of Representative William A. Steiger (R-WI)
1969-1970:
Special Assistant to Donald Rumsfeld, Director, U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity
1970-1971:
Deputy to Counsellor to the President Donald Rumsfeld
1971-1973:
Assistant Director for Operations, Cost of Living Council
1973-1974:
Partner, Bradley, Woods & Co. investment advisory firm
1974-1975:
Deputy Assistant to the President for White House Operations
1975-1977:
White House Chief of Staff
1977-1978:
Partner, Bradley, Woods & Co
Public Policy Consultant
1979-1989:
U.S. House of Representatives (R-WY)
1981:
Chairman, House Republican Policy Committee
1987-1989:
Chair of House Republican Conference
1989:
House Minority Whip
1989-1993:
Secretary of Defense
1993-1995:
Senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute
1993-2000:
Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer, Halliburton Company
2001-2009:
Vice President of the United States
RESOURCES:
Bush White House
U.S. Senate
Wyoming State Historical Society
Miller Center
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia
FORD CHIEF OF STAFF:
Papers (Ford Library)
Gerald R. Ford Oral History Project
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE:
Department of Defense
George H.W. Bush Oral History (Miller Center)
DOD Nomination, 3/11/1989 (LAT, NYT)
VICE PRESIDENT:
Selection as VP, 7/24/2000 (NYT)
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency (WP, 6/2007)
The Dark Side (6/20/2016, PBS)