Infectious Disease Deaths in Maine - AIDS-Related Deaths in Maine, John Preston, Caspar Weinberger, Burton Hatlen (Paperback)

Chapters: Aids-Related Deaths in Maine, John Preston, Caspar Weinberger, Burton Hatlen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Caspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger (August 18, 1917 March 28, 2006), was an American politician, vice president and general counsel of Bechtel Corporation, and Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan from January 21, 1981, until November 23, 1987, making him the third longest-serving defense secretary to date, after Robert McNamara and Donald Rumsfeld. He is also known for his role in the Strategic Defense Initiative and the Iran-Contra Affair. Weinberger was born in San Francisco, the younger of two sons of Herman Weinberger, a Colorado-born lawyer. His stepmother, the former Cerise Carpenter Hampson, was an accomplished violinist whose parents were immigrants from England. Weinberger was named "Caspar" for a friend of his mother's; his father began calling him "Cap", a nickname that stuck into adulthood. Weinberger was a first stepcousin of the nationally-broadcast radio personality Don McNeill of Don McNeill's Breakfast Club; their mothers were sisters. Weinberger was a sickly child and required close nurturing from his mother; in time, he overcame his poor health and shyness. Weinberger's paternal grandparents had left Judaism because of a dispute at a Czech synagogue. His stepmother was of Christian heritage. He was reared in a home with no denominational ties, though with a general Christian orientation. In time he became an active Episcopalian and often expressed his faith in God. When he enrolled at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Mrs. Weinberger rented an apartment nearby for the first semester that Weinberger and his older brother, Peter, attended Harvard. She then returned to her husband in S...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=157090