Charles H. Percy

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Charles H. Percy

Charles Harting Percy (* 27. September 1919 in Pensacola , Florida ; † 17th September 2011 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician of the Republican Party , of the State of Illinois in the US Senate represented.

biography

After attending public schools in Chicago and New Trier High School in Winnetka , he studied at the University of Chicago , which he graduated from in 1941 . He then worked for Bell & Howell , before joining the US Navy as a midshipman during the Second World War in 1943 and being discharged as a lieutenant in 1945 . After the Second World War he resumed his work at Bell & Howell and in 1949 rose to the position of President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the manufacturer of film technology equipment. He held these positions until 1963.

In 1956, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed him his personal representative in the rank of special envoy to the inaugurations of the President of Bolivia , Hernán Siles Zuazo , on June 17, 1956, and of the President of Peru , Manuel Prado y Ugarteche , on July 28 1956.

In 1964 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of governor of Illinois against the democratic incumbent Otto Kerner . Two years later he was elected as a US Senator candidate for the Republican Party and, after his re-election in 1972 and 1978, held the first Senate mandate for Illinois (Senator Class 2) from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1985 . Most recently he was Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations during the first term of US President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1985 . In 1984 he was defeated by his Democratic challenger Paul M. Simon , a member of the US House of Representatives, in the Senate elections .

He then returned to the private sector and was not only president of his own company, Charles Percy & Associates, Inc. , but also a member of the boards of several foundations and committees. His daughter Sharon Percy has been married to Jay Rockefeller , the former governor and now Democratic US Senator for West Virginia , since 1967 .

He died shortly before his 92nd birthday.

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  1. ^ Former US Sen. Charles Percy dies
personal data
SURNAME Percy, Charles H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Percy, Charles Harting (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Pensacola , Florida
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 2011
Place of death Washington, DC