Clayton Keith Yeutter

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Clayton Keith Yeutter , [ klaɪtən kiːθ jaɪtər ], ONZM (* 10. December 1930 in Eustis , Frontier County , Nebraska , † 4. March 2017 in Potomac , Maryland ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ), who four presidents worked for the United States Government.

Professional career

From 1952 to 1957, Yeutter served in the US Air Force ; He was an active member of their reserve until 1975. Also in 1952, he graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor of Science degree . In 1963 he graduated there as a Juris Doctor , and in 1966 as a PhD . All this time he tended his 2500 acres of land in Nebraska, farming and raising livestock.

After a brief period as a lecturer at his former university and as a lawyer in Lincoln , Yeutter was on the staff of the governor of Nebraska. He later became head of a collaborative facility at the University of Nebraska in Colombia that provided technical and agricultural assistance.

In the service of four presidents

Clayton Keith Yeutter (left) with US President George Bush .

In 1970 Clayton Yeutter got a job as US Secretary of Agriculture under President Richard Nixon . In the run-up to the 1972 presidential election , he was appointed a regional director on its re-election committee. Under Nixon's successor Gerald Ford , several government offices followed before Yeutter returned to Nebraska in 1977 and worked as a lawyer again.

A year later, he took the post of President and CEO of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange , which he remained until 1985. That year he returned to government under Ronald Reagan and was appointed United States sales representative. After George Bush took office , he finally appointed him to his cabinet as Secretary of Agriculture in 1989 . In 1991 he left the ministry and became chairman of the Republican National Committee , before moving to President Bush's advisory staff again in 1992.

After retiring from politics, Clayton Yeutter joined a law firm in Washington , specializing in international trade, food and agriculture.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Former US Ag Secretary, Nebraska native Clayton Yeutter dies . Lincoln Journal Star, March 4, 2017, accessed March 5, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Yeutter, Clayton Keith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Eustis , Nebraska
DATE OF DEATH 4th March 2017
Place of death Potomac , Maryland