James D. Hodgson

James D. Hodgson

James Day Hodgson (born December 3, 1915 in Dawson , Lac qui Parle County , Minnesota , † November 28, 2012 in Malibu , California ) was an American businessman and politician ( Republican Party ) who assumed the office of President Richard Nixon US Secretary of Labor .

Life

James Hodgson attended the University of Minnesota and later moved to the University of California . During World War II he fought in the ranks of the US Navy .

After returning from the war, he worked in numerous branches of industry. He eventually became vice president of industrial relations at Lockheed Corporation .

Public offices

After previous incumbent George P. Shultz moved to the Office of Management and Budget as director , President Nixon appointed James Hodgson to his cabinet as the new Secretary of Labor . During his tenure, the Occupational Safety and Health Act was ratified by Congress , which significantly expanded the ministry's powers. In order to cope with the economic crisis that resulted from the consequences of the Vietnam War , Hodgson introduced the Emergency Employment Act in 1971 , which provided for an expansion of employment and training programs.

Hodgson left the government on February 1, 1973. From 1974 to 1977 he served as the US ambassador to Japan . There he began to be enthusiastic about the poem form of the Senryū ; after his return to the USA he published "American Senryū", a collection of poems composed by him.

After the death of W. Willard Wirtz , Hodgson was the oldest surviving former US minister.

Hodgson died on November 28, 2012 at his Malibu home of complications following hip replacement surgery.

Web links

• Biography at the Department of Labor
• James D. Hodgson in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Knowles Adkisson: Hodgson, former Secretary of Labor, dies at Malibu home. The Malibu Times, December 10, 2012, accessed December 11, 2012 .