James Thomas Lynn

James Thomas Lynn

James Thomas Lynn (born February 27, 1927 in Cleveland , Ohio , † December 6, 2010 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American lawyer and politician of the Republican Party , who served as the United States Secretary of Construction from 1973 to 1975 .

Life

Lynn graduated summa cum laude from Western Reserve University in 1948 ; In 1951 he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School . At Harvard he was on the editorial board of the Harvard Law Review . He then worked for Jones, Day, Cockley and Reavis , the largest Cleveland law firm, where he was made a partner in 1960.

In 1969, James Lynn joined government when he was appointed general counsel at the Department of Commerce . Two years later he became Undersecretary of State in the Ministry. On February 2, 1973, he took his oath of office as Minister of Construction, succeeding George W. Romney . He initially retained this post after moving from Richard Nixon to Gerald Ford in the office of US President , before he was appointed head of the Office of Management and Budget on February 10, 1975 . He remained so until the end of Gerald Ford's tenure on January 20, 1977.

After his political career, Lynn became a board member of the healthcare company Aetna ; in the 1980s he rose to the position of president and chairman there. He served his party once again as general counsel of the Republican National Committee in 1979. He later served on the governing bodies of Pfizer and TRW . He worked for the federal government as a member of commissions and committees on financial and economic topics. He is an honorary member of the Brookings Institution .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/07/AR2010120706925.html

Web links

• James Thomas Lynn in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)