Martin Richard Hoffmann

Martin Richard Hoffmann

Martin Richard Hoffmann (born April 20, 1932 in Stockbridge , Massachusetts , † July 14, 2014 in Warrenton , Virginia ) was an American politician. He was Secretary of the United States Army in the administration of President Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977.

Career

Martin Richard Hoffmann was born on April 20, 1932 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He received his PhD from Princeton University in 1954 and joined the US Army in the same year . He got his officer license in 1955 at the Field Artillery Officer Candidate School . He then served in the 187th Regimental Combat Team and the 101st Airborne Division between 1955 and 1956. After his active service, he went into reserve service and later married Margaret Ann McCabe.

Martin Richard Hoffmann received his PhD from the University of Virginia Law School in 1961 . After receiving his law degree, he began working as an assistant clerk to Judge Albert V. Bryan , United States Court of Appeals , Fourth District, Alexandria, Virginia . He carried out this activity between 1961 and 1962. He then worked as the US Assistant Attorney in Washington, DC between 1962 and 1965.

From 1965 to 1966 he was a member ( minority counsel ) in the House Judiciary Committee (Judicial Committee of the House of Representatives). He then served as the legal advisor to Senator Charles H. Percy of Illinois between 1967 and 1969. After that position, he served as assistant chief advisor and assistant secretary for the University Computing Company between 1969 and 1971. He then served as legal advisor to the Atomic Energy Commission between 1971 and 1973 .

Hoffmann was then Special Assistant to the Ministry of Defense from 1973 to 1974. He also became a legal advisor to this Ministry and carried out this activity between 1974 and 1975. From August 5, 1975 to February 13, 1977, Hoffmann was Secretary of the United States Army. Under his leadership, the army was reorganized because of the profound problems caused by the post-war period in Vietnam .

Hoffmann set up a data protection authority ( Privacy Review Board ) to process the recorded access requests, triggered by the Freedom of Information Act .

In 1977 he began working in the private sector at Gardner, Carton & Douglas. In 1989, he became vice president and legal advisor to Digital Equipment Corporation . He became a member of the Board of E-Systems, Inc. and administrator of the Association of the United States Army . He also served on the Defense Ministry's Reorganization and Decommissioning Commission.

Web links

• Official Army biography and portrait (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Douglas Martin: Martin Hoffmann, Army Secretary in 1970s, Dies at 82. Obituary in The New York Times, July 26, 2014 (English, accessed July 27, 2014).