Richard T. McCormack

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Richard T. McCormack

Richard Thomas McCormack (born March 6, 1941 in Bradford , Pennsylvania ) is an American diplomat and banker who was Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) between 1985 and 1989 and then from 1989 to 1991 as Undersecretary of State for Economics and Business and Agriculture Affairs ( United States Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs) held one of the highest positions in the US State Department . Since 2006 he has been the vice chairman of financial services company Merrill Lynch .

Life

Studies, activities in the Republican Party and government

After attending school, McCormack first completed an undergraduate degree at Georgetown University , which he completed in 1963 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). After completing his postgraduate studies at the University of Freiburg , he received a doctorate in philosophy ( Ph.D. ) in 1966 .

After his return to the US he was from 1966 to 1967 activities, a member of the Peace Corps before he followed his commitment to the Republican Party , first in 1967 as a campaign assistant to the mayor -Choice in Philadelphia and then in the Foreign Policy staff of Richard Nixon in the 1968 US presidential election . In 1968 he then worked for the automaker Ford for some time as director of operational research at the Philco-Ford Corporation in South Vietnam and, after his return, between 1969 and 1971, he was a senior member of the advisory board of US President Nixon for administrative organization (President's Advisory Council on Executive Organization) .

McCormack, who is in the primaries ( primaries ) of the Republican Party for candidacy in the 23rd congressional district of Pennsylvania for elections to the House of Representatives in 1972 and 1974 unsuccessfully against Albert W. Johnson competed was in 1972 in the White House Council on International Economic Policy Adviser ( White House Council on International Economic Policy) and 1974 Deputy Under-Secretary of State for International Economic Affairs at the US Treasury Department during President Nixon's tenure. At the beginning of Nixon's successor, Gerald Ford , he was White House staff advisor on trade treaty negotiations between 1974 and 1975.

Assistant Secretary of State, Ambassador to the OAS and Under Secretary of State

McCormack was then a scholar from 1975 to 1977 at the Washington, DC- based conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI). After serving as legislative assistant to US Congressman Jesse Helms between 1979 and 1981 , he joined the US State Department in 1981, initially as a consultant for international economics and then as deputy under-secretary and department head for economics between 1982 and 1985 - and trade affairs ( Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs) .

On June 20, 1985 McCormack succeeded J. William Middendorf as ambassador to the Organization of American States and remained in this position until April 13, 1989 and was later replaced by Luigi R. Einaudi , who later became Secretary General of the OAS.

McCormack was then on April 14, 1989 as successor to W. Allen Wallis Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs ( Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs ) . He held this position as one of the most important advisors on foreign trade policy issues in the administration of US President George Bush until May 3, 1991, and was then replaced on May 20, 1991 by Robert Zoellick , Counselor of the US State Department.

Consultant and vice chairman of Merrill Lynch

After retiring from government service, McCormack, who was also active on the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the Council of American Ambassadors , served as advisor to the executive director of the International Monetary Fund and until 2004 advisor to the Center for Studies of the Presidency and Congress CSPC (Center for the Study of the Presidency) .

After serving as senior advisor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) between 2004 and 2006 , McCormack became vice chairman of financial services company Merrill Lynch in 2006.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ OAS Adopts Rule to Battle Trafficking in Drugs . In: The New York Times, January 17, 1988
  2. ^ Economic Scene; How to Read Bush's Lips . in: The New York Times of June 29, 1990
  3. ↑ SOVIET TURMOIL; Group of Seven Is Seen Backing Some Soviet Aid . In: The New York Times, August 28, 1991
  4. ^ Pressure Grows on Aid-Thirsty Israel to Adopt Reforms . In: The New York Times, October 27, 1991
personal data
SURNAME McCormack, Richard T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McCormack, Richard Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat, banker and manager
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Bradford , Pennsylvania