Samuel Pierce

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Samuel Pierce (1984)

Samuel Riley Pierce Jr. (born September 8, 1922 in Glen Cove , Long Island , New York , † October 31, 2000 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician .

biography

Pierce did his military service during the Second World War from 1943 to 1946 in the United States Army . After the war, he continued his studies at Cornell University , which he graduated in 1947 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He completed a subsequent postgraduate study at Cornell Law School in 1949 with a Juris Doctor (JD) and then in 1952 with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from New York University .

He began his professional career in 1953 as the Assistant District Attorney for South New York. In 1955 he became assistant to the undersecretary in the Department of Labor and then for a short time in 1956 legal advisor to the subcommittee on antitrust law (anti-trust) of the United States Supreme Court . He then became a partner in the law firm Battle, Fowler, Joffin, Pierce and Khoel and was also a professor at New York University from 1958 to 1970 .

In 1970 he joined the staff in the Treasury of the United States and remained there until 1973. At the same time he was from 1972 to 1977 and again from 1978 to 1982 curator ( trustee ) of Cornell University.

On 23 January 1981 it called US President Ronald Reagan to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development ( Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ) in his Cabinet , belonged to the Pierce until the end of Reagan's term of office on 20 January 1989th Pierce was the only cabinet member besides the President and Vice-President George Bush to serve in the same office during the eight-year administration.

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personal data
SURNAME Pierce, Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pierce, Samuel Riley Junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Glen Cove , Long Island , New York
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 2000
Place of death Washington, DC