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William S. Cohen
(
person
)
by
ophie
Tue Aug 01 2000 at 14:52:45
20th
Secretary of Defense
of the
United States
, sworn in by
Al Gore
on January 24,
1997
born August 28,
1940
Bangor,
Maine
Education
BA in
Latin
from Bowdoin College,
1962
LL.B.
cum laude from
Boston University
Law school
,
1965
Political
Positions
1973
-
1979
: Maine's second congressional district
House of Representatives
1979
-
1997
:
republican
senator
for
Maine
1979
-
1997
: Senate Armed Services and Governmental Affairs Committees
1983
-
1991
,
1995
-
1997
: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (Vice-
Chairman
of the commitee,
1987
-
1991
)
1989
-
1997
: Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations
1997
- present:
Secretary of Defense
Miscellaneous
Achievements
authored or co-authored eight
books
.
two
poetry
books
three
novels
three
non-fiction
works
in
1962
, he was inducted into the New England
Basketball
All Star Hall of Fame
in
1987
, he was selected to be on the Silver Anniversary All Star
Basketball
Team.
his
wife
, Janet Langhart Cohen, has been a correspondent on
Entertainment Tonight
, and
Black Entertainment Television
, as well as running her own
business
called Langhart Communications.
Miscellaneous
Honours
1974
:
TIME magazine
selected Cohen as of one of
America
's 200 future leaders.
1975
: Cohen is named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in America by the U.S. Junior
Chamber of Commerce
.
1975
: the
Boston University
Law School awarded him its "Young Lawyer's Chair"
1976
: Cohen is given the Award for Distinguished Public Service by the
Boston University
Alumni
Association.
1980
: Cohen receives the "
Vanguard
" award from the Non-Commissioned Officers Association
1983
: Non-Commissioned Officers Association awards Cohen the L. Mendel Rivers Award.
1996
: Cohen receives the U.S. Special Operations Command Medal.
references: www.biography.com, www.defenselink.mil, racerelations.about.com.
Secretary of Defense
Council on Foreign Relations
Leonard Cohen
wife
ethnic bioweapon
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Chamber of Commerce
surveillance
Bet
Ba
Maine
poetry
Time Magazine
Senator
House of Representatives
Republican
Al Gore
Department of Defense
1996
United States
Boston University
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