William Simon

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William Simon was an American banker and public official who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in the 1970s and became a prominent advocate of free-market economics.

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instanceOf American politician
banker
business executive
human
philanthropist
appointedBy Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
authorOf A Time for Action
A Time for Truth
boardMemberOf Citibank
Halliburton
United Technologies Corporation
candidateInElection 1993 New Jersey gubernatorial election
causeOfDeath pulmonary fibrosis
chairpersonOf U.S. Olympic Committee
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1927-11-27
dateOfDeath 2000-06-03
educatedAt Lafayette College
employer Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Salomon Brothers
endTime 1977-01-20
familyName Simon
founded William E. Simon Foundation
William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration endowment
givenName William
ideology economic liberalism (classical liberalism)
free-market economics
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States)
namesakeOf William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester
notableFor advocacy of free-market capitalism
service as U.S. Treasury Secretary during the 1970s energy crisis
notableWork A Time for Action
A Time for Truth
numberOfChildren 7
occupation investment banker
public official
officeContested Governor of New Jersey
placeOfBirth Paterson, New Jersey, United States
placeOfDeath Santa Barbara, California, United States
positionHeld Administrator of the Federal Energy Office
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
United States Secretary of the Treasury
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Carol Girard Simon
startTime 1974-05-09

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Gerald Ford administration
cabinetMember

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