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Gen. Alexander
M. Haig, Jr. (Ret)
United States Army
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General Haig graduated from the U.S. Military Academy
in 1947, was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Army, and advanced
through a variety of military assignments, including service in
Japan, Korea, Europe and Vietnam. He attended Notre Dame University,
pursued graduate studies in business administration at Columbia
University in 1954-55 and received a Master’s Degree in International
Relations from Georgetown University in 1962.
He served in the Pentagon from 1962 to 1965, where
his positions included Military Assistant to the Secretary of the
Army, and Deputy Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense.
He served in Vietnam in 1966 and 1967, receiving the Distinguished
Service Cross for heroism.
In January 1969, he was assigned to be Senior Military
Advisor to the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs. He was promoted to full General in 1972. During his four
years in the White House ending in 1973, he made 14 trips to Southeast
Asia as the personal emissary of the President to negotiate the
Vietnam ceasefire and the return of the U.S. prisoners of war. He
also coordinated preparations for President Nixon’s historic
visit to China.
Among his many military decorations, General Haig
holds the Distinguished Service Cross, the Defense Distinguished
Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Silver Star with Oak Leaf
Cluster, the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, the
Purple Heart, and decorations from Belguim, the Federal Republic
of Germany, Morocco, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands
and Portugal.
General Haig was serving as Vice Chief of Staff
of the Army when President Nixon appointed him in May 1973 to rebuild
the White House staff. Although this was to be a temporary position,
the President subsequently named him White House Chief of Staff,
at which point he retired from the military after 26 years of active
service.
He served in the White House until October 1974,
when President Ford recalled him to active duty as Commander-in-Chief,
U.S. European Command. Two months later, General Haig was also appointed
Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. In that position, he was responsible
for the integrated military forces of the then 13-member nations
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). He resigned his
post effective June 30, 1979 and retired from the Army.
General Haig was elected President and Chief Operating
Officers of United Technologies Corporation and a member of its
Board of Directors on December 21, 1979.
Following his election on November 4, 1980, President-elect
Ronald Reagan nominated General Haig to be his Secretary of State.
The Senate subsequently confirmed General Haig and he was sworn
in as the Nation’s 59th Secretary of State on January 22,
1981. He resigned from his position on July 5, 1982. He was an official
candidate (1987-88) for the nomination of the Republican Party for
the presidency of the United States.
General Haig is currently Chairman of his own private
firm, Worldwide Associates, Inc., based in Washington, DC. Worldwide
Associates, Inc. assists public and private corporations both here
and abroad in developing and implementing marketing and acquisition
strategies in addition to providing strategic advice on the domestic
and international political, economic and security environment as
will affect global commercial activities. Worldwide Associates is
also involved in venture capital and international construction
projects.
General Haig is married to the former Patricia
Fox. They have three children: Alexander, Brian and Barbara and
eight grandchildren.
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