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Charles Duncan, Jr.

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U.S. Secretary of Energy (1926-2022)

United StatesScientistsLived 1926 to 2022 · aged 96
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Charles William Duncan Jr. was an American businessman, administrator, and politician who served as the second United States secretary of energy in the Cabinet of President Jimmy Carter from 1979 to 1981. He had previously served as Carter's United States Deputy Secretary of Defense during the Iranian Revolution.

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Charles William Duncan Jr. was an American businessman, administrator, and politician who served as the second United States secretary of energy in the Cabinet of President Jimmy Carter from 1979 to 1981. He had previously served as Carter's United States Deputy Secretary of Defense during the Iranian Revolution. Earlier, Duncan had run the family business, Duncan Coffee Company of Houston, Texas, for seven years, until the Coca-Cola Company acquired it in 1964. After seven years on the Coke board, Duncan became the corporation's president.

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Lived 1926 to 2022 · aged 96
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