George Shultz

American politician (1920–2021)

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Lived 1920–2021, aged 101United States
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  • Era
    1920–2021
    Aged 101
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    The Inventor: Out for …
    2019
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Updated 2026-06-10

He held four different Cabinet posts across two presidencies — a feat matched by only one other American — and as Reagan's secretary of state helped broker the thaw with Gorbachev that unwound the Cold War.

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Born in New York City on December 13, 1920, Shultz grew up in New Jersey, served in the Marines during World War II, then earned a doctorate in industrial economics from MIT and taught there until 1957. After a stint on Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers and a turn as dean of the University of Chicago's business school, Nixon tapped him as Labor secretary in 1969, where he imposed the Philadelphia Plan — the federal government's first use of racial quotas to force construction contractors to hire black workers. He became the first director of the Office of Management and Budget in 1970,…

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