W. Michael Blumenthal

Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury · Germany · On the map · Writers · Born 1926 · age 100

Werner Michael Blumenthal is a German-American business leader, economist and political adviser who served as United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1979.

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2008Great Immigrants AwardAward2002Berliner BärAwardGoethe MedalAward1999Leo-Baeck-MedalAward1979James Madison MedalAward1926Born3 January 1926

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The Shanghai ghetto in 1943

From right to left: President Jimmy Carter, James Schlesinger, Hamilton Jordan, Blumenthal, and Charles Schultze in the Oval Office in 1978

Awards

Great Immigrants Award2008

Goethe Medal2002

Berliner Bär2002

Leo-Baeck-Medal1999

James Madison Medal1979

Order of Merit of Berlin

Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Horatio Alger Award

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Germany

Writers from Germany 6

Mina Witkojc50.2 of 100

Erwin Strittmatter50.2 of 100

Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel50.3 of 100

Daniela Dröscher50.2 of 100 Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis50.3 of 100

Emmy Hennings50.2 of 100