William Perry

American mathematician and businessman, former Secretary of Defense · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1927 · age 99

William James Perry is an American mathematician, engineer, businessman, and civil servant who was the United States Secretary of Defense from February 3, 1994, to January 23, 1997, under President Bill Clinton.

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2017“We stand today, I believe, in greater danger of a nuclear catastrophe than we faced during the Cold War.”In their words9 August 2017"Former Defense Secretary Warns Civilization Is at Risk," interview by Robert ScheerRead the whole statement

2016“Our first action that really set us off in a bad direction was when Nato started to expand, bringing in eastern European nations, some of them bordering Russia.”In their words9 March 2016Cited in Russian hostility 'partly caused by west', claims former US defence headRead the whole statement

California Hall of FameAward2009“Any further spread of nuclear weapons multiplies the possibilities of nuclear confrontation and magnifies the danger of diversion.”In their words6 February 2009Henry Kissinger, Speech to the 45th Munich Security Conference, delivered 6 February 2009Read the whole statement

2008Rumford PrizeAward1997Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1994“In February William Perry let slip that if this reform falls through in Russia, then the West should be ready to strengthen its collective security. What's the connection?”In their wordsMay 1994Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Interview With Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on the New Russia and Ukraine (May 1994), by Paul Klebnikov, in the (9 MayRead the whole statement

1927Born11 October 1927