| Melvin Laird  AKA Melvin Robert Laird, Jr.
Born: 1-Sep-1922
Birthplace: Omaha, NE
Died: 16-Nov-2016
Location of death: Fort Myers, FL
Cause of death: Respiratory failure
Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Secretary of Defense, 1969-73 Military service: US Navy (1942-46, Lt.) Father: Melvin Robert Laird, Sr. (state legislator, d. 1946)
Mother: Helen Connor Laird (b. 1891)
Wife: Barbara Masters Laird (m. 1945, d. 1991, two sons, one daughter)
Son: John
Son: David
Daughter: Alison Laird-Large
Wife: Carole Fleischman (m. 1993, until his death)
University: BA, Carleton College, Northfield, MN (1942)
US Secretary of Defense (22-Jan-1969 to 29-Jan-1973 under Richard M. Nixon)
US Congressman, Wisconsin 7th (3-Jan-1953 to 21-Jan-1969, resigned)
Wisconsin State Senate (1946-52)
Member of the Board of Metropolitan Life
Member of the Board of Martin Marietta
Member of the Board of Northwest Airlines
Member of the Board of Purolator
American Academy of Diplomacy
Freemasonry 33rd degree
Alfalfa Club 1973
Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
George C. Marshall Foundation Council of Advisors
Kennedy Center Honorary Trustee
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Augusta National Golf Club
Purple Heart
Lasker Award Public Service Award (1963)
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1974
Hernia Operation (Apr-1971)
Wedding: Edward Cox and Tricia Nixon (1971)
Author of books:
A House Divided: America's Strategy Gap (1962, international affairs)
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