Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Secretary of State, Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom, and President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. As a member of President Andrew Jackson's Cabinet, McLane was a prominent figure during the Bank War. McLane pursued a more moderate approach ...
President Joe Biden has announced that he will nominate Yellen to serve in his Cabinet as United States Secretary of the Treasury. Yellen was a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1994 to 1997 and again from 2010 to 2018. She chaired the Council of Economic Advisers under ...
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew REUTERS/Ruben Sprich Jack Lew, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, speaks during the session "Global Financial Priorities for 2016" at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2016. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
The relationship between Hamilton and Burr had been contentious for years. Former Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton had seemingly thwarted Vice President Burr's political ambitions at every turn, and Burr's failed campaign for governor of New York in 1804 was apparently the last straw. To restore...
Here are 21 notable alumni from the Harvard Business School MBA: Harvard Business School Notable Alumni 1. Henry Paulson ©Treasury Department | All images in this article are used under this license. MBA Class of 1970 Former US Secretary of the Treasury & CEO of Goldman Sachs Henry, or...
public events, in movies, magazines and more. During the 1940 season, Elsie outdrew in attendance every other World’s Fair exhibit. In the 40s, she made personal appearance tours that helped sell $10 million in U.S. War Bonds, prompting a thank-you note from the Secretary of Treasury....
Henry Paulson (74th United States Secretary of the Treasury (2006 - 2009)) Birth Year: 1946 Birthplace: Palm Beach, Florida, United States Henry "Hank" Merritt Paulson Jr. is an American investment banker and financier who served as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2006...
He is called the father of modern philanthropy, having established a model for charitable giving that is still followed in modern times. Family Life He was engaged in 1838, but never married. Associated With He was a favorite for Secretary of the Treasury under President Andrew Johnson, but de...
With that simple, direct statement, Brown proceeds to rip the rug out from under elementary-schoolers who assume the Founding Fathers—here Vice President Aaron Burr and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton are cases in point—belong on marble pedestals. Both orphans, both raised by ...
Former US secretary of stateHenry Kissingerhad major influence on American foreign policy under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Born in Germany in 1923, he fled the Nazi regime with his family as a teenager and settled in the US in 1938. ...