\"Secretary of State\" George Shultz Signed 3X5 Card JG Autographs COA for Sale

\"Secretary of State\" George Shultz Signed 3X5 Card JG Autographs COA For Sale

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\"Secretary of State\" George Shultz Signed 3X5 Card JG Autographs COA:
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Up for sale\"Secretary of State\" George Shultz Hand Signed 3X5 Card.This item is authenticated by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.
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George Pratt Shultz(/ʃʊlts/; December 13, 1920– February 6, 2021) was an Americaneconomist, diplomat, and businessman. He served in various positions under three differentRepublicanpresidents and is one of only two people to have held four differentCabinet-level posts.Shultz played a major role in shaping theforeign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration. From 1974 to 1982, he was an executive of theBechtel Group, an engineering and services company. In the 2010s, Shultz was a prominent figure in the scandal of the biotechfirmTheranos, continuing to support it as a board member in the face of mounting evidence of fraud. Born inNew York City, he graduated fromPrinceton Universitybefore serving in theUnited States Marine CorpsduringWorld War II. After the war, Shultz earned a Ph.D. in industrial economics from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT). He taught at MIT from 1948 to 1957, taking a leave of absence in 1955 to take a position on PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower\'sCouncil of Economic Advisers. After serving as dean of theUniversity of Chicago Graduate School of Business, he accepted PresidentRichard Nixon\'s appointment asUnited States Secretary of Labor. In that position, he imposed thePhiladelphia Planon construction contractors who refused to accept black members, marking the first use ofracial quotasby the federal government. In 1970, he became the first director of theOffice of Management and Budget, and he served in that position until his appointment asUnited States Secretary of the Treasuryin 1972. In that role, Shultz supported theNixon shock(which sought to revive the ailing economy in part by abolishing thegold standard) and presided over the end of theBretton Woods system. Shultz left the Nixon administration in 1974 to become an executive atBechtel. After becoming president and director of that company, he accepted PresidentRonald Reagan\'s offer to serve asUnited States Secretary of State. He held that office from 1982 to 1989. Shultz pushed for Reagan to establish relations withSovietleaderMikhail Gorbachev, which led to a thaw between the United States and the Soviet Union. He opposed the U.S. aid torebelstrying to overthrow theSandinistasusing funds from an illegal sale of weapons to Iran that led to theIran–Contra affair. Shultz retired from public office in 1989 but remained active in business and politics. He served as an informal adviser toGeorge W. Bushand helped formulate theBush Doctrineofpreemptive war. He served on theGlobal Commission on Drug Policy, California GovernorArnold Schwarzenegger\'s Economic Recovery Council, and on the boards of Bechtel and theCharles Schwab Corporation. Beginning in 2013, Shultz advocated for a revenue-neutralcarbon taxas the most economically sound means of mitigatinganthropogenic climate change.He was a member of theHoover Institution, theInstitute for International Economics, theWashington Institute for Near East Policy, and other groups. He was also a prominent and hands-on board member ofTheranos, which defrauded more than $700 million dollars from its investors before it collapsed