Charles Cragin

Charles Cragin
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Acting
In office
August 4, 1999 – May 31, 2001
April 12, 1998 - August 3, 1999
PresidentBill Clinton
SecretaryWilliam Cohen
Donald Rumsfeld
Preceded byDeborah R. Lee
Succeeded byThomas F. Hall
United States Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Acting
In office
March 31, 2000 – May 23, 2000
PresidentBill Clinton
SecretaryWilliam Cohen
Preceded byRudy de Leon
Succeeded byBernard Rostker
Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals
In office
March 1991 – March 1997
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Preceded byKenneth E. Eaton
Succeeded byRoger K. Bauer (acting)[1]
Personal details
Born
Charles Langmaid Cragin III[2]

(1943-10-09) October 9, 1943 (age 81)[2]
Portland, Maine[2]
Political partyRepublican
Alma materUniversity of Maine (BS), (JD)
AwardsLegion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Navy Meritorious Service Medal (2)
Navy Commendation Medal (2)
Army Commendation Medal
Navy Expeditionary Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Navy Good Conduct Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
United States Navy Reserve[3][4][5]
Years of service1961-1964 (active duty)
1964-1998 (reserve)
RankCaptain

Charles Langmaid Cragin III[6] (born October 9, 1943) is an American attorney and politician from Maine. He was the Republican nominee for governor of Maine in 1982, losing in a landslide to Democratic incumbent Gov. Joseph E. Brennan. Afterwards, Cragin was a Republican National Committee member from Maine from 1983 to 1990,[7] and acting U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in 2000.[8]

Cragin also was the first Senate-confirmed chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals in the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs.[9]

  1. ^ The United States Government Manual (1997-1998)
  2. ^ a b c Nomination of Charles L. Cragin : hearing before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, on the nomination of Charles L. Cragin to be chairman of the Board of Veterans Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, February 19, 1991, page 16
  3. ^ The Honorable Charles L. Cragin
  4. ^ Nomination of Charles L. Cragin : hearing before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, on the nomination of Charles L. Cragin to be chairman of the Board of Veterans Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, February 19, 1991, pages 16-23
  5. ^ Veterans Affairs Official's bios
  6. ^ University of Maine in Portland and University of Maine School of Law Commencement Program 1970
  7. ^ "Maine Street Solutions Senior Government Affairs Counselor". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  8. ^ "COMMITTEE MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES" (PDF). U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  9. ^ "PN9-3 — Charles L. Cragin — Department of Veterans Affairs". 102nd United States Congress. 28 February 1991. Retrieved 15 November 2017.