William Perry | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 1994 | |
| 19th United States Secretary of Defense | |
| In office February 3, 1994 – January 23, 1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Deputy | John M. Deutch John P. White |
| Preceded by | Les Aspin |
| Succeeded by | William Cohen |
| 23rd United States Deputy Secretary of Defense | |
| In office March 5, 1993 – February 3, 1994 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Donald J. Atwood Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John M. Deutch |
| Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering | |
| In office April 11, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Malcolm R. Currie |
| Succeeded by | Richard D. DeLauer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William James Perry October 11, 1927 Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic[1] |
| Spouse | Leonilla Green (died 2017) |
| Children | 5 |
| Education | Stanford University (BA, MA) Pennsylvania State University (PhD) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1945–1947 (Active) 1950–1955 (Reserve) |
| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant (Reserves) |
| Unit | United States Army Corps of Engineers United States Army Reserve |
William James Perry (born October 11, 1927) 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.[2] He also served as Deputy Secretary of Defense (1993–1994)[3] and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (1977–1981).
Perry is the Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor (emeritus) at Stanford University, with a joint appointment at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the School of Engineering.[4] He is also a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He is the co-founder of the Palo Alto Unitarian Church[5] and serves as director of the Preventive Defense Project.[6] He is an expert in U.S. foreign policy, national security and arms control. In 2013 he founded the William J. Perry Project, a non-profit effort to educate the public on the current dangers of nuclear weapons.[7]
Perry also has extensive business experience and serves on the boards of several high-tech companies. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1970 for contributions to communications theory, radio propagation theory, and computer technology in the design of advanced systems. He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among Perry's numerous awards are the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1997) and the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2002), awarded by Japan.
- ^ Perry, William J. (2015). My Journey at the Nuclear Brink. Stanford University Press. p. 87.
- ^ "William J. Perry - William J. Clinton Administration". Office of the Secretary of Defense - Historical Office.
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- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "FSI | CISAC - William J. Perry". CISAC. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ Dodd, David (2019-11-03). "Change of Plans: What Matters Most to Me". uupetaluma. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ "Preventive Defense Project". Harvard Worldwide. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "About William Perry". William J Perry Project. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
