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James A. Baker, III

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dc.date.accessioned 2012-10-02T21:28:13Z
dc.date.available 2012-10-02T21:28:13Z
dc.date.issued 1990
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1911/64845
dc.description Black and white photograph of James A. Baker III, founding chair of the James A. Baker III Institute of Public Policy, with a portion of the American flag visible behind him.
dc.description.abstract James A. Baker, III, has served in senior government positions under three United States Presidents. He served as the nation's 61st Secretary of State from January 1989 through August 1992 under President George Bush. During his tenure at the State Department, Mr. Baker traveled to 90 foreign countries as the United States confronted the unprecedented challenges and opportunities of the post-Cold War era. Mr. Baker served as the 67th Secretary of the Treasury from 1985 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan. As Treasury Secretary, he was also Chairman of the President's Economic Policy Council. From 1981 to 1985, he served as White House Chief of Staff to President Reagan. Mr. Baker's record of public service began in 1975 as Under Secretary of Commerce to President Gerald Ford. It concluded with his service as White House Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to President Bush from August 1992 to January 1993. He is the grandson of Captain James A. Baker, William Marsh Rice's personal attorney and first chairman of the board of trustees for the Rice Institute.
dc.publisher Rice University
dc.rights Rights to this material belong to Rice University. This digital version is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.subject People
dc.subject.lcsh Rice University -- History
Baker, James Addison, 1930-
Rice University -- Faculty
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
dc.title James A. Baker, III
dc.digitization.specifications Images were captured using the Epson Perfection 1670 PHOTO or Epson Expression 10000XL flatbed scanner and Epson Scan software. Master Tiff images were scanned at 24-bit color, 400 ppi. Derivative files are PDF for text and JPG & JPEG2000 for images.
dc.date.digital 2012
dc.date.original ca. 1990
dc.source.collection Rice University Archives photo files, "Individual - Baker, James A., III," Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library
dc.identifier.digital wrc01998
dc.type.genre photographs
dc.type.dcmi Image
dc.identifier.citation (1990). "James A. Baker, III."
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