Donald Rumsfeld Fast Facts
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Personal
Death date: June 30, 2021
Birth place: Chicago, Illinois
Father: George Donald Rumsfeld, a real estate salesman
Mother: Jeannette (Huster) Rumsfeld
Children: Nick, Marcy and Valerie
Education: Princeton University, B.A. in Political Science, 1954
Military service: US Navy pilot and flight instructor, 1954-1957; US Navy Reserves, 1957-1989, retired as a captain
Other Facts
Rumsfeld has won the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977) and the Woodrow Wilson Award from Princeton University (1985).
Was captain of the football and wrestling teams at Princeton.
Timeline
1960-1962 – Works at investment banking company, A.G. Becker in Chicago.
1962 – Is elected to the House of Representatives from Illinois’ 13th District. During Rumsfeld’s years in Congress, he supports the war in Vietnam and the 1964 Civil Rights Act, while opposing many of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society” programs.
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