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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—WisconsinLeslie ASPIN
(1938-1995)
ASPIN, Leslie, a
Representative from Wisconsin; born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County,
Wis., July 21, 1938; attended Milwaukee public schools; B.A., Yale
University, 1960; M.A., Oxford University, England, 1962; Ph.D.,
economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965; assistant
professor of economics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis.,
1969-1970; economic adviser to the Secretary of Defense while
serving in United States Army, 1966-1968; served in the United
States Army, captain, 1966-1968; staff member to United States
Senator William Proxmire in 1960, and was his campaign director in
1964 for reelection; staff assistant to Walter Heller, chairman of
President Kennedy’s Council of Economic Advisers, 1963;
unsuccessful candidate for the office of Wisconsin State Treasurer,
1968; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second and to the eleven
succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1971, until his
resignation January 20, 1993, to become Secretary of Defense in the
Cabinet of President William J. Clinton and served as Secretary of
Defense until his resignation on January 20, 1994; chairman,
Committee on Armed Services (Ninety-ninth through One Hundred
Second Congresses); professor of international policy, Washington
Center for Government, Marquette University; chair of the Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board and of the Commission on the Roles and
Capabilities of the United States Intelligence Community from
August 1994 until his death in Washington, D.C. on May 21,
1995.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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