James R. Schlesinger

James R. Schlesinger         (academic, spook, deep state operative)
Born	James Rodney Schlesinger 1929-02-15 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	2014-03-27 (Age 85) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Cause of death	pneumonia
Alma mater	Harvard University
Religion	Jew
Children	8
Spouse	Rachel Line Mellinger
Member of	Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, British-North American Committee, Homeland Security Advisory Council, Mitre Corporation, RAND/Notable Participants
Party	Republican
USDSO, DCI, RAND, US Defense secretary  United States Secretary of Defense In office July 2, 1973 - November 19, 1975 Succeeded by Donald Rumsfeld  Director of Central Intelligence In office 2 February 1973 - 2 July 1973 Preceded by Richard Helms Succeeded by Vernon A. Walters  United States Atomic Energy Commission In office 1971 - 1973  United States Secretary of Energy In office August 6, 1977 - August 23, 1979  United States Atomic Energy Commission/Chair  In office August 17, 1971 - January 26, 1973

James Rodney Schlesinger was a US Deep state operative who had various roles including US Secretary of Defense and Director of Central Intelligence.

Background

Schlesinger was born in New York City, the son of Jewish parents, Rhea Lillian (née Rogen) and Julius Schlesinger. His mother was a Lithuanian emigrant from what was then part of the Russian Empire and his father was of Austrian Jewish descent. He converted to Lutheranism in his early 20s. Schlesinger was educated at the Horace Mann School and Harvard University, where he earned a B.A. (1950), M.A. (1952), and Ph.D. (1956) in economics.

Career

Between 1955 and 1963 Schlesinger taught economics at the University of Virginia and in 1960 published The Political Economy of National Security. In 1963, he moved to the Rand Corporation, where he worked until 1969, in the later years as director of strategic studies.

“Someone once said that war is hell, and peace is heaven. But we know that the opposite is true: War is heaven, and peace is hell.”
James R. Schlesinger
The honorary chairman of the OSS Society and member of the AFIO, in a speech to the Military Order of the Carabao.

"Oil Crisis"

Schlesinger became a symbol of the long gas lines that “marked the beginning of the end of the Presidency of Jimmy Carter,” wrote energy analyst Daniel Yergin.

Affiliations

• Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs International Advisory Council
• Committee on the Present Danger (1976 version)

 

An appointment by James R. Schlesinger

Appointee	Job	Appointed	End
William Colby	Head of Clandestine Branch ?	1973	September 1973