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:Alternative meaning: Paul O'Neill (baseball player)Paul Henry O'Neill (born December 4, 1935) served as the 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush. He resigned in December 2002 under pressure from the administration, re-emerging as one of its harshest critics in January 2004.
1 Early history
O'Neill was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He met his wife at Anchorage High School in Alaska. He lived on the military base there with his parents. He received a bachelor's degree in Economics from Fresno State College in California, and a master's degree in Public Administration from Indiana University. O'Neill and his wife Nancy (who was born on September 11September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). There are 111 days remaining. It is usually the first day of the Coptic calendar (in the period 1900 to 2099 A. The terms "September 11" and "9/11" have been widely used in the Western media) have four children and 12 grandchildren.
He began his public service as a computer systems analyst with the Veterans Administration, where he served from 19611961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first "upside-down" year i. one that looked the same upside down since 1881, and the last until 6009. Events January January 1 The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, cease to 1966. He joined United States Office of Management and BudgetThe Office of Management and Budget (OMB is a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States which is tasked with coordinating United States Federal agencies. A "stop-and-think shop," it is a senior management team of the White Hou in 1967Events January January 4 British motorboat racer Donald Campbell dies while attempting a water speed record in Coniston Lake. January 4 Algerian revolutionary Mohammed Khider is shot in Madrid. January 6 Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch " Operatio, and was deputy director of OMB from 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped to 1977. After President Gerald FordGerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. born July 14, 1913) (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. renamed after adoption) was the fortieth ( 1973 1974) Vice President and the thirty-eighth ( 1974 1977) President of the United States. He remains the only individual to serve as Pr lost the 1976 election, O'Neill took an executive job at the International Paper Company in New York City. He was vice president of the company from 1977 to 1985 and president from 1985 to 1987.
In 1988, he was approached by president George H. W. Bush to be Secretary of Defense. O'Neill declined, but recommended Dick Cheney for the position. Bush then pursued O'Neill to chair an advisory group on education that included Lamar Alexander, Bill Brock and Richard Riley . Under O'Neill's leadership, the group recommended national standards and unified testing standards.
O'Neill was chairman and CEO of Alcoa from 1987 to 1999, and retired as chairman at the end of 2000. His reign has extremely successful, as the company's earnings increased from $1.5 billion in 1987 to $23 billion in 2000 and O'Neill's personal fortune grew to $60 million.
In the late 1990s, O'Neill was made chairman of the RAND Corporation.
