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  Elliot Richardson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As of 2006, Richardson is the only individual to serve in four Cabinet-level positions within the United States Government: Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1970 to 1973, Secretary of Defense from January to May of 1973, Attorney General from May 24 to October 1973, and Secretary of Commerce from 1976 to 1977.
Richardson then served as U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts from 1959 to 1961, and was later elected the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts and Attorney General of Massachusetts.
On December 31, 1999, Richardson died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 79.
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 The Hitachi Foundation : About the Foundation : Elliot Richardson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Richardson is best known as the principled government official who resigned as the U.S. Attorney General in 1973 in an historic showdown with President Richard Nixon over the Watergate investigation.
Richardson was the founding chairman of The Hitachi Foundation, a post he accepted in 1985 at the invitation of then-Hitachi President, Dr. Katsushige Mita.
Richardson said many times that he felt the relationship between the U.S. and Japan is the most important bilateral relationship in the world.
www.hitachifoundation.org /about/Richardson.htm   (301 words)

  
 [24 Mar 2000] SEA/1664 : SEABED ASSEMBLY ADOPTS FINANCIAL REGULATIONS, ELECTS MALTA TO COUNCIL, HEARS TRIBUTES TO ...
The meeting opened with a series of tributes to the late Elliot L. Richardson, former United States Attorney General and head of his country's delegation to the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea from 1977 to 1980.
Richardson had played a key role in the formulation of part XI of the Convention, specifically section III dealing with development of resources of the international seabed area.
Richardson's life was dedicated to devoted service to his country" and the loss would be greatly felt, not only by the American people but by those involved in ocean affairs.
www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2000/20000324.sea1664.doc.html   (1470 words)

  
 The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Richardson Plays Cool in Senate Bid
Richardson, the best known and most highly respected of the state's few Republicans, may be the most blase candidate ever to seek such high office.
At age 63, Richardson approaches the race from a completely opposite perspective than do his three main Democratic rivals, all reformers in their thirties who are just beginning to gain attention outside the state.
Richardson is confident the party establishment is behind him, even though he wavers considerably from the Administration line on a number of foreign policy matters.
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 Social Security Online History Pages
Richardson clerked for Judge Learned Hand of the U.S. Court of Appeals, and for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter.
Richardson was sworn in as Under Secretary of State by President Richard Nixon in 1969; and then in 1970 President Nixon appointed him Secretary for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1970, a position he held until 1973.
Among his many talents, Elliot Richardson is an artist who produces fine watercolor illustrations and who is renowned for habit of doodling during meetings.
www.ssa.gov /history/richards.html   (224 words)

  
 American President
Elliot L. Richardson was born July 20, 1920, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Richardson has been both an associate and a partner in the Boston law firm of Ropes and Gray.
Richardson also served the in the Nixon administration as secretary of defense (January-May 1973), U.S. attorney general (May-October 1973), and U.S. ambassador to Great Britain (1975-1977).
www.americanpresident.org /history/richardnixon/cabinet/healthedwelfare/elliotlrichardson/h_index.shtml   (137 words)

  
 Elliot Richardson dies in Boston: 1/1/00
Elliot L. Richardson, 79, who shocked the nation and stunned the Republican Party in 1973 by resigning as U.S. attorney general when directed by President Richard M. Nixon to fire the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate break-in and subsequent cover up, died of a cerebral hemorrhage Dec. 31 at a hospital in Boston.
Richardson, a lifelong Republican, earlier had served in the Nixon Administration as secretary of health, education and welfare, secretary of defense and under secretary of state.
In refusing to obey the presidential directive, Richardson helped precipitate a crisis of confidence in the government and he increased the momentum of the unraveling Watergate scandal.
www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/01-00/01-01-00/a12sr063.htm   (731 words)

  
 The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Elliot Richardson Receives HLSA's Highest Honor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Charles L. Brock, president of HLSA, said Richardson embodies the values recognized by the award--extended or extraordinary service to the legal profession as well as contributions to the public welfare that exemplify the values of HLS.
Richardson was chosen as the recipient of the HLSA award by the executive committee of the HLSA in consultation with HLS Dean Robert C. Clark.
Richardson was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, earlier this year.
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 The Genesis of the Independent Counsel Statute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Nomination of Elliot L. Richardson to be Attorney General, Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 93d Cong., 1st Sess.
Richardson demurred, holding firm to his view that although he would delegate to such a prosecutor responsibility for the investigation and prosecution of Watergate and related matters, the statute creating the Office of Attorney General required that he "retain ultimate responsibility for all matters falling within the jurisdiction of his department." Id.
Richardson's nomination hearings thus provided Congress with a fortuitous opportunity to play a role both in selecting a special prosecutor and in fashioning the charter under which he would serve.
www.brookings.edu /gs/research/projects/ic/genesis.htm   (8441 words)

  
 The Hitachi Foundation : News and Reports : News : News Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Richardson is the only individual to lead four Cabinet departments.
Richardson served as the founding Board chairman of The Hitachi Foundation from 1985 until 1998.
The Elliot L. Richardson Prize for Excellence in Public Service was made possible thanks to a $500,000 gift from The Hitachi Foundation and an additional $500,000 gift from Hitachi Ltd. to the Council for Excellence in Government.
www.hitachifoundation.org /news/news_archive/040604.html   (404 words)

  
 Frontiero v. Richardson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary of Defense, et al.
Richardson, 411 U.S., was an Equal Protection case
Sharpe, through reverse incorporation, had made the standards of the Equal Protection Clause applicable to the federal government, it was for practical purposes an addition not to due process, but rather to equal protection jurisprudence.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frontiero_v._Richardson   (545 words)

  
 Sasha L. Iglehart, Editor, Will Marry Michael Richardson, Student, in June - New York Times
Lonsdale, a president of the Brown Harris Stevens real-estate concern in New York, and of Philip L. Iglehart of Lake Worth, Fla., a rancher and the chairman of the Polo Museum and Hall of Fame in Lexington, Ky., and the late Mrs.
Richardson, 29, graduated from St. Albans School and the University of Vermont and is a student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Richardson is a grandson of the late Dr. Edward P. Richardson, a Homans Professor of Surgery at the Harvard Medical School, and of the late Thomas P. Hazard, a State Treasurer and Assemblyman in Rhode Island.
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 WashingtonPost.com: Nixon Forces Firing of Cox; Richardson, Ruckelshaus Quit
Richardson met at the White House in the late afternoon with Mr.
Richardson told the President in his letter that he was resigning with "deep regret." He explained that when named Attorney General "you gave me the authority to name a special prosecutor."
Richardson expressed "lasting gratitude" to the President, under whom he also served as under secretary of state, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and Secretary of Defense.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/102173-2.htm   (1421 words)

  
 Elliot L. Richardson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Richardson left private legal practice to serve for two years as Legislative Assistant to Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts.
Richardson was appointed Assistant Secretary for Legislation of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and also served as Acting Secretary of HEW from 1957 to 1959, In 1959 he became United States Attorney for Massachusetts.
Richardson was born in Boston, Massachusetts on July 20, 1920.
www.ford.utexas.edu /library/exhibits/cabinet/richards.htm   (337 words)

  
 George Bush Presidential Library and Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The President today announced the appointment of Elliot L. Richardson to serve as Special Representative of the President for the Multilateral Assistance Initiative for the Philippines.
Ambassador Richardson will work closely with the Philippine Government, the Congress, responsible U.S. Government agencies, other bilateral donor countries and multilateral institutions, and the private sector in carrying out his responsibilities as Special Representative.
Ambassador Richardson was the attorney general of Massachusetts, 1967 - 1969, and the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1965 - 1967.
bushlibrary.tamu.edu /research/papers/1989/89110800.html   (229 words)

  
 IndustryWeek : Viewpoint
Richardson, who died Dec. 31, 1999, was a politician in the best and broadest sense of being concerned about the whole complex of relationships among people living in a society.
Richardson served as attorney general and lieutenant governor in his native Massachusetts and in Washington as undersecretary of State, Secretary of Health Education & Welfare, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Commerce, and Attorney General.
Richardson, in turn, stressed that his resignation was in the public interest.
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 The Council for Excellence in Government: Home
The Elliot L. Richardson Prize for Excellence in Public Service was established in early 2000 to recognize extraordinary, sustained accomplishment and integrity in government service and to encourage achievement by future public leaders at the level Richardson demonstrated in service to his country.
On May 15, 2006, The Elliot L. Richardson Prize for Excellence in Public Service was awarded to Representative Lee Hamilton and Governor Thomas Kean.
Each of these distinguished public servants possesses the virtues embodied by Elliot Richardson: enduring commitment to the greater public good; a lifetime of public service; and courage, integrity, and diligence in the pursuit of excellence in government.
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 COUNCIL FOR EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT
Although he walked the halls of power in Washington, D.C., Elliot Richardson never lost sight of why he was there — to serve country, not Party, and through his service, to make a difference for the people of this great Nation.
Elliot Richardson was a founder and long-time trustee of the Council for Excellence in Government.
Elliot L. Richardson had the opportunity to reflect on what government service meant to him in a 1986 book, entitled Courage of Convictions.
www.dot.gov /affairs/minetasp030804p1.htm   (946 words)

  
 Frontiero v. Richardson, 411 U.S. 677 (1973)
Richardson, 403 U.S. 91 S.Ct. 1848, 1852, 29 L.Ed.2d 534 (1971).
Under 'traditional' equal protection analysis, a legislative classification must be sustained unless it is 'patently arbitrary' and bears no rational relationship to a legitimate governmental interest.
Neither slaves nor women could hold office, serve on juries, or bring suit in their own names, and married women traditionally were denied the legal capacity to hold or convey property or to serve as legal guardians of their own children.
www.soc.umn.edu /~samaha/cases/frontiero_v_richardson.html   (4193 words)

  
 Elliot L. Richardson
Elliot L. Richardson - "Legends in the Law" conversations
New York Times Obituary: Elliot Richardson Dies at 79; Stood Up to Nixon and...
Brief Statement on the Death of Elliot Richardson by Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen
www.famousuus.com /bios/elliot_richardson.htm   (267 words)

  
 The True Public Servant (4/28/00)
ith the death of Elliot L. Richardson on Dec. 31, our country lost a man who set an example time after time of the most valuable attributes of the true public servant.
Richardson did so with distinction, serving as Attorney General and as Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Commerce, and Secretary of Health Education and Welfare in different administrations.
When Richardson and I were among members of a screening panel for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship program last March, I could tell he was as touched as the rest of us by the interest in public service evidenced by applicants for the awards.
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Richardson
Richardson, Elliot Lee (1920-1999) — also known as Elliot L. Richardson — of Massachusetts.
Son of William Richardson and Rhoda (Dye) Richardson; married to Augusta Felder.
Son of Alden B. Richardson and Lucy R. Richardson; married 1876 to Priscilla Walker.
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 Elliot Lee Richardson
Richardson, Elliot Lee, 1920–99, U.S. government official, b.
Richardson was later active as a Republican in Massachusetts state politics, serving as lieutenant governor (1965–67) and attorney general (1967–69).
Elliot Richardson - Elliot Richardson Elliot Lee Richardson former cabinet member Born: 7/20/1920 Birthplace: Boston...
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 UNF Library: Special Collections: Honorary Degrees Awarded at UNF
In particular, Richardson is remembered for his 1973 role in the Watergate crisis during President Nixon's second term.
In addition to receiving the initial UNF honorary degree, Richardson delivered the address at the spring commencement ceremony held for the first time on the University Green.
Elliot L. Richardson (on left) receiving UNF degree from Dr. Thomas Carpenter, 1979
www.unf.edu /library/sc/milestoneshonorarydegrees.html   (1857 words)

  
 Richardson Assails Meese - New York Times
LEAD: Elliot L. Richardson, Attorney General in the Nixon Administration, sharply criticized Attorney General Edwin Meese 3d yesterday in a graduation address, calling him ''an anti-role model.''.
Elliot L. Richardson, Attorney General in the Nixon Administration, sharply criticized Attorney General Edwin Meese 3d yesterday in a graduation address, calling him ''an anti-role model.''.
Richardson resigned as Attorney General rather than dismiss the first Watergate prosecutor, Archibald Cox.
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 Youth Vote News
President Bush congratulated the three Richardson Prize winners in an Oval Office meeting and issued a statement hailing their example of public service.
In conjunction with awarding the Richardson Prize, the Council also released data from a new Hart-Teeter poll of 18 - 30 year olds showing an increase of interest in public service careers, compared to a poll conducted five years ago.
There is no better way to honor Elliot Richardson than to encourage talented young people to follow in his footsteps.
www.youthvote.org /news/jun02/060302-hartteeterpoll.htm   (310 words)

  
 Reading Is Fundamental | Coordinators | Volunteer of the Year Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Through her deep commitment to children, reading, and the RIF volunteers who bring the two together, Richardson exemplified the mission and spirit of Reading Is Fundamental.
The Anne Richardson RIF Volunteer of the Year Award was founded in 1998 by a gift from her husband, the late U.S. Attorney General and Ambassador Elliot L. Richardson.
Many friends of the Richardsons have since generously contributed to the endowment to honor Anne Richardson's lifetime of volunteer service and salute the hundreds of thousands of RIF volunteers who inspire children to become lifelong readers.
www.rif.org /coordinators/eventscontests/volunteer/history.mspx   (227 words)

  
 U.S. Newswire : Release : Sandra Day O'Connor and Norman Mineta to Receive Elliot Richardson Public Service Prize   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
BACKGROUND: The Elliot L. Richardson Prize is awarded to public servants who demonstrated thoughtfulness in the pursuit of excellence in government, generosity of spirit, courage and integrity -- all virtues exemplified by Elliot Richardson.
Elliot Richardson (1920-1999) headed four Cabinet departments, more than any other American.
Richardson served for many years as a Trustee of the Council for Excellence in Government -- a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, which works to improve the performance of government at all levels and government's place in the lives and esteem of American citizens.
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