Charles Duncan Jr. Politician

Charles William Duncan, Jr. (born September 9, 1926) is an American entrepreneur, administrator, and statesman best known for serving as U.S. Secretary of Energy on the Cabinet of President Jimmy Carter from 1979 to 1981. He had previously served as Carter's United States Deputy Secretary of Defense during the Iranian Revolution. Earlier, Duncan had run the family business, Duncan Coffee Company of Houston, Texas, for seven years, until the Coca-Cola Company acquired it in 1964. After seven years on the Coke board, Duncan became the corporation's president.

Personal facts

Charles Duncan Jr.
Alias (AKA)Duncan Charles William Jr. (full name)
Birth dateSeptember 09, 1926
Birth place
Houston
Nationality
United States
Education
Rice University
University of Texas at Austin

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Office holder

office
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
United States Secretary of Energy
party
Democratic Party (United States)
president
successor
W. Graham Claytor Jr.

Charles Duncan Jr. on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.johnoutram.com/rice.html