William P. Rogers

William P. Rogers
William P. Rogers
55th United States Secretary of State
	In office; January 22, 1969 – September 3, 1973
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Dean Rusk
Succeeded by	Henry Kissinger
63rd United States Attorney General
	In office; October 23, 1957 – January 20, 1961
President	Dwight Eisenhower
Preceded by	Herbert Brownell
Succeeded by	Robert F. Kennedy
4th United States Deputy Attorney General
	In office; January 20, 1953 – October 23, 1957
President	Dwight Eisenhower
Preceded by	Ross L. Malone
Succeeded by	Lawrence Walsh
Personal details
Born	William Pierce Rogers; June 23, 1913; Norfolk, New York, U.S.
Died	January 2, 2001 (aged 87); Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Adele Langston (m. 1937⁠–⁠2001)
Children	4
Education	Colgate University (BA); Cornell University (LLB)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Navy
Rank	Lieutenant Commander
Unit	USS Intrepid
Battles/wars	World War II

William Pierce Rogers (June 23, 1913 – January 2, 2001) was an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was United States Attorney General under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1957 to 1961 and United States Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973.

Rogers died of congestive heart failure, at the Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, on January 2, 2001, at the age of 87.^[1]

References

↑ Stout, David (January 4, 2001). "William P. Rogers, Who Served as Nixon's Secretary of State, Is Dead at 87". New York Times. Retrieved December 25, 2008. William P. Rogers, a suave and well-connected Republican lawyer who was secretary of state under President Richard M. Nixon and attorney general in the Eisenhower administration, died on Tuesday in Bethesda, Md. He was 87. Mr. Rogers lived in Bethesda and worked in the Washington office of the law firm of Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells, where he was senior partner, until becoming ill several months ago. He suffered from congestive heart failure, his family said.

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