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Donald Thomas Regan [a] (December 21, 1918 – June 10, 2003) was the 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1981 to 1985 and the White House Chief of Staff from 1985 to 1987 under Ronald Reagan.
Jun 10, 2003 · WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald T. Regan, who served Ronald Reagan as Treasury secretary and chief of staff before being forced from office in the Iran-Contra scandal, died Tuesday. He was 84.
Jun 11, 2003 · Donald T. Regan, the steel-willed financier who was Treasury secretary and, later, an uncommonly powerful chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan until his bitter departure in 1987, died...
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In 1946 Regan was determined to join a corporation with an effective training program; narrowing his choices to two, he chose the nation's leading brokerage house, Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith, Inc. He would spend his entire professional career at Merrill Lynch until entering the government 35 years later. Regan served for two years as...
During his years at the helm, Merrill Lynch diversified its services in a revolutionary way, entering into a wide range of financial services including money market funds, issuance of credit cards, and provision for check-writing by investors. Under Regan's leadership, the firm—which had originated the "chain-store" concept among brokerage houses—b...
When President-elect Ronald Reagan selected Regan to be secretary of the treasury in December 1980, press reaction was generally favorable but reserved. His reputation as a staunch supporter of the free market appealed to the financial community; yet many conservatives feared he would not give high priority to the tax reductions mandated by "supply...
No biography of Regan has been produced, nor was there any systematic study of his tenure as secretary of the treasury and White House Chief of Staff apart from his own memoir For the Record (1988). The best sources on his personal history were Fortune (March 23, 1981) and several profiles that appeared when he was named to the Treasury position, i...
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan tapped Regan to become his secretary of the treasury, a post Regan held until 1985. During his tenure, Regan helped implement the President’s economic policies, which included tax cuts, budget cuts, and increased spending on national defense.
Jun 19, 2003 · Donald Regan, aide and friend to Ronald Reagan, died on June 10th, aged 84. Jun 19th 2003 |. AP. WHEN Donald Regan became President Ronald Reagan's chief of staff in 1985 he remarked, “I'll...
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A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in the American conservative movement, and his presidency is known as the Reagan era. Born and raised in Illinois, Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and later worked in radio as a sports broadcaster in Iowa.
