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Warren Christopher
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U.S. Secretary of State (1925-2011)
OverviewAI-generated
Warren Christopher was an American author who lived from 1925 to 2011. His published works include *Preventive diplomacy and preventive defense in South Asia*, *American hostages in Iran*, the *National War Powers Commission report*, and *Random harvest*. He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 28
Top works
- 22nd annual Bernard Brodie Lecture on the conditions of peace delivered by former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, January 23, 2002
- Preventive diplomacy and preventive defense in South Asia
- American hostages in Iran
- National War Powers Commission report
- Random harvest
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,788x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,397x
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 25,478x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 23,606x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,379x
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Key facts
- President
- Bill Clinton
- Deputy
- Clifton R. Wharton Jr. , Strobe Talbott
- Preceded by
- Lawrence Eagleburger
- Succeeded by
- Madeleine Albright
- Born
- Warren Minor Christopher , ( 1925-10-27 ) October 27, 1925, Scranton, North Dakota , U.S.
- Died
- March 18, 2011 (2011-03-18) (aged 85), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouses
- Joan Southgate Workman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. June 14, 1949</span>"}]]}'>1949 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1955 ) Marie Wyllis ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1956 )
- Education
- University of Redlands , University of Southern California ( BA ), Stanford University ( LLB )
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch service
- United States Navy
- Years of service
- 1942–1946
- Rank
- Ensign
- Battles wars
- World War II
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Warren Minor Christopher (October 27, 1925 – March 18, 2011) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, and United States Navy officer who served as the 63rd United States secretary of state from 1993 to 1997.
Born in Scranton, North Dakota, Christopher clerked for Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas after graduating from Stanford Law School. He became a partner in the firm of O'Melveny & Myers and served as Deputy Attorney General from 1967 to 1969 under President Lyndon B. Johnson. He served as Deputy Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter, holding that position from 1977 to 1981. In 1991, he chaired the Christopher Commission, which investigated the Los Angeles Police Department in the wake of the Rodney King incident.
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