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Cyrus Vance

Cyrus Vance
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57th United States Secretary of State
In office
January 20, 1977 – April 28, 1980
President Jimmy Carter
Deputy Warren Christopher
Preceded by Henry Kissinger
Succeeded by Edmund S. Muskie
11th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
In office
January 28, 1964 – June 30, 1967
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by Roswell Gilpatric
Succeeded by Paul H. Nitze
7th United States Secretary of the Army
In office
July 5, 1962 – January 21, 1964
President John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr.
Succeeded by Stephen Ailes
General Counsel of the Department of Defense
In office
January 29, 1961 – June 30, 1962
President John F. Kennedy
Preceded by J. Vincent Burke, Jr.
Succeeded by John T. McNaughton
Personal details
Born Cyrus Roberts Vance
(1917-03-27)March 27, 1917
Clarksburg, West Virginia, U.S.
Died January 12, 2002(2002-01-12) (aged 84)
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Manhattan, New York City
New York, U.S.
Resting place Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia
38°52′37″N 77°04′15″W / 38.876806°N 77.070795°W / 38.876806; -77.070795Coordinates: 38°52′37″N 77°04′15″W / 38.876806°N 77.070795°W / 38.876806; -77.070795
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Grace Elsie Sloane
(m. 1947; his death 2002)
Children Elsie Nicoll Vance
Amy Sloane Vance
Camilla Roberts Vance
Grace Vance Holmes
Cyrus Roberts Vance, Jr.
Education Yale University (B.A, J.D)
Profession Lawyer
Signature
Military service
Service/branch Seal of the United States Department of the Navy (alternate).svg United States Navy
Years of service 1942–1946
Rank US-O3 insignia.svg Lieutenant
Unit USS Hale (DD-642)
Battles/wars World War II

Cyrus Roberts Vance (March 27, 1917 – January 12, 2002) was an American lawyer and United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Prior to that position he was the Secretary of the Army and the Deputy Secretary of Defense.

As Secretary of State, Vance approached foreign policy with an emphasis on negotiation over conflict and a special interest in arms reduction. In April 1980, Vance resigned in protest of Operation Eagle Claw, the secret mission to rescue American hostages in Iran. He was succeeded in the position by Edmund Muskie.

Vance was the cousin (and adoptive son) of 1924 Democratic presidential candidate and lawyer John W. Davis. He is the father of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr.

Vance was born on March 27, 1917, in Clarksburg, West Virginia. He was the son of John Carl Vance II and his wife Amy Roberts Vance, and had an older brother, John Carl Vance III. Following Vance's birth, his family relocated to Bronxville, New York, so that his father could commute to Manhattan, where he was an insurance broker. Vance's father was also a landowner and worked for a government agency during World War I. He died unexpectedly of pneumonia in 1922. Vance's mother was Amy Roberts Vance, who had a prominent family history in Philadelphia and was active in civic affairs. Following her husband's death, she moved her family to Switzerland for a year, where Vance and his brother learned French at L'Institut Sillig in Vevey.


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