Mack McLarty
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| 17th White House Chief of Staff | |
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In office January 20, 1993 – July 17, 1994 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | James Baker |
| Succeeded by | Leon Panetta |
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June 14, 1946 Hope, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (BA) |
Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty III (born June 14, 1946) is an American business and political leader who served as White House Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton. He is the president of McLarty Associates, a Washington-based consulting company, as well as chief executive officer of the McLarty Companies.
McLarty was born in Hope, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1969. He is a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. He worked through the ranks of Hope Auto Company, the business founded by his grandfather, Thomas F. "Mr. Tom" McLarty. After serving a term in the Arkansas House of Representatives, he concentrated his efforts on growing the family's truck leasing business, first called M&M Leasing, later to become McLarty Leasing. He expanded the family's Arkansas dealership network to locations in Hope, Texarkana, Magnolia, and Little Rock. He was urged in many Democratic Party circles to seek the governor's chair vacated by David Pryor in 1978, but he deferred to his friend and fellow Hope native, Bill Clinton. He was elected to the state legislature at the age of 24, serving a single term from 1971–1973 and served as chairman of the state Democratic Party, from 1974–1976."
In 1976, he became the youngest member ever elected to the board of directors of the Arkla Gas/Arkla, Inc., a Fortune 500 natural gas company. In 1983 he became Arkla's chairman and chief executive officer. During his tenure, the company was recognized by Forbes, The Wall Street Transcript, and The Financial Times for management excellence, in addition to his automotive endeavors.
He has a distinguished record of business leadership and public service, including various roles advising three presidents: Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
He served as White House chief of staff to Bill Clinton, from 1993 until 1994. In 1994, the president asked his OMB director, Leon Panetta, what was wrong with his administration and was told about the lack of order in the White House. McLarty was out. According to author Nigel Hamilton, "Panetta replaced McLarty for the rest of Clinton's first term—and the rest is history. To be a great leader, a modern president must have a great chief of staff—and in Leon Panetta, Clinton got the enforcer he deserved."
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