Maurice Stans
| Maurice Stans | |
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| United States Secretary of Commerce | |
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In office January 21, 1969 – February 15, 1972 |
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| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Cyrus Smith |
| Succeeded by | Peter Peterson |
| Director of the Bureau of the Budget | |
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In office March 18, 1958 – January 21, 1961 |
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| President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Percival Brundage |
| Succeeded by | David E. Bell |
| Personal details | |
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Maurice Hubert Stans March 22, 1908 Shakopee, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | April 14, 1998 (aged 90) Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen Stans |
| Children | 4 |
| Education |
Northwestern University Columbia University |
Maurice Hubert Stans (March 22, 1908 – April 14, 1998) was an American accountant, high-ranking civil servant, Cabinet member, and political organizer. He served as the finance chairman for the Committee to Re-elect the President, working for the re-election of Richard Nixon, and was a peripheral figure in the ensuing Watergate Scandal.
Stans was born on March 22, 1908 in Shakopee, Minnesota, the son of James Hubert Stans and the former Mathilda Nyssen Stans. His father was the only child of Jan Hendrik Stans and Maria Catharina Crijns, a Belgian couple who immigrated to the United States in 1880. Stans graduated from Shakopee High School in 1925. He worked at a local foundry before traveling to Chicago to find work with friend, Otto F. Schultz. The same year he began work as a stenographer and bookkeeper for a Chicago importer, while attending evening classes at Northwestern University. In 1928 he joined the Chicago-based firm of Alexander Grant and Company, certified public accountants, and continued his part-time studies at Columbia University while working at the firm's New York City office. He attended Columbia from 1928–1930. He was an executive partner with the Alexander Grant & Co. accounting firm in Chicago from 1940 until 1955. He was a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in New York, Ohio and Virginia. He was President of the American Institute of Accountants from 1954-1955 and won the Gold Medal for Distinguished Service to the Profession in 1954. He was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame in 1960.
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