Michael Deaver
| Michael Deaver | |
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| White House Deputy Chief of Staff | |
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In office January 20, 1981 – May 1985 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Landon Butler |
| Succeeded by | Ken Duberstein |
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| Born |
Michael Keith Deaver April 11, 1938 Bakersfield, California, U.S. |
| Died | August 18, 2007 (aged 69) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | San Jose State University |
Michael Keith Deaver (April 11, 1938 – August 18, 2007) was a member of President Ronald Reagan's White House staff serving as White House Deputy Chief of Staff under James Baker III and Donald Regan from January 1981 until May 1985.
Deaver was born in Bakersfield, California, the son of Marian (née Mack) and Paul Sperling Deaver, a Shell Oil Co. distributor. He graduated from Desert High School at North Edwards, California in 1956. He received his bachelor's degree in political science from San Jose State College (now San Jose State University). Deaver was initiated and a member of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity at San José State.
He worked for IBM, served in the United States Air Force, and later was executive director of the Santa Clara County Republican Party. While Ronald Reagan was running for governor of California, Deaver worked as a political field representative for the California Republican Party, running several state assembly campaigns. After being elected governor, Reagan's chief of staff recruited Deaver to the administration where he began a 30-year career working for Reagan, and building a very close friendship with him and Nancy Reagan.
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