Robert Reich
| Robert Reich | |
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Robert Reich at the University of Texas Plan II Honors Program Liz Carpenter Lecture 2015 on September 8, 2015
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| 22nd United States Secretary of Labor | |
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In office January 20, 1993 – January 20, 1997 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Lynn Morley Martin |
| Succeeded by | Alexis Herman |
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| Born |
Robert Bernard Reich June 24, 1946 Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Height | 4'10" (1.49 m) |
| Spouse(s) | Clare Dalton (m. 1973; div. 2012) |
| Children | Sam Reich Adam Reich |
| Parents | Edwin Saul Reich Mildred Dorf Freshman |
| Residence | Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Dartmouth College (A.B., 1968) University College, Oxford (M.A., 1970) Yale Law School (J.D., 1973) |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Website | Official website |
Robert Bernard Reich (/ˈraɪʃ/; born June 24, 1946) is an American political commentator, professor, and author. He served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and was Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997.
Reich has been the Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley since January, 2006. He was formerly a professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and professor of social and economic policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University. He has also been a contributing editor of The New Republic, The American Prospect (also chairman and founding editor), Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
Reich is a political commentator on programs including Hardball with Chris Matthews, This Week with George Stephanopoulos, CNBC's Kudlow & Company, and APM's Marketplace. In 2008, Time magazine named him one of the Ten Best Cabinet Members of the century, and The Wall Street Journal in 2008 placed him sixth on its list of the "Most Influential Business Thinkers". He was appointed a member of President-elect Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board. Until 2012, he was married to British-born lawyer Clare Dalton, with whom he has two sons, Sam and Adam.
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