William Howard Taft IV
| William Howard Taft IV | |
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Taft, c. 1981
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| Legal Adviser of the Department of State | |
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In office April 16, 2001 – March 1, 2005 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | David Andrews |
| Succeeded by | John B. Bellinger III |
| United States Permanent Representative to NATO | |
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In office August 3, 1989 – June 26, 1992 |
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| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Alton G. Keel, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Reginald Bartholomew |
| United States Deputy Secretary of Defense | |
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In office February 3, 1984 – April 22, 1989 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | W. Paul Thayer |
| Succeeded by | Donald J. Atwood Jr. |
| General Counsel of the Department of Defense | |
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In office April 2, 1981 – February 3, 1984 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Togo D. West, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Chapman B. Cox |
| Personal details | |
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September 13, 1945 Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Ann Vadala (m. 1974 d. 2008) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
Yale University (B.A.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
William Howard Taft IV (born September 13, 1945) is an attorney who has served in the United States government under several Republican administrations. He is the son of William Howard Taft III and the great-grandson of President William Howard Taft.
Taft was born in Washington, D.C. and attended St. Paul's School, graduating in 1962. He earned his bachelor of arts degree in English from Yale University in 1966 and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1969.
He and his late wife, Julia Vadala Taft, had three children—Maria Consetta Taft, Julia Harris Taft, and William Howard Taft V.
After researching the FTC as one of "Nader's Raiders", Taft served briefly as attorney adviser to the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission in 1970.
From 1970 to 1973, he was the principal assistant to Caspar W. Weinberger, who was deputy director, then director, of the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President under President Richard Nixon. Taft assisted him in the management of the budgetary process, policy review, and program oversight for the entire federal government.
Taft married Julia Vadala in 1974.
Taft served from 1973 to 1976 as the executive assistant to the United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. In April 1976 Taft was appointed by President Gerald Ford to serve as general counsel of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. In that post, as the chief lawyer for the department and the principal administrator of the Office of the General Counsel, he supervised over 350 lawyers in Washington and 10 regional offices.
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