BIOGRAPHY Warren Minor Christopher Secretary of State,  Term of Appointment: 01/20/1993 to 01/27/1997

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• Born in Scranton, North Dakota, on October 27, 1925;
• Graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. from the University of Southern California in 1945;
• Member of the United States Naval Reserve with active duty as an ensign in the Pacific Theatre, 1943-1946;
• Received an LL.B. from Stanford University Law School in 1949;
• Served as law clerk to Justice William O. Douglas of the United States Supreme Court, 1949-1950;
• Member of the O'Melveny and Myers law firm from 1950-1967, becoming a partner in 1958;
• Married Marie Josephine Wyllis, December 21, 1956;
• Special Counsel to California Governor Edmund G. Brown in 1959;
• Special consultant on foreign economic problems to Under Secretary of State George W. Ball, 1961-1965;
• Chairman of the Standing Committee on Aeronautical Law of the American Bar Association, 1966-1967;
• Deputy Attorney General, 1967-1969;
• Chairman of U.S. delegations to U.S.-Japan Cotton Textile Negotiations in 1961;
• President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1974-1975;
• Deputy Secretary of State, 1977-1981;
• Chairman of O'Melveny and Myers, 1981-1993;
• Vice Chairman of the Council of Foreign Relations, 1982-1991;
• Director of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council from 1987 to 1982; transition chief to President-elect William Jefferson Clinton, 1992;
• Sworn in as the 63rd Secretary of State on January 20, 1993 and served until January 17, 1997