BIOGRAPHY Cyrus Roberts Vance Secretary of State,  Term of Appointment: 01/23/1977 to 04/27/1980

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• Born in Clarksburg, West Virginia on March 27, 1917;
• Graduated from Yale University in 1939 and Yale University Law School in 1942;
• Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
• Married Grace Sloane in 1947;
• practiced law in New York City, 1947-1960 and 1967-1977;
• Consulting counsel for the Senate Special Committee on Space and Astronautics in 1958;
• General Counsel for the Department of Defense 1961-1962;
• Secretary of the Army 1962-1964 and Deputy Secretary of Defense 1964-1967;
• President's special representative investigating the Detroit civil disturbances in 1967;
• Served as special representative of the President in the Cyprus crisis in 1967;
• In 1968 was special representative of the President in Korea;
• Negotiator at the Paris Peace Conference on Vietnam 1968-1969;
• Secretary of State in President Carter's Cabinet from January 23, 1977, until he resigned in protest over President Carter's decision to try a rescue of American hostages in Iran on April 27, 1980;
• Returned to practice law in New York City until his death on January 12, 2002.