Jack Watson
Politician
1938 –
Who is Jack Watson?
Jack H. Watson, Jr. is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Pathfinder and Reconnaissance Team Leader, First Force Reconnaissance Company, and left the Marine Corps with the rank of Captain.
He served as head of the Carter-Mondale Policy Planning Group in 1976, and later was Director of the Transition Team during the transition of government from President Ford to President Carter. In the Carter administration from 1977-1981, he served as Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, Secretary to the Cabinet, and White House Chief of Staff. He chaired the President's Interagency Coordinating Council created by Executive Order in 1978 to coordinate implementation of the President's domestic policy.
From January 1998 to June 2000 he served as Chief Legal Strategist of Monsanto Company.
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- Born
- Oct 24, 1938
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Harvard Law School
- Vanderbilt University
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on July 23, 2013
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