Caspar Weinberger Jr.

Who is Caspar Weinberger Jr.?

Caspar Willard Weinberger, Jr., is the son of U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Jane Weinberger. Born in San Francisco, he studied Modern British History at Harvard College, the same school where his father had been editor of the Harvard Crimson. He earned a B.A. in 1968.

From 1968 to 1971, Weinberger was an AFTRA producer, director and writer of documentary news films for NBCs San Francisco affiliate, KRON-TV. His documentaries won several awards, including the Associated Press Award for “Best California Documentary”.

In 1972, California Governor Ronald Reagan hired Weinberger to help set up the Office of Information Services. He would later work for President Reagan, in 1981, working for the newly formed Federal International Communications Agency, where he helped create World Net, the TV counterpart to the Voice of America.

Weinberger later worked as a consultant to Smith Affiliated Capital Corporation in New York, and the Washington D.C. public relations firm, Gray and Company. He also worked as an independent consultant and music producer until settling in Mount Desert, Maine in 1997.