Gerard Smith | |
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Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation | |
In office June 28, 1977 – 1980 | |
President | Jimmy Carter |
Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency | |
In office 1969–1973 | |
President | Richard Nixon |
Preceded by | William Chapman Foster |
Succeeded by | Fred Iklé |
4th Director of Policy Planning | |
In office September 6, 1957 – January 20, 1961 | |
President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Preceded by | Robert R. Bowie |
Succeeded by | George C. McGhee |
Personal details | |
Born | Gerard Coad Smith May 4, 1913 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | July 4, 1994 (aged 80) Easton, Maryland, U.S. |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Yale University (BA, LLB) |
Military service | |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Gerard Coad Smith (May 4, 1914 – July 4, 1994) was an American attorney and defense expert who served as the chief U.S. delegate to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) in 1969 and the first U.S. Chairman of the Trilateral Commission. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 16, 1981 by President Jimmy Carter.