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Christopher, Warren M. (Warren Minor Christopher), 1925–, U.S. government official, b. Scranton, N.Dak. He studied law at Stanford Univ. (1946–49) and was a clerk to Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas Douglas, William Orville, 1898–1980, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1939–75), b. Maine, Minn. He received his law degree from Columbia in 1925 and later was professor of law at Yale.
..... Click the link for more information. (1949–50). He has been in private practice several times and had been appointed to a number of government posts before serving (1967–69) as deputy attorney general under President Lyndon Johnson Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908–73, 36th President of the United States (1963–69), b. near Stonewall, Tex.

Early Life

Born into a farm family, he graduated (1930) from Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now Southwest Texas State Univ.
..... Click the link for more information. . As deputy secretary of state under President Jimmy Carter Carter, Jimmy (James Earl Carter, Jr.), 1924–, 39th President of the United States (1977–81), b. Plains, Ga, grad. Annapolis, 1946.

Carter served in the navy, where he worked with Admiral Hyman G.
..... Click the link for more information. , he was the chief American negotiator in the 1981 talks that ended the Iranian hostage crisis. Appointed secretary of state (1993–97) by President Bill Clinton Clinton, Bill (William Jefferson Clinton), 1946–, 42d President of the United States (1993–2001), b. Hope, Ark. His father died before he was born, and he was originally named William Jefferson Blythe 4th, but after his mother remarried, he assumed the
..... Click the link for more information. , Christopher was particularly involved in seeking Arab-Israeli peace agreements and in negotiating a peace in Bosnia. He also served as chairman of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department.

Bibliography

See his memoirs, In the Stream of History (1998) and Chances of a Lifetime (2001).

Christopher, Warren M. (Minor) (1925– ) lawyer, government official; born in Scranton, N.D. In 1950, he joined the Los Angeles law firm O'Melveny & Myers. In the 1960s, he analyzed race riots and aided international textile negotiations. Deputy attorney general (1967–69) and deputy secretary of state (1977–81), in 1980–81 he led successful U.S. negotiations for release of 52 hostages held in Iran. He remained a respected voice in the Democratic Party in the following years and President Bill Clinton appointed him secretary of state (1993).