| 词条 | John T. Connor |
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|name = Jack Connor |image = JohnThomasConnor.jpg |office = 16th United States Secretary of Commerce |president = Lyndon B. Johnson |term_start = January 18, 1965 |term_end = January 31, 1967 |predecessor = Luther H. Hodges |successor = Sandy Trowbridge |birth_name = John Thomas Connor |birth_date = {{birth date|1914|11|3}} |birth_place = Syracuse, New York, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2000|10|6|1914|11|3}} |death_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |spouse = Mary O'Boyle {{small|(1940–2000)}} |children = 3 |education = Syracuse University {{small|(BA)}} Harvard University {{small|(LLB)}} }} John Thomas "Jack" Connor (November 3, 1914 – October 6, 2000) was an American government official and businessman. He served as the United States Secretary of Commerce from January 18, 1965 to January 31, 1967. Life and careerConnor was born in Syracuse, New York, to Michael Joseph and Mary Vivian (née Sullivan) Connor. Connor graduated from Syracuse University and Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Connor was a Roman Catholic. He married the former Mary O'Boyle on June 22, 1940; they had two sons and one daughter. He was a lawyer in New York. In 1942, he became a researcher for the Office of Scientific Research and Development, which helped to find cures for many diseases and illnesses. He served in the United States Marine Corps as the assistant to the future Navy secretary James V. Forrestal. He was working on penicillin production and procurement issues. He worked in the pharmaceutical industry after the World War II, entering politics as the co-chairman of the Johnson-Humphrey Campaign in 1964. He was awarded the Commerce Secretaryship in 1965 but wielded less influence within the administration than Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler and the Economic Advisor Gardner Ackley. He helped to the settle an East Coast dock strike in 1965, as well as a General Electric strike in 1966. Connor resigned on January 31, 1967. In the 1970s, headed the Committee of Business Executives against the Vietnam War,[1] and was to also, the served as the Rockefeller Commission to the investigation of the CIA activities.[2][3]{{clarify|date=February 2014}} He died from leukemia at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts on October 6, 2000, at the age of 85.[4] Connor was interred in Mosswood Cemetery in Cotuit, Massachusetts. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.law.harvard.edu/alumni/bulletin/2001/spring/memoriam_main.html#1930|title=Alumni - Harvard Law School|first=Harvard Law|last=School|publisher=}} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{U.S. Cabinet official box2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/church/rockcomm/html/Rockefeller_0002a.htm|title=Assassination Archive and Research Center|publisher=}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.osv.com/tabid/3896/mid/8264/dnnprintmode/true/Default.aspx?SkinSrc=%5BG%5DSkins/_default/No%20Skin&ContainerSrc=%5BG%5DContainers/_default/No%20Container|title=Our Sunday Visitor - The world's largest English language Catholic publisher|first=Our Sunday Visitor Catholic Publishing|last=Company|publisher=}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/10/business/john-t-connor-85-former-commerce-secretary-dies.html|title=John T. Connor, 85, Former Commerce Secretary, Dies|date=10 October 2000|work=The New York Times}} | before= Luther H. Hodges | after= Alexander B. Trowbridge | years= January 18, 1965 – January 31, 1967 | president= Lyndon B. Johnson | department= Secretary of Commerce}}{{s-end}}{{USSecCommerce}}{{LBJohnson cabinet}}{{Henry Laurence Gantt Medal}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Connor, John T.}} 16 : 1914 births|2000 deaths|American people of Irish descent|American Roman Catholics|Syracuse University alumni|Harvard Law School alumni|United States Secretaries of Commerce|Deaths from cancer in Massachusetts|Businesspeople from Syracuse, New York|Lyndon B. Johnson administration cabinet members|20th-century American politicians|Politicians from Syracuse, New York|Lawyers from Syracuse, New York|Catholics from New York (state)|Henry Laurence Gantt Medal recipients|Military personnel from Syracuse, New York |
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