George P. Shultz, who as secretary of State in the 1980s shaped U.S. foreign policy in the closing phase of the Cold War when a dangerous nuclear-armed stalemate gave way to peaceful if not quite cordial relations between the superpowers, died Saturday. He was 100.
Shultz’s tenure as President Reagan’s chief diplomat, from 1982-89, came after he served in three Cabinet-level posts in the Nixon administration: Treasury secretary, director of Management and Budget, and Labor secretary.
Shultz died at his home on the Stanford campus, said Jeff Marschner, director of media relations at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, on Sunday.
George P. Shultz, who as Secretary of State in the 1980s shaped U.S. foreign policy in the closing days of the Cold War when a dangerous nuclear-armed stalemate
George Shultz, who influenced geopolitics around the world as Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state, served two other presidents and rose to the highest levels of business and academia in a career that touched seven decades, died Saturday at age 100. His death was announced by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he had long served as a distinguished fellow. Shultz died at his home on the university campus, Stanford said. Shultz.