A man of usually impassive demeanour, George Shultz was an enigma to the public and intimates alike. Shultz remained active into his 90s through a position at Stanford University's Hoover Institution think tank and various boards. It suggested the world was at a pivot point not unlike the one it faced at the end of the second World War. Weinberger won and Shultz lost when Reagan opted in 1986 not to be bound by the unratified 1979 SALT-2 arms control treaty. Born in New York on December 13, 1920, the son of a historian, Shultz joined the Marine Corps in World War 2.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 08, 2021 01:18 UTC