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John C. Whitehead

John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (died 2015)

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Born
April 2, 1922
Died
February 7, 2015
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1922

About John C. Whitehead

John Cunningham Whitehead was an American banker and civil servant, a board member of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, and, until his resignation in May 2006, chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. Whitehead served as United States Deputy Secretary of State in the Reagan administration from 1985 to 1989 under George Shultz and was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Reagan. Whitehead was awarded the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom. In 2012, Whitehead was awarded the Freedom Prize for the second time. In 1995, he donated $10 million to Harvard Business School to start the John C.

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John C. Whitehead timeline

  1. Whitehead served as United States Deputy Secretary of State in the Reagan administration from 1985 to 1989 under George Shultz and was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Reagan.
  2. In 1995, he donated $10 million to Harvard Business School to start the John C.
  3. In 2012, Whitehead was awarded the Freedom Prize for the second time.

The world when John C. Whitehead was born

John C. Whitehead was born in 1922. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1922

  • #1 song"Chicago" – Fred Fisher
  • Top movieNosferatu
  • Best-selling bookUlysses – James Joyce

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGene Sarazen wins the U.S. Open at age 20
  • Top headlineMussolini marches on Rome and seizes power in Italy
  • Technology milestoneBBC begins radio broadcasts
  • Defining fadCrossword puzzles
  • Notable inventionWater skiing invented in Minnesota
  • World population1.90 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population110.0M

1922 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in John C. Whitehead's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19222026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Average home$5,600$435,000
Average income$3,270$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population110.0M341 million

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