Resume: Richard B. Cheney
BORN Lincoln, Neb., 1941
Raised in Wyoming
EDUCATION B.A. Univ. of Wyoming, 1965; M.A. 1966
CAREER
1969-74 White House aide
1975-76 Chief of Staff to President Gerald Ford
1978-89 U.S. Representative from Wyoming
1989-92 Defense Secretary
1995-present CEO, Halliburton
BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT
Built global coalition to push
Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf war, 1991
FAMILY Married to Lynne Cheney, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute; two grown daughters
INTERESTS History, military strategy, fly-fishing, skiing, hunting
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