Donald Rumsfeld

Social : None | Joined group 1954 (Joined Navy three years) | Relationship : None | Marriage 27 December 1954 (Joyce Pierson) | Work : None | New Job 1957 (Joined a political staff) | Work : None | New Career 1962 (Elected to Congress) | Work : None | New Job 21 April 1969 (Office of Economic Opportunity) | Work : None | Gain social status December 1970 (Full-time White House member) | Work : None | New Job January 1973 (NATO ambassador) | Work : None | New Job August 1974 (Chief of Staff) | Work : None | New Job October 1974 (Named coordinator of White House operations) | Work : None | New Job 1975 (Secretary of Defense) | Work : None | Prize 1975 (Distinguished Eagle Scout Award) | Work : None | New Career 1977 (Left Washington for private industry) | Work : None | Prize 1977 (Presidential Medal of Freedom) | Work : None | New Job June 1977 (CEO of Searle) | Work : None | Prize 1984 (George Catlett Marshal Award) | Work : None | New Career 1985 (Private business) | Work : None | Prize 1985 (Woodrow Wilson Award) | Work : None | Gain social status 1990 (CEO of General Instrument) | Work : None | Prize 1993 (Dwight Eisenhower Award) | Work : None | Gain social status 29 December 2000 (Nominated to Bush cabinet) | Work : None | Lose social status May 2004 (news and pictures that US military tortured Iraqi detainees) | Work : None | Fired/Laid off/Quit 8 November 2006 (From Bush cabinet role of Secretary of Defense) | Traits : Mind | I.Q. high/ Mensa level (Mensa level; Princeton academic scholarship) | Traits : Personality | Hard worker (12 hours-a-day) | Family : Childhood | Advantaged (Good education and class background) | Family : Relationship | Marriage more than 15 Yrs (One since 1954) | Family : Parenting | Kids 1-3 (Three) | Lifestyle : Social Life | Sports (Skiing, tennis) | Vocation : Business | Top executive (CEO, Chairman) | Vocation : Military | Military service (Navy jet pilot and flight instructor) | Vocation : Politics | Diplomat (Ambassador) | Vocation : Politics | Government employee (Secretary of Defense) | Vocation : Politics | Public office (Congress three terms) | Vocation : Travel | Pilot/ military (Navy) | Notable : Awards | Medals (Presidential Medal of Freedom) | Notable : Awards | Vocational award (Numerous)