Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. died he was 85. Haig was a retired United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.[1] In 1973 Haig served as Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, the number-two ranking officer in the Army.[2] Haig served as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, commanding all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe. (December 2, 1924 – February 20, 2010)
Haig, a veteran of the Korean War and Vietnam War, was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star with oak leaf cluster, and the Purple Heart.[3]
On February 20, 2010, Haig died from complications from an infection after being hospitalized in critical condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on January 28, 2010.[4][5][6][7]
Haig was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Regina Anne (née Murphy) and Alexander Meigs Haig, Sr., a Republican lawyer.[8] He was raised in his Irish American mother's Catholic religion,[9] and attended Saint Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia. He graduated from Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pennsylvania and then went to the University of Notre Dame for two years, before transferring to the United States Military Academy, where he graduated in 1947. He received a master's degree in business administration from Columbia Business School in 1954 and 1955. He also received a master's degree in international relations from Georgetown University in 1961, where his thesis focused on the role of the military officer in the making of national policy.
Haig unsuccessfully ran for the Republican Party nomination for President in 1988. He was a fierce critic of the more moderate George H. W. Bush, and speculation was that he sought the Presidency in part because of that. When he withdrew from the race, he gave his support to the presidential campaign of Senator Bob Dole of Kansas.Haig has been portrayed by the following actors in film and television productions:[29]
- John Pochna in the 1982 film Inchon.
- Stanley Grover in the 1987 Warner Bros. Television drama The Betty Ford Story.
- David Ogden Stiers in the 1989 US television drama The Final Days.
- Matt Frewer in the 1995 Canadian TV drama Kissinger and Nixon.
- Powers Boothe in Oliver Stone's 1995 film Nixon.
- Richard Dreyfuss in the 2001 US television drama The Day Reagan Was Shot.
- Colin Stinton in the 2002 BBC production of Ian Curteis's controversial The Falklands Play.
- Bill Smitrovich in the 2003 CBS/Showtime miniseries The Reagans.
Haig was the host for several years of the television program World Business Review. At the time of his death he was the host of 21st Century Business, with each program a weekly business education forum that included business solutions, expert interview, commentary and field reports.[24] Haig served as a founding member of the advisory board of Newsmax Media, which publishes the nation's leading conservative web site, Newsmax.com. [25] Haig was co-chairman of the American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus, along with Zbigniew Brzezinski and Stephen J. Solarz. Haig was a member of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) Board of Advisors. Haig was a founding Board Member of America Online.[26]
On January 5, 2006, Haig participated in a meeting at the White House of former Secretaries of Defense and State to discuss United States foreign policy with Bush administration officials.[27] On May 12, 2006, Haig participated in a second White House meeting with 10 former Secretaries of State and Defense. The meeting including briefings by Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleezza Rice, and was followed by a discussion with President George W. Bush.[28] Haig published his memoirs, entitled Inner Circles: How America Changed The World, in 1992.On February 19, 2010, a hospital spokesman revealed that the 85-year-old Haig had been hospitalized at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore since January 28 and remained in critical condition [4]. On February 20, Haig died at the age of 85 from complications from an infection.[5]
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