Melvin Laird, American politician and writer (born 1922)

Melvin Laird

American politician and writer (1922–2016)

Melvin Robert Laird Jr. was an American politician, writer and statesman. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. Laird was instrumental in forming the administration's…