James Thomas Lynn

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James Thomas Lynn
4th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
In office February 2, 1973 – February 5, 1975
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
Preceded by	George W. Romney
Succeeded by	Carla Anderson Hills
Born	February 27, 1927 (1927-02-27) (age 82) Cleveland, Ohio
Alma mater	Western Reserve University Harvard Law School

James Thomas Lynn (born February 27, 1927) was a U.S. administrator.

Lynn was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Frederick Robert Lynn and Dorthea Estelle Lynn (née Petersen). In 1948, he graduated summa cum laude from Western Reserve University (now known as Case Western Reserve University), and in 1951 graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. At Harvard Law School Lynn was the Case Editor of the Harvard Law Review. Working for Jones, Day, Cockley and Reavis, Cleveland's biggest law firm, became a partner in 1960 and was there until 1969, the year he was named the general counsel for the Department of Commerce. In 1971, he became undersecretary for the department.

On February 2, 1973, Lynn was sworn in as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and served until 1975. Under Gerald Ford, Lynn became the director of the Office of Management and Budget, serving from 1975 to 1977. Lynn joined the Board of Aetna in the 1970s, and served as its President and Chairman in the 1980s.

Lynn was general counsel for the Republican National Committee in 1979 and president of the James S. Brady Presidential Foundation in the early 1980s. In the 1990s Lynn served the Board on Science, Technology, & Economic Policy as well as on the boards of Pfizer and TRW. Lynn was also co-chair of the Business Roundtable, selected for The President's Commission to Study Capital Budgeting and currently serves on The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Lynn is an Honorary Trustee of the Brookings Institute.

[edit] References

• American President. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: James T. Lynn. URL accessed on November 11, 2005.
• The Political Graveyard. Index to Politicians: Lynchburg to Lynwood.. URL accessed on November 11, 2005.

Political offices
Preceded by George W. Romney	U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 1973–1975	Succeeded by Carla A. Hills

v • d • e United States Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development Weaver • Wood • Romney • Lynn • Hills • Harris • Landrieu • Pierce • Kemp • Cisneros • Cuomo • Martinez • Jackson • Preston • Donovan

v • d • e Directors of the United States Office of Management and Budget Dawes · Lard · Roop · Douglas · D W Bell · Smith · Webb · Pace · Lawton · Dodge · Hughes · Brundage · Stans · D E Bell · Gordon · Schultze · Zwick · Mayo · Shultz · Weinberger · Ash · Lynn · Lance · McIntyre · Stockman · Wright · Miller · Wright · Darman · Panetta · Rivlin · Raines · Lew · Daniels · Bolten · Portman · Nussle · Orszag

v • d • e Cabinet of President Gerald Ford (1974–1977)   Cabinet Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (1974–1977) Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon (1974–1977) Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger (1974–1975) • Donald Rumsfeld (1975–1977) Attorney General William Saxbe (1974–1975) • Edward Levi (1975–1977) Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton (1974–1975) • Stanley K. Hathaway (1975) • Thomas S. Kleppe (1975–1977) Secretary of the Agriculture Earl Butz (1974–1976) • John Albert Knebel (1976–1977) Secretary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent (1974–1975) • Rogers Morton (1975) • Elliot Richardson (1975–1977) Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan (1974–1975) • John Thomas Dunlop (1975–1976) • William Usery, Jr. (1976–1977) Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Caspar Weinberger (1974–1975) • F. David Mathews (1975–1977) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development James Thomas Lynn (1974–1975) • Carla Anderson Hills (1975–1977) Secretary of Transportation Claude Brinegar (1974–1975) • William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. (1975–1977)   Cabinet-level Vice President None (1974), Nelson Rockefeller (1974–1977) Ambassador to the United Nations John A. Scali (1974 – 1975) • Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1975 - 1976) • William W. Scranton (1976 - 1977) Director of the Office of Management and Budget Roy Ash (1974 – 1975) • James Thomas Lynn (1975 - 1976) Special Representative for Trade Negotiations Frederick B. Dent (1975 – 1977)