Cyrus Roberts Vance Sr. (1917 – 2002). American lawyer and United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Prior to serving in that position, he was the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Johnson administration. During the Kennedy administration he was Secretary of the Army and General Counsel of the Department of Defense.
As Secretary of State, Vance approached foreign policy with an emphasis on negotiation over conflict and a special interest in arms reduction. In April 1980, he resigned in protest of Operation Eagle Claw, the secret mission to rescue American hostages in Iran. He was succeeded by Edmund Muskie.
- "Mr. Vance’s political engagement did not manifest itself publicly at Yale. The young man with the long red hair usually kept conversations about politics to private settings with friends..." https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/nyregion/18vance.html
- "When he is not wearing his tortoise-shell glasses, Mr. Vance, with a reddish face, red hair that has mostly faded to gray, and a relaxed posture..." https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/nyregion/31vance.html
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