Weinberger was a first cousin of the nationally broadcast radio personality Don McNeill of Don McNeill's Breakfast Club. Weinberger was named 'Caspar' for a friend of his mother's his father began calling him 'Cap', a nickname that stuck into adulthood. His father was of Jewish descent from Bohemia, while his maternal grandparents were immigrants from England. Weinberger was born in San Francisco, California, the younger of two sons of Herman Weinberger, a Colorado native. Weinberger was awarded both the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1987 and an honorary British knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. He was indicted in the IranвЂ“Contra affair but received a pardon before going to trial.

He promoted the Strategic Defense Initiative. Weinberger's tenure as Secretary of Defense was marked by his hard-line against the Soviet Union, in disagreement with the State Department. An accomplished private sector businessman, he later became vice president and general counsel of Bechtel Corporation, and still later Chairman of Forbes magazine. Weinberger's entry into politics was as a California State Assemblyman from 1953 to 1959, and he would go on to serve as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and Director of the Office of Management and Budget under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He served in the 41st Infantry Division in the Pacific theater of World War II. Weinberger was born in San Francisco, California. Most notably he was Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987. As a prominent Republican, he served in a variety of state and federal positions for three decades, including Chairman of the California Republican Party, 1962вЂ“68. 10th United States Secretary of Health, Education, and WelfareДў0th Director of the Office of Management and BudgetД¬aspar Willard 'Cap' Weinberger GBE (August 18, 1917В вЂ“ March 28, 2006) was an American statesman and businessman.

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