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The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Togo D. West, Jr
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Togo D. West, Jr.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 26 min., 25 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Lawyer, association executive, and federal appointee Togo Dennis West, Jr. was born on June 21, 1942 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In 1965, he earned his B.S. degree from Howard University. He entered Howard University Law School, graduating first in his class in 1968. In the United States Army, West was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Meritorious Service Medal. Appointed associate deputy attorney general in 1975, West served as general counsel to the Navy from 1977 to 1979; special assistant to the secretary and to the deputy secretary of defense in 1979; and general counsel to the United States Department of Defense from 1980 to 1981. In 1993, West was appointed United States Secretary of the Army and in 1998, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. West became President and CEO of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in 2004. In 2006, he founded TLI Leadership Group and served as its Chairman.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Togo D. West, Jr.
The Honorable Togo D. West, Jr.
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Performers
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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