Richard McCormack

Richard McCormack     (spook, businessman, deep politician)
Born	Richard Thomas Fox McCormack March 6, 1941. Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Alma mater	Georgetown University, University of Fribourg
Children	3
Spouse	Karen Louise Hagstrom
Member of	American Foreign Policy Council, Council on Foreign Relations/Members 2, Le Cercle
Deep politician a long history and connections back to Vietnam, Nixon administration, succeeded Ted Shackley as US Chair of Le Cercle."???" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.  Le Cercle/Chairman (USA) In office 2001 - ??? Preceded by Theodore Shackley Start date confecture but was US chairman as of Jan 2002. Took over from Ted Shackley  Executive vice chairman In office 2006 - Present Employer Merrill Lynch Executive Client Coverage Group  counselor of the Center for the Study of the Presidency In office 2006 Preceded by Richard McCormack Succeeded by Richard McCormack "Primary focus" on "geopolitics and the global economy".  Consultant/Adviser to the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund In office 2004 - July 2006 "Primary focus" on "geopolitics and the global economy".  Senior advisor In office May 2004 - July 2006 Employer Center for Strategic and International Studies "Primary focus" on "geopolitics and the global economy".  Under Secretary of State for Economic,  Business,  and Agricultural Affairs In office April 14, 1989 - May 3, 1991 Appointed by George H. W. Bush Served as the principal coordinator for the President's involvement in the G7 economic summits.  United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States In office 1985 - 1989 Succeeded J. William Middendorf II.  Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs In office 1982 - 1985  International trade consultant In office 2 December 1981 - 1982 Employer United States Department of State Representing the State Department at a number of functions abroad.  Legislative assistant In office 1979 - 1981 to Senator Jesse Helms  Scholar In office 1975 - 1977 Employer American Enterprise Institute Preceded by Charles Burton Marshall "?" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.  Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Economic In office 1974? - ? Preceded by "strong class="error">Error: Invalid time." contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation. "?" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.  Consultant In office 1971 - ? Employer the White House Council on International Economic Policy.  Senior staff member In office 1969 - 1971 Employer President Nixon's Advisory Council on Executive Organization "?" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.  Various In office 1969 - ? Employer Executive Office of the President of the United States  Special assistant to former Governor of Pennsylvania In office 1969 Preceded by Richard McCormack Succeeded by Richard McCormack Assistant to William Scranton "?" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.  Director of Operations Research for South Vietnam In office 1968 - ? Employer Philco-Ford Headquartered in Saigon, but traveled widely.  Peace corps Dates unknown On the staff.

Background

Richard T. McCormack attended Georgetown University, receiving a B.A. in 1963. He then attended the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, receiving a Ph.D. in 1966.

Career

In 1968, he helped "coordinate the Vietnam issue for Nixon in his ’68 campaign headquarters in New York".

As a consultant to the White House Office of the Special Trade Representative, he analyzed potential international commodity agreements.

In 1981, Ted Shackley supported his application to become Director of Intelligence and Research at the State Department.

In 1981, he received "a White House promise that he will be given the department's second-ranking economic policy job as soon as Myer Rashish quits the top-ranking State Department slot in that field".

As the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States, he received the superior honor award for outstanding sustained performance .

Deep political connections

In an interview for The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project, he describes his approach "I never had any interest in press attention. In fact for years, I tended to avoid the press. My desire was to cultivate relationships of trust with people who actually made our decisions." He appears to have succeeded in this ambitions since he later describes his attendance at and chairmanship of Le Cercle, though he does not mention it by name.

"...I am flying to Austria where I am the Chairman of the U.S. branch of an informal organization that was set up 40 years ago to provide clear communications across the Atlantic. This organization includes retired senior officials from a number of governments of NATO countries. We meet three days a year in Europe, and three days a year here in the United States to discuss global affairs."

Richard T. McCormack, interviewed on January 2, 2002

This identification of the meeting McCormack refers to is confirmed by a 2010 reference to The Atlantic Cercle found by Joël van der Reijden

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Le Cercle/1982 (Wildbad Kreuth)	11 June 1982	13 June 1982	Germany Hanns Seidel Foundation	1982 conference organised by Franz Josef Bach. The participants were guests of Franz-Josef Strauss. The first page of the attendee list was published online in 2011
Le Cercle/1983 (Bonn)	30 June 1983	3 July 1983	Germany Bonn
Le Cercle/1985 (Washington)	7 January 1985	10 January 1985	US Washington DC	4 day meeting of Le Cercle in Washington exposed after Joel Van der Reijden discovered the attendee list for this conference and published it online in 2011

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