John Chafee

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Person.png John Chafee   SourcewatchRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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BornJohn Lester Hubbard Chafee
1922-10-22
 Providence,  Rhode Island,  U.S.
Died1999-10-24 (Age 77)
 Bethesda,  Maryland,  U.S.
Nationality US
Alma mater •  Yale University
•  Harvard University
Religion Episcopalian
Parents •  Janet Melissa Hunter
•  John Sharpe Chafee
Children Lincoln Chafee
Spouse Virginia Coates
Member ofCouncil on Foreign Relations/Historical Members, Skull and Bones
PartyRepublican
Bonesmanwho attended 4 Bilderbergs between 1979 to 1992

Employment.png Chair of the Senate Environment Committee

In office
January 4, 1995 - October 24, 1999

Employment.png United States Senator from Rhode Island

In office
December 29, 1976 - October 24, 1999

Employment.png United States Secretary of the Navy

In office
January 31, 1969 - May 4, 1972
Preceded byPaul Ignatius

Employment.png Governor of Rhode Island

In office
January 1, 1963 - January 7, 1969

John Lester Hubbard Chafee was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was Governor of Rhode Island, as the Secretary of the Navy, and as a United States Senator.

Background

Chafee was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to a politically active family. He was the son of Janet Melissa (née Hunter) and John Sharpe Chafee.[1] His great-grandfather, Henry Lippitt, was governor of Rhode Island (1875–1877), and among his great-uncles were a Rhode Island governor, Charles Warren Lippitt, and United States Senator Henry Frederick Lippitt. His uncle, Zechariah Chafee, was a Harvard law professor, and a notable civil libertarian. His cousin was Frederick Lippitt, former House Minority Leader for the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Chafee was an Episcopalian.[2]

He had two daughters and four sons, one of whom is former Rhode Island Governor and former United States Senator Lincoln Chafee. One of his daughters, Tribbie, died following an accident at a horse show in October 1968 at the age of 14. His eldest child, John H. Chafee, is a UCLA alumnus.

Education

John Chafee graduated from Providence's Gordon School, in 1931 and then attended Providence Country Day School. In 1940, he graduated from Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts.[3]

Chafee was in his third year as an undergraduate at Yale University at the time of Pearl Harbor.[4] He interrupted his undergraduate studies and enlisted in the Marine Corps,[5] spending his 20th birthday fighting on the island of Guadalcanal from August 8 until November 1942. After receiving his commission as a second lieutenant, he fought in the Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945.

Following the war, he received degrees from Yale University in 1947 and Harvard Law School in 1950. At Yale, he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (Phi chapter) and Skull and Bones fraternities. In 1951, he was recalled to active service to be a Marine rifle company commander during the Korean War.[6]




 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/197927 April 197929 April 1979Austria
Baden
Clubhotel Schloss Weikersdorf
27th Bilderberg, 95 guests, Austria
Bilderberg/198625 April 198627 April 1986Scotland
Gleneagles Hotel
The 34th Bilderberg, 109 participants
Bilderberg/19916 June 19919 June 1991Germany
Baden-Baden
Steigenberger Hotel Badischer Hof
The 39th Bilderberg, 114 guests
Bilderberg/199221 May 199224 May 1992France
Royal Club Evian
Evian-les-Bains
The 40th Bilderberg. It had 121 participants.
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