Mickey Kantor

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Mickey Kantor

31st United States Secretary of Commerce
In office April 12, 1996 – January 21, 1997
Preceded by	Ronald Harmon Brown
Succeeded by	William M. Daley

Born	August 7, 1939 Nashville, Tennessee
Political party	Democratic

Michael "Mickey" Kantor (born August 7, 1939 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American politician and lawyer. After serving as the Clinton-Gore campaign chair in 1992, Kantor was appointed United States Trade Representative, holding that office from 1993 to 1997. He was, in 1996 and 1997, United States Secretary of Commerce.

Born in Nashville, he holds a B.A. in business and economics from Vanderbilt University (where he pledged to Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity) earned in 1961 and a J.D. from Georgetown University in 1968, between which he served four years as a United States Navy officer.

An advocate of free trade, Kantor as Trade Representative lead U.S. negotiations that created the World Trade Organization (WTO), such as the Uruguay Round, and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He also engaged in organizating the Miami Summit of the Americas and three meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, including the U.S.-hosted First Leaders' Meeting. With the European Commission of the newly formed European Union, he expanded the trans-Atlantic market.

Kantor practices law at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, an international law firm based in Chicago.

Married to Heidi Schulman since 1982 following the death of his first wife, Valerie Woods Kantor in a 1978 plane crash in San Diego, Kantor has children Leslie, Douglas (from the first marriage), and Alix (from the second marriage), and grandchildren Ryan, Jackson, and Zack. Another son from Valerie, Russell, died in a single-car crash in October, 1988, while a senior in high school.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Career chairmanships, memberships, advisory roles, and honors

Founder and chairman of the Los Angeles Conservation Corps
Trustee of the International Commercial Diplomacy Project
Member of the Board of Monsanto
Member of the Board of Korea First Bank
Member of the Board of CB Richard Ellis Group
Member of the Board of New Perspectives Quarterly
Member of the Board of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions
Member of the Board of Legal Services Corporation
Member of the Board of National Association of Public Interest Lawyers
Member of the Board of Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)
Member of the Board of the Center for Law in the Public Interest
Member of the Board of Councilors of the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication
Member of the Board of Visitors for Georgetown University Law Center
Member of the International Advisory Board for the Federation of Korean Industries
Member of the Advisory Board of Oilspace.com[1]
Member of the Advisory Board to ING Americas
Member of the International Advisory Board of Fleishman-Hillard
Member of the California Commission on Campaign Financing
Member of the Christopher Commission
Distinguished Advisor to the Council for Biotechnology
Senior advisor to Morgan Stanley
Consultant to the American Bar Association Special Committee on Crime Prevention and Control
Consultant to the White House Conference on Children
Consultant to the National Legal Aid and Defender Association
Recipient of the Order of the Southern Cross from the Brazilian government
Recipient of the William O. Douglas Award
Recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Distinguished Public Service Medal from the Center for the Study of the Presidency
Recipient of the Albert Schweitzer Leadership Award from the Hugh O'Brien Youth Foundation
Recipient of the Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. Award for Equal Justice
Recipient of the Frederick A.P. Barnard Award from Barnard College

[edit] References

Clinton, Bill (2005). My Life. Vintage. ISBN 1-4000-3003-X.
NNDB profile: http://www.nndb.com/people/539/000059362/

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Preceded by Ronald Harmon Brown	United States Secretary of Commerce April 12, 1996 – January 21, 1997	Succeeded by William M. Daley
Preceded by Carla A. Hills	United States Trade Representative 1993 – 1997	Succeeded by Charlene Barshefsky

United States Secretaries of Commerce

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Secretaries of Commerce & Labor (1903–1913): Cortelyou | Metcalf | Straus | Nagel

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Herter • Roth • Gilbert • Eberle • Dent • Strauss • Askew • Brock • Yeutter • Hills • Kantor • Barshefsky • Zoellick • Portman • Schwab