What is William J. Perry?
{{Infobox officeholder |birthname=William James Perry |image=Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry (13758070063) (cropped).jpg |imagesize= |order=19th |title=[[United States Secretary of Defense]] |term_start=February 3, 1994 |term_end=January 23, 1997 |president=[[Bill Clinton]] |deputy=[[John M. Deutch]]<br />[[John P. White]] |predecessor=[[Les Aspin]] |successor=[[William Cohen]] |order2=19th |title2=[[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense]] |term_start2=January 21, 1993 |term_end2=February 3, 1994 |president2=[[Bill Clinton]] |predecessor2=[[Donald J. Atwood Jr.]] |successor2=[[John M. Deutch]] |birth_date={{birth date and age|1927|10|11}} |birth_place=[[Vandergrift, Pennsylvania]] |death_date= |death_place= |party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] |alma_mater=[[Stanford University]]<br>[[Pennsylvania State University]] }} '''William James Perry''' (born October 11, 1927) is an [[Americans|American]] mathematician, engineer, and businessman. He was the [[United States Secretary of Defense]] from February 3, 1994, to January 23, 1997, under President [[Bill Clinton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nae.edu/Activities/Projects/Awards/BuecheAward/BuecheWinners/page19969264/55406.aspx|title=William J. Perry Title U.S. Secretary of Defense|publisher=National Academy of Engineering}}</ref> He also served as [[Deputy Secretary of Defense]] (1993–1994) and [[Director of Defense Research and Engineering|Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering]] (1977–1981). ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category-inline}} {{USSecDef}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Perry, William}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of Defense]] [[Category:Engineers from Pennsylvania]] [[Category:American mathematicians]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Politicians from Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:20th-century American politicians]] [[Category:Members of the Order of