What is Alexander Haig?
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder |birthname=Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. |image=Secretary of State Alexander Haig.jpg |imagesize = |title=59th [[United States Secretary of State]] |term_start={{Start date|1981|January|22}} |term_end={{End date|1982|July|5}} |president=[[Ronald Reagan]] |deputy=[[William P. Clark]]<br />[[Walter John Stoessel, Jr.]] |predecessor=[[Edmund Muskie]] |successor=[[George P. Shultz]] |title2=7th [[Supreme Allied Commander Europe]] |term_start2={{Start date|1974|December|16}} |term_end2={{End date|1979|July|1}} |president2 = [[Gerald Ford]]<br />[[Jimmy Carter]] |deputy2 = [[John Mogg (British Army officer)|John Mogg]] <br> [[Harry Tuzo]] <br> Gerd Schmückle |predecessor2=[[Andrew Goodpaster]] |successor2= [[Bernard W. Rogers]] |title3=5th [[White House Chief of Staff]] |term_start3=1973 |term_end3=1974 |president3=[[Richard Nixon]]<br />[[Gerald Ford]] |predecessor3=[[H. R. Haldeman]] |successor3=[[Donald Rumsfeld]] |title4=[[Deputy National Security Advisor]] |term_start4=1970 |term_end4=1973 |president4=[[Richard Nixon]] |predecessor4=[[Robert Komer]] |successor4=[[Brent Scowcroft]] |birth_date=December 2, 1924 |birth_place=[[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania |death_date= {{Death date and age|2010|02|20|1924|12|02|mf=yes}} |death_place=[[Baltimore]], Maryland |spouse=Patricia<br />(nee Fox, 1950–his death) |party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |alma_mater=[[U.S. Military Academy]] <small>(B.S.)</small><br />[[Columbia Business School]] <small> ([[Master of Business Administration|M.B.A.]])</small><br />[[Georgetown University]] <small>([[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|M.A.]])</small> |profession = Soldier, civil servant |signature=Alexander Haig Signature 2.svg |branch=[[United States Army]] |rank=[[File:US-O10 insignia.svg|35px]] [[General officer|General]] |serviceyears=1947–1979 |battles=[[Korean War]]<br />[[Vietnam War]] |awards=[[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]<br />[[Defense Distinguished Service Medal