What is Charles Duncan Jr.?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Charles Duncan Jr. |image = Secretary duncan.jpg |office = 2nd [[United States Secretary of Energy]] |president = [[Jimmy Carter]] |term_start = August 24, 1979 |term_end = January 20, 1981 |predecessor = [[James R. Schlesinger]] |successor = [[James B. Edwards]] |office1 = 17th [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense]] |president1 = [[Jimmy Carter]] |term_start1 = January 31, 1977 |term_end1 = July 26, 1979 |predecessor1 = [[Robert Ellsworth]] |successor1 = [[W. Graham Claytor Jr.]] |birth_name = Charles William Duncan Jr. |birth_date = {{birth date|1926|9|9}} |birth_place = [[Houston, Texas]], U.S. |death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|10|18|1926|9|9}} |death_place = Houston, Texas, U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Anne Smith |children = 2 |education = [[Rice University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[University of Texas at Austin]] |allegiance = [[United States]] |branch = [[United States Army]] |unit = [[United States Army Air Corps]] |battles = [[World War II]] }} '''Charles William Duncan Jr.''' (September 9, 1926 – October 18, 2022) is an [[Americans|American]] entrepreneur, administrator, and statesman. Duncan served as the [[United States Secretary of Energy|U.S. Secretary of Energy]] on the Cabinet of President [[Jimmy Carter]] from 1979 to 1981.<ref>“Consideration of Harold Brown to Be Secretary of Defense and Charles W. Duncan, Jr., to be Deputy Secretary of Defense,” Senate Report No. 95-2, January 18, 1977.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Duncan, Charles, Jr.}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of Energy]] [[Category:Politicians from Houston]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{us-bio-stub}}