What is William Verity Jr.?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = William Verity |image = CalvinWilliamVerity.jpg |office = 27th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] |president = [[Ronald Reagan]]<br>[[George H. W. Bush]] |term_start = October 19, 1987 |term_end = January 30, 1989 |predecessor = [[Malcolm Baldrige Jr.]] |successor = [[Robert Mosbacher]] |birth_name = Calvin William Verity Jr. |birth_date = {{birth date|1917|1|26}} |birth_place = [[Middletown, Ohio]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2007|1|3|1917|1|26}} |death_place = [[Beaufort, South Carolina]], U.S. |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = Peggy Wymond |children = 3 |education = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) |branch = {{flag|United States Navy}} |battles = [[World War II]] }} '''Calvin William Verity, Jr.''' (January 26, 1917 – January 3, 2007) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Administration (government)|administrator]] and steel industrialist. He served as the [[Secretary of Commerce]] between 1987 and 1989, under President [[Ronald Reagan]]. He died on January 3, 2007, a complications of [[pneumonia]], in [[Beaufort, South Carolina]], at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/06/business/06verity.html |title=C. William Verity Jr., Former Commerce Secretary, 89, Dies |date=2007-01-06 |publisher=New York Times}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Verity, Jr.}} [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:2007 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of Commerce]] [[Category:Politicians from Ohio]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{USSecCommerce}}