What is James R. Schlesinger?
{{Infobox officeholder | name=James R. Schlesinger | image=SecretarySchlesinger.jpg | imagesize=250px | order1= 1st | title1= [[United States Secretary of Energy]] | president1= [[Jimmy Carter]] | term_start1= August 6, 1977 | term_end1= August 23, 1979 | predecessor1=''Position established'' | successor1= [[Charles Duncan, Jr.]] | order2= 12th | title2= [[United States Secretary of Defense]] | president2= [[Richard Nixon]]<br />[[Gerald Ford]] | term_start2= July 2, 1973 | term_end2= November 19, 1975 | predecessor2= [[Elliot Richardson]] | successor2= [[Donald Rumsfeld]] | order3=9th | title3= [[Director of Central Intelligence]] | president3= [[Richard Nixon]] | term_start3= January 2, 1973 | term_end3= July 2, 1973 | predecessor3= [[Richard Helms]] | successor3= [[William Colby]] | order4=6th | title4= [[United States Atomic Energy Commission|Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission]] | president4= [[Richard Nixon]] | term_start4= 1971 | term_end4= 1973 | predecessor4= [[Glenn T. Seaborg]] | successor4= [[Dixy Lee Ray]] | birth_name=James Rodney Schlesinger | birth_date= {{Birth date|1929|2|15}} | birth_place= [[New York City]], U.S. | death_date= {{death date and age|2014|3|27|1929|2|15}} | death_place= [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], U.S. | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]] | alma_mater=[[Harvard University]] | profession=[[Economist]] | spouse=Rachel Line Mellinger (m. 1954-1995; her death) | children=Eight }} '''James Rodney Schlesinger''' (February 15, 1929 – March 27, 2014) was [[United States Secretary of Defense]] from 1973 to 1975 under [[President of the United States|president]]s [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Gerald Ford]]. He became America's first [[Secretary of Energy]] under [[Jimmy Carter]]. On March 27, 2014, Schlesinger died from complications of [[pneumonia]] at a [[Baltimore]] hospital. He was 85.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/james-r-schlesinger-cia-chief-and-cabinet-member-dies/2014/03/27/e4a8f01c-b5bb-11e3-8020-b2d790b3c9e1_story.html James R. Schl