The only Melvin to serve in a cabinet post in the 20th century was this man as Nixon's Secretary of Defense
Prior to that, he had been a municipal bond lawyer, director of Nixon's 1968 ... 
After his tenure as Attorney General, he served as director of Nixon's 1972 
presidential... [DOC] [TLE] Full Volume - Historical Office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense [PAR] Melvin Laird and the foundation of the post-Vietnam military, 19691973 / 
Richard A.