William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.

William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. (July 7, 1920 – March 31, 2017) was an American attorney and politician. Coleman was the fourth United States Secretary of Transportation, from March 7, 1975 to January 20, 1977.

Coleman, Jr. died from complications of Alzheimer's disease at his home in Alexandria, Virginia on March 31, 2017, aged 96.

References

Other websites
Biography at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum 
Biography at AmericanPresident.org 
William Coleman's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project
ALI Reporter 
"Remarks by the President in Presentation if the Presidential Medal Of Freedom" – September 29, 1995

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