children nationality birth_date residence term_end alma_mater imagesize order term_start spouse image name relations predecessor birth_place president party office successor article_title
charles william duncan iii and mary anne duncan dingus american 9 september 1926 houston , texas january 20 , 1981 july 26 , 1979 rice university university of texas-austin 200px 2nd august 24 , 1979 january 31 , 1977 anne smith duncan secretary duncan.jpg charles william duncan , jr. john h. duncan , brother james r. schlesinger bill clements houston , texas jimmy carter jimmy carter democratic united of defense states secretary of energy united states deputy secretary james b. edwards w. graham claytor , jr. charles duncan , jr. .

charles duncan , jr. .

charles william duncan , jr. -lrb- born september 9 , 1926 -rrb- is an american entrepreneur , administrator , and statesman best known for serving as u.s. secretary of energy on the cabinet of president jimmy carter from 1979 to 1981 .
he had previously served as carter 's united states deputy secretary of defense during the iranian revolution .
earlier , duncan had run the family business , duncan coffee company of houston , texas , for seven years , until the coca-cola company acquired it in 1964 .
after seven years on the coke board , duncan became the corporation 's president .
