Jack Watson (Presidential adviser)

Jack Watson
9th White House Chief of Staff
In office June 11, 1980 – January 20, 1981
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Hamilton Jordan
Succeeded by	James Baker
Personal details
Born	(1938-10-24) October 24, 1938
Political party	Democratic

Jack H. Watson, Jr. (born October 24, 1938) is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Pathfinder and Reconnaissance Team Leader, First Force Reconnaissance Company, and left the Marine Corps with the rank of Captain.

He served as head of the Carter-Mondale Policy Planning Group in 1976, and later was Director of the Transition Team during the transition of government from President Ford to President Carter. In the Carter administration from 1977-1981, he served as Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, Secretary to the Cabinet, and White House Chief of Staff. He chaired the President's Interagency Coordinating Council created by Executive Order in 1978 to coordinate implementation of the President's domestic policy.

From January 1998 to June 2000 he served as Chief Legal Strategist of Monsanto Company.

External links

• Media related to Jack Watson (presidential adviser) at Wikimedia Commons
• Biography from a University of Miami website

White House Chiefs of Staff
Steelman Adams Persons Watson Jones Haldeman Haig Rumsfeld Cheney Jordan Watson J. Baker Regan H. Baker Duberstein Sununu Skinner J. Baker McLarty Panetta Bowles Podesta Card Bolten Emanuel Daley Lew McDonough Priebus (Designate)

Cabinet of President Jimmy Carter (1977–81)
Cabinet Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance (1977–80) Edmund S. Muskie (1980–81) Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal (1977–79) G. William Miller (1979–81) Secretary of Defense Harold Brown (1977–81) Attorney General Griffin B. Bell (1977–79) Benjamin R. Civiletti (1979–81) Secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus (1977–81) Secretary of Agriculture Robert S. Bergland (1977–81) Secretary of Commerce Juanita M. Kreps (1977–80) Philip M. Klutznick (1980–81) Secretary of Labor F. Ray Marshall (1977–81) Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph A. Califano Jr. (1977–79) Patricia R. Harris (1979) Secretary of Health and Human Services Patricia R. Harris (1979–81) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Patricia R. Harris (1977–79) Moon Landrieu (1979–81) Secretary of Transportation Brock Adams (1977–79) Neil E. Goldschmidt (1979–81) Secretary of Energy James R. Schlesinger (1977–79) Charles W. Duncan Jr. (1979–81) Secretary of Education Shirley M. Hufstedler (1979–81)
Cabinet-level Vice President Walter F. Mondale (1977–81) White House Chief of Staff None (1977–79) Hamilton Jordan (1979–80) Jack H. Watson (1980–81) Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Douglas M. Costle (1977–81) Trade Representative Robert S. Strauss (1977–79) Reubin O'D. Askew (1979–81) Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew J. Young (1977–79) Donald F. McHenry (1979–81) Director of the Office of Management and Budget Thomas "Bert" Lance (1977) James T. McIntyre (1978–81) Director of Central Intelligence Stansfield M. Turner (1977–81) Advisor to the President on National Security Affairs Zbigniew Brzezinski (1977–81) Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers Charles L. Schultze (1977–81)