- John Albert Knebel
John Albert Knebel (born 1936 in
Tulsa, Oklahoma ). He graduated from West Point in 1959 and received his Master's atCreighton University in 1962. In 1965 he received his law degree fromAmerican University . He was an assistant to CongressmanJ. Ernest Wharton and served as general counsel to theSmall Business Administration during Nixon's second term. OnNovember 4 ,1976 , he was named Secretary of Agriculture by PresidentGerald Ford after his predecessor,Earl Butz , resigned amid a scandal involving a racist comment. His period in this office was brief and endedJanuary 20 ,1977 , whenJimmy Carter replaced Ford in theWhite House . After that, he returned to law andas of 2003 was still the president of the American Mining Congress.External links
* [http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB/.cmd/ad/.ar/sa.retrievecontent/.c/6_2_1UH/.ce/7_2_5JN/.p/5_2_4TR/_th/J_2_9D/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?PC_7_2_5JN_navid=FORMER_SECRETARIES&PC_7_2_5JN_navtype=RT&PC_7_2_5JN_parentnav=ABOUT_USDA Profiles of former Secretaries of Agriculture]
* [http://www.americanpresident.org/history/geraldford/cabinet/agriculture/agricultureCopy1/h_index.shtml American President site]
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