William D. Rogers

William D. Rogers (May 12, 1927 in Wilmington, Delaware – September 22, 2007 in Upperville, Virginia) was an American lawyer. He served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (October 1974 – June 1976) and Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs (June 1976–January 1977) under then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the administration of President Gerald Ford. He was, from 2004 until his death, vice president of Kissinger's consulting firm Kissinger Associates.

In the 1950s, he joined the law firm of Arnold, Fortas, & Porter (now Arnold & Porter) and was involved in the successful legal defense of Owen Lattimore, the scholar of East Asia accused of being a key Soviet spy.

References

* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2708066.ece Obituary in "The Times", 22 October 2007]

* Maxwell, Kenneth, [http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/working_papers/?entity_id=23 "The Case of the Missing Letter in Foreign Affairs: Kissinger, Pinochet and Operation Condor"] , on the site of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.
* [http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/resources/legends_in_the_law/rogers.cfm "Legends in the Law"] , a 1999 interview with Rogers originally published in "Bar Report", October/November 1999, published by the Washington, DC bar association, includes considerable biographical material.
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR2007092602503.html Washington Post obituary notice]