Secretary, Housing and Urban Development and, Director, Office of Management and Budget

This collection contains extensive material related to the Office of Management and Budget's activities associated with the formulation of the President's budget, the national economy in general, especially inflation, and Federal housing programs.

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    RELATED MATERIALS (July 2015)
    Records related to James Lynn service during the Nixon administration are located at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. Materials related to housing include the David O. Meeker Papers (Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, HUD), Tod R. Hullin Files, F. Lynn May Files, and White House Central Files Subject File category HS (Housing) and FG 23 (Department of Housing and Urban Development).

    Materials related to the Budget and OMB include: Paul H. O'Neill Papers (Deputy Director of OMB) James M. Cannon Files and Papers, Michael Raoul-Duval Files, Judith R. Hope Files, Arthur F. Quern Files, Glenn R. Schleede Files, L. William Seidman Files, Presidential Handwriting File, U.S. Council of Economic Advisers, White House Central Files Subject File category FG 6-16 (Office of Management and Budget) and (FI 4 Budget - Appropriations).

    Extent

    35 linear feet (approximately 64,000 pages)

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    Textual
    Donor

    James T. Lynn (2007-NLF-022)

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    Open. Some files have not been reviewed. Researchers should consult with an archivist prior to their visit in order to request that specific folders be added to the Library's review-for-access queue. Some items may be temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR 1256).

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    Jeremy Schmidt, July 2015

    Biography

    James Thomas Lynn

    February 27, 1927 - Born in Cleveland, Ohio

    1948 - B.A., Economics and Political Science, Western Reserve University

    1951 - LL.B., Harvard Law School

    1951-69 - Attorney, Jones, Day, Cockley, and Reavis law firm

    1969-71 - General Counsel, Department of Commerce

    1971-73 - Undersecretary, Department of Commerce

    1973-75 - Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development

    1975-77 - Director, Office of Management and Budget

    1978-92 - Member of the Board of Directors, Aetna

    1984-92 - President and Chief Executive Officer, Aetna

    December 6, 2010 - Died in Bethesda, Maryland