The man who negotiated the first arms-control treaty was 100. He grew up in . He spoke firmly. George Shultz, centre, during his time as secretary of state, at the White House in 1985 with President Ronald Reagan, left, and Vice President George HW Bush. [33], Shultz inherited negotiations with the People's Republic of China over Taiwan from his predecessor. He was the son of William Burt and Marjorie Matthews Shultz. [38] The second event, according to Keren Yarhi-Milo of Princeton University, happened during the 19th Communist Party Conference, "at which Gorbachev proposed major domestic reforms such as the establishment of competitive elections with secret ballots; term limits for elected officials; separation of powers with an independent judiciary; and provisions for freedom of speech, assembly, conscience, and the press. George McRay Standley was born on January 28, 1928, in Port Arthur, Texas, to George Thomas and Vera Rusha Hugghins Standley. George Shultz, left, meeting one of his successors as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, at the state department, 2009. dancing at a White House dinner with Ginger Rogers, Sabra and Chatila camps in West Beirut in 1982, suicide bombing in the same city a year later. She had written: Dear George, For a moment I thought I was dancing with Fred. At their twice-weekly private chats he steered Ronald Reagan round to his opinion. He talked every week, secretly, to the Soviet ambassador in Washington, and warmed at once to Mikhail Gorbachev as a man with whom he could have a proper, quiet conversationone that led, in 1987, to a ban on intermediate-range nuclear forces. Secretary Shultz was instrumental in establishing our organization 35 years a George P. Shultz Jr. 70 of Martins Ferry passed away Sunday January 10, 2021 at his Home. [23], Shultz was instrumental in freedom for Soviet Jewry. In spite of Western protests and Soviet propaganda, the allies began deployment of the missiles as scheduled in November 1983. Secretary of State George Shultz, center, walks with President Reagan and Vice President George Bush on his arrival on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 1985 at the White House in Washington after two days of arms talks with the Soviet Union in Geneva. Schultz was the longest serving secretary of state since World War II and had been the oldest surviving former Cabinet member of any administration. [11], After attending the local public school, he transferred to the Englewood School for Boys (now Dwight-Englewood School), through his second year of high school. Share Your Memories and Sympathies and Join the Bereaved! He opposed the U.S. aid to Contras trying to overthrow the Sandinistas by using funds from an illegal sale of weapons to Iran. "He was well-known for his accomplishments on the world stage, but it's important to remember that he was a fierce advocate for what many of us consider 'San Francisco values', including the value of a high-quality public education, the value of accessible healthcare for all, and the value of mutual respect and dignity for people from all walks of life. "[45] In January 2008, Shultz co-authored (with William Perry, Henry Kissinger, and Sam Nunn) an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal that called on governments to embrace the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons. One of his most senior advisors and confidants was former ambassador Charles Hill. Former US Secretary of State George P. Shultz, who played a central role in helping to bring the Cold War to an end as President Ronald Reagan's secretary of state, died Saturday at age 100 . He applied the theory he had developed in academia: he let the parties work it out, which they did quickly. Although an average student at Princeton, he completed a PhD in labour relations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1949 and stayed on to teach. He earned a bachelor's degree, cum laude, at Princeton University, New Jersey, in economics with a minor in public and international affairs. Your browser does not support the
element. He was firmly opposed to and angered by the arms-for-hostages deal with Iran which evolved into an administration scandal. In 2000, he became an early supporter of the presidential candidacy of George W. Bush, whose father had been vice president while Shultz was secretary of state. . After the war, Shultz earned a PhD in industrial economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Reagan himself in 1983 dubbed the Soviet Union the evil empire. As Richard Nixons secretary of labour, he marshalled his full federal power to force the Pennsylvania construction unions to take black members. In response to the imposition of martial law in Poland the previous December, the Reagan administration had imposed sanctions on a pipeline between West Germany and the Soviet Union. After becoming president and director of that company, he accepted President Ronald Reagan's offer to serve as United States Secretary of State. At Shultz's 90th birthday party, his successor as secretary of state, James Baker, joked that he would do anything for Shultz "except kiss the tiger." It is believed on several occasions, Shultz resigned however President Reagan refused his resignation. Life with her was a ball. It's not like running a company or even a university. In 2007, Sheltz was named secretariat director for Clergy Formation and Chaplaincy Services. Alexander "George" Shultz, 86 of Shadyside, OH died Wednesday November 4, 2015 at Shadyside Care Center. The US and the Soviet Union, as part of that accord, destroyed thousands of missiles. Thursday, October 7, 2021Hoover Institution, Stanford UniversityMemorial services were held for Hoover Institution distinguished fellow and America's sixtiet. His five children, Margaret Ann Tilsworth, Kathlee Pratt Shultz Jorgensen, Peter Milton Shultz, Barbara Lennox Shultz White, and Alexander George Shultz; eleven grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. [26], Under Shultz's leadership, Bechtel received contracts for many large construction projects, including from Saudi Arabia. [8][9], Shultz was born December 13, 1920, in New York City, the only child of Margaret Lennox (ne Pratt) and Birl Earl Shultz. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 9, 2023 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. [51], In 2003, Shultz served as co-chair (along with Warren Buffett) of California's Economic Recovery Council, an advisory group to the campaign of California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger. Tyler Shultz says he wanted to shield the reputation of former Secretary of State George Shultz, a Theranos director and his grandfather. At one informal meeting, Shultz surprised Shevardnadze, who was from Georgia, by launching into a rendition of a well-known Georgian folk song he had learned for the occasion. He stated, "I am impressed that the people who are best informed about the classified material Pollard passed to Israel, former CIA Director James Woolsey and former Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Dennis DeConcini, favor his release". [30] Shultz subsequently negotiated an agreement between Israel and Lebanon and convinced Israel to begin partial withdrawal of its troops in January 1985 despite Lebanon's contravention of the settlement. Nixon was caught on tape in the White House describing Shultz as a candy-ass, a coward. [20], Shultz became the first director of the Office of Management and Budget, the renamed and reorganized Bureau of the Budget, on July 1, 1970. February 8, 2021, 9:22 AM. And he just liked reaching out. This phase was a failure, resulting in high inflation, and price freezes were reestablished five months later. '"[66] Tyler and his parents spent nearly $500,000 on legal fees, selling their house to raise the funds, in fighting Theranos' accusations of violating the NDA and divulging trade secrets. As they argued (not for the last time), he was serving in his fourth cabinet post under his second Republican president. Shultz earned his bachelor's degree from Princeton University in economics in 1942. [66], When media reports exposed controversial practices there in 2015, the company moved their non-technical directors like Shultz to a "Board of Counselors" and replaced them with a technical board. [45] He called the War on Drugs a failure,[45] and added his signature to an advertisement printed in The New York Times in 1998, headlined "We believe the global war on drugs is now causing more harm than drug abuse itself." He was an informal but influential adviser on foreign policy to George W Bush. California: Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Bernard Ingham and Betty Boothroyd ensured democracy worked as it should, Gradually, the besieged city of Bakhmut is being abandoned by everyone, Maya Widmaier-Picasso helped to revive her fathers creativity. George Pratt Shultz was born Dec. 13, 1920, in New York City and was raised in Englewood, New Jersey. Shultz looked stuffy and conventional, and for the most part he was, but he liked to persuade people he was not as conservative as he appeared. During this period Shultz co-founded the "Library Group," which became the G7. George Shultz discussing mementos from significant moments in his diplomatic careet, George Shultz analysing US-Soviet relations. "George Schultz dedicated his life to promoting a more peaceful and secure future, and his work to advance democracy worldwide leaves a powerful legacy for generations to come. He served on the Global Commission on Drug Policy, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Economic Recovery Council, and on the boards of Bechtel and the Charles Schwab Corporation. Shultz was a member of an Episcopal church. George Pratt Shultz was born Dec. 13, 1920, in New York City and raised in Englewood, New Jersey. In that role, Shultz supported the Nixon shock, which sought to revive the ailing economy in part by abolishing the gold standard, and presided over the end of the Bretton Woods system. [38] The treaty, which eliminated an entire class of missiles in Europe, was a milestone in the history of the Cold War. In the White House's East Room, George P Shultz is sworn-in as US Secretary of Labor by Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren , Washington. The couple is seen singing "I left my heart in San Francisco," as part of a live sing-along, thanking front-line workers during . He was labor secretary, treasury secretary and director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Richard M. Nixon before spending more than six years as President Ronald Reagan's secretary of state. Shultz was quick to recognise the generational change taking place in 1985 when Gorbachev and his foreign minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, came to prominence. [50], In a 2008 interview with Charlie Rose, Shultz spoke out against the U.S. embargo against Cuba, saying that U.S. sanctions against the island country were "ridiculous" in the post-Soviet world and that U.S. engagement with Cuba was a better strategy. She survives him, along with the children from his first marriage, Margaret, Kathleen, Peter, Barbara and Alexander, 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. His administration experience included a stint as a senior staff economist with President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers and as Nixon's OMB director. We will remember him forever. "If the Soviets left Afghanistan, the Brezhnev Doctrine would be breached, and the principle of 'never letting go' would be violated", Shultz reasoned. The long-reigning Chief of San Francisco Protocol and unofficial aide to ten City mayors, Charlotte Mailliard Shultz passed away Friday at 88 years old due to complications from cancer. He was an artillery officer, attaining the rank of captain. Auxiliary Bishop George A. Sheltz, 75, passed away Dec. 21, 2021. This aid led to the IranContra affair. He served as an informal adviser to George W. Bush and helped formulate the Bush Doctrine of preemptive war. He was born February 22, 1929 the son of the late Joseph and Josephine (Zadroga) Shultz in Rivesville, WV. Pee, Robert, and William Michael Schmidli, eds. He ranged widely over domestic and . As the nation's chief diplomat, Shultz negotiated the first-ever treaty to reduce the size of the Soviet Union's ground-based nuclear arsenals despite fierce objections from Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to Reagan's "Strategic Defense Initiative" or Star Wars. Reagan gradually changed his perception of Gorbachev's strategic intentions in 1987, when the two leaders signed the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Graduated 1964 from Lebanon High School, was on Football and Track teams in High School. [28][29], On July 16, 1982, Shultz was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as the 60th U.S. Secretary of State, replacing Alexander Haig, who had resigned. Make a life-giving gesture [81][82][83] He was buried next to his first wife at Dawes Cemetery in Cummington, Massachusetts. [15] From 1948 to 1957, he taught in the MIT Department of Economics and the MIT Sloan School of Management, with a leave of absence in 1955 to serve on President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers as a Senior Staff Economist. End the Travel Ban", "George Shultz, former Secretary of State in the 1980s, has died", "A Nuclear weapon-free world is possible, Nunn says", "Nuclear Tipping Point Documentary | Nuclear Tipping Point on DVD | NTI", "George Shultz calls for Jonathan Pollard's release", "Staying in EU 'best hope' for UK's future say ex-US Treasury secretaries", "The Blood Unicorn Theranos Was Just a Fairy Tale", "George Shultz interviews Elizabeth Holmes at the 12th SIEPR Economic Summit", "Tyler Shultz. Senator Sam Nunn. In April 1998, Shultz hosted a meeting at which George W. Bush discussed his views with policy experts including Michael Boskin, John Taylor, and Condoleezza Rice, who were evaluating possible Republican candidates to run for president in 2000. "[38] The proposals indicated that Gorbachev was making revolutionary and irreversible changes. It helped that Shultz had a good voice. After the grief of losing his first wife, Obie, to cancer, his second wife, Charlotte, was Californias official social whirlwind. I regret that, as president, I will not be able to benefit from his wisdom, as have so many of my predecessors. Although they failed to seal the deal, they made very significant progress behind the scenes on arms reduction, human rights and other issues. [12] In 1938, Shultz graduated from the private preparatory boarding high school Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut. [11][23], Domestically Shultz enacted the next phase of the NEP, lifting price controls begun in 1971. Condoleezza Rice, a fellow former Secretary of State and current director of the Hoover Institution, said in the release. Shultz was kept out of the loop: when the scandal broke, he was able to present himself as the voice of common sense in the administration, using the affair to wrest back Iran policy to the state department. During his tenure, he was concerned with two major issues, namely the continuing domestic administration of Nixon's "New Economic Policy", begun under Secretary John Connally (Shultz privately opposed its three elements), and a renewed dollar crisis that broke out in February 1973. Charlotte Shultz attends the 2019 San Francisco Opera Ball at the War Memorial Opera House. The family will greet friends on Sunday, March 5, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Shultz Funeral Home in Jasper. As reported in the State Department's official history, "by the summer of 1985, Shultz had personally selected most of the senior officials in the Department, emphasizing professional over political credentials in the process [] The Foreign Service responded in kind by giving Shultz its 'complete support,' making him one of the most popular Secretaries since Dean Acheson. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Although Gorbachev took the initiative, Reagan was well prepared by the State Department to negotiate. It's a seething debating society in which the debate never stops, in which people never give up, including me, and that's the atmosphere in which you administer.. A year later, Shultz submitted to a government-wide drug test considered far more reliable. [18], Shultz was President Richard Nixon's Secretary of Labor from 1969 to 1970. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. One of those operations led to the Iran-Contra scandal, a covert and complex arrangement in which the US sold arms to Iran and the proceeds were used to fund Contra guerrillas fighting a leftwing Nicaraguan government. He was a longtime member of MeadowBrook Church. George Shultz, a former US secretary of state who significantly shaped foreign policy in the late 20th Century, has died at the age of 100. Lets eliminate them.. Year after year the likes of Helmut Schmidt and Lee Kuan Yew beat a path to his Stanford door, where he would cook them his patented style scrambled eggs for breakfast. Born in New York, George was the son of Margaret (nee Pratt) and Birl Shultz, who in 1922 helped found the New York Institute of Finance to train those working on Wall Street. [66] Tyler did not sign any agreements, even though George pressured him to: "My grandfather would say, like, things like 'Your career would be ruined if [Carreyrou's] article comes out. He is survived by his wife, Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, the longtime chief of protocol for the city of San Francisco. Contrary to common assumption, Shultz was not a member of the Pratt family associated with John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Trust. [50] He was co-chairman of the conservative Committee on the Present Danger. Shultz clashed several times with Nixon, notably when the president pressed him to use the tax records of political opponents against them. To his credit, Shultz refused. George Pratt Shultz was born in Manhattan on Dec. 13, 1920. "[34], By the summer of 1982, relations were strained not only between Washington and Moscow but also between Washington and key capitals in Western Europe. Shultz was president of the construction and engineering company Bechtel Group from 1975-1982 and taught part-time at Stanford University before joining the Reagan administration in 1982, replacing Alexander Haig, who resigned after frequent clashes with other members of the administration. ", "George and Charlotte have been a respected force for good in our community and country, and he will be greatly missed by many," Pelosi added. [35][37], When General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union came to power in 1985, Shultz advocated that Reagan pursue a personal dialogue with him. Schultz was also able to forge what Taubman called a "constructive bond" with Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze. He persevered, opening up a secret channel to the Soviet Union and gradually winning over Reagan, with whom he established a close bond. Relations with Europe and the Soviet Union, Oded, Eran (2002). [32], Diplomatic historian Walter LaFeber states that his 1993 memoir, Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State, "is the most detailed, vivid, outspoken, and reliable record we probably shall have of the 1980s until the documents are opened". He was also a prominent and hands-on board member of Theranos, which defrauded more than $700 million from its investors before it collapsed. After joining the company's board in November 2011, he recruited other political figures, including former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of Defense William Perry, and former U.S. He was a Republican, but more pragmatic than ideological. The Lyndon B. Johnson Administration had delayed the walkout with a TaftHartley injunction that expired, and the press pressed him to describe his approach. Although Shultz fell short of his goal to put the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel on a course to a peace agreement, he shaped the path for future administrations' Mideast efforts by legitimizing the Palestinians as a people with valid aspirations and a valid stake in determining their future. Shultz retired from public office in 1989 but remained active in business and politics. George Pratt Shultz was born Dec. 13, 1920, in New York City and raised in Englewood, New Jersey. After trust, his coin of the realm, cohesion mattered most. [84], President Joe Biden reacted to Shultz's death by saying, "He was a gentleman of honor and ideas, dedicated to public service and respectful debate, even into his 100th year on Earth. George Shultz, right, when secretary of state designate in 1982, with members of the Senate foreign relations committee, from left, Joseph Biden, Charles Percy and Edward Zorinsky. As a former Marine, he described the suicide bombing as his worst day in office. As an adviser to George W Bush, he helped shape the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive strikes against states and groups viewed as posing a threat to the US. He had heard a state department joke that the painting reflected the departments diminishing influence. However, Tyler and co-worker Erika Cheung started to notice some strange . Relations with the Soviet Union began to improve. They married on February 16, 1946, and had five children: Margaret Ann Tilsworth, Kathleen Pratt Shultz Jorgensen, Peter Milton Shultz, Barbara Lennox Shultz White, and Alexander George Shultz. SHULTZ--George. [56], Shultz was a prominent advocate of efforts to fight anthropogenic climate change. Obituary. You may kick me around as secretary of state, but Im a taxpayer.. [31], Shultz relied primarily on the Foreign Service to formulate and implement Reagan's foreign policy. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced. Visitation will be on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory, Sioux Falls from 5:00-7:00 . [27], Shultz is one of only two individuals to have served in four United States Cabinet positions within the United States government, the other having been Elliot Richardson. "A Foreign Policy Divided Against Itself: George Shultz versus Caspar Weinberger." When negotiations on these intermediate nuclear forces (INF) stalled, 1983 became a year of protest. Even after his retirement every president, treasury secretary and secretary of state, Republican or Democrat, sought his counsel. [64] Tyler eventually contacted reporter John Carreyrou (who went on to expose the scandal in The Wall Street Journal), but as summarized by ABC Nightline, "it wasnt long before Theranos got wind of it and attempted to use George Shultz to silence his grandson. George Shultz Wife Charlotte Mailliard Shultz. [47][48], He then served as an informal advisor for Bush's presidential campaign during the 2000 election[45] and a senior member of the "Vulcans", a group of policy mentors for Bush that also included Rice, Dick Cheney, and Paul Wolfowitz. ___ Longtime AP Diplomatic Writer Barry Schweid . He collected talent for Hoover, drawing Henry Kissinger from Washington, General Jim Mattis from the marines, and Milton and Rose Friedman, the stars of free-market teaching, from Chicago. Yet underneath was a man of style and fun, who never denied that he had a tiger tattoo on his backside, and who danced with Ginger Rogers at a White House dinner (she told him she thought she was dancing with Fred). A native Houstonian, Bishop Sheltz dedicated his life to the Lord for more than 50 years as a priest in his home diocese, the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. I RESENT THAT, said the secretary of state. "[66] Tyler went to his grandfather's house to discuss the allegations, but was surprised to encounter Theranos attorneys there, who pressured him to sign a document. [35], A more controversial issue was the NATO Ministers' 1979 "dual track" decision: if the Soviets refused to remove their SS-20 medium range ballistic missiles within four years, then the Allies would deploy a countervailing force of cruise and Pershing II missiles in Western Europe. George Pratt Shultz was born Dec. 13, 1920, in New York City and raised in Englewood, New Jersey. [23], Meanwhile, Shultz's attention was increasingly diverted from the domestic economy to the international arena. Together again with former Secretary of Defense William Perry, Shultz was serving on the board of Acuitus at the time of his death. [49] Shultz supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq, writing in support of U.S. military action months before the war began. . "It is with deep sorrow the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston reports that . [70] He was honorary chairman of the Israel Democracy Institute. European leaders vigorously protested sanctions that damaged their interests but not U.S. interests in grain sales to the Soviet Union. He studied economics at Princeton and after graduating in 1942 joined the Marines. [30] The possibility of a conflict of interest in his position as secretary of state after being in the upper management of the Bechtel Group was raised by several senators during his confirmation hearings. Please view IlesCares.com for updates regarding Gertrude's service. Over the past three decades, George Shultz's portfolio has consisted of nuclear disarmament, climate change and energy, Arctic Ocean security, economics and trade, plus explaining free markets . When he was elected, Reagan invited the editor to supper to thank him. She was 88 years old. . [35], U.S.Soviet tensions were raised by the announcement in March 1983 of the Strategic Defense Initiative, and exacerbated by the Soviet shoot-down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 near Moneron Island on September 1. Shultz served for six and a half years, the longest tenure since Dean Rusk's. Tyler navigated a very complex situation in ways that made me proud. He was retired from CONSOL coal Co. and a Veteran in the US Army in Vietnam. February 7, 2021 / 11:21 AM Shultz resolved this "poisonous problem" in December 1982, when the United States agreed to abandon sanctions against the pipeline and the Europeans agreed to adopt stricter controls on strategic trade with the Soviets. George Pratt Shultz, US politician, born 13 December 1920; died 6 February 2021. [80], Shultz died at age 100 at his home in Stanford, California, on February 6, 2021. [71] Shultz was a member of the advisory board of Spirit of America, a 501(c)(3) organization. Shultz told reporters, "The minute in this government that I am not trusted is the day that I leave." Across any table his face was expressionless and his gaze steely, the very image of the duty-driven marine he was. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced. Died: February 6, 2021 ( Who else died on February 6 . George Arthur Sheltz was born April 20, 1946, in Houston, Texas, to (the late) George and . She survives him, along with the children from his first marriage, Margaret, Kathleen, Peter, Barbara and Alexander, 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. George Pratt Shultz was born in Manhattan on Dec. 13, 1920, the only child of the former Margaret Lennox Pratt and Birl E. Shultz, an official with the New York Stock Exchange. During Shultzs time at the state department, the Reagan administration backed rightwing guerrilla groups in Africa and Latin America. WASHINGTON (AP) Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, a titan of American academia, business and diplomacy who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve Cold War relations with the Soviet Union and forging a course for peace in the Middle East, has died. This marked the first use of racial quotas in the federal government. Charlotte Mailliard Swig, San Francisco's chief of protocol, and George Pratt Shultz, the former Secretary of State . George P. Shultz was the U.S. Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan, shaping foreign policy during the Cold War. A lifelong Republican, Shultz held three major Cabinet positions in GOP administrations during a lengthy career of public service. Attacking Mr Shultz on race was anyway unwise. Charlotte Mailliard Shultz was married to former United States Secretary of State George Pratt Shultz, from 1997 until his death in 2021 . A regular ploy when being interviewed was to direct journalists to a signed photograph of him dancing at a White House dinner with Ginger Rogers. [4][6] In April 2013, he co-wrote, with economist Gary Becker, an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that concluded that this plan would "benefit all Americans by eliminating the need for costly energy subsidies while promoting a level playing field for energy producers. And he was not shy in letting people know, as he did at length in his 1,184-page account of his years at the state department, Turmoil and Triumph (1993). He earned a Ph.D. in economics at MIT in 1949 and taught at MIT and at the University of Chicago, where he was dean of the business school. Hopkins, Michael F. "Ronald Reagan's and George HW Bush's Secretaries of State: Alexander Haig, George Shultz and James Baker.". "[43] He was also opposed to any negotiation with the government of Daniel Ortega: "Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table. [4] In 2014, Shultz joined the advisory board of the Citizens' Climate Lobby, and in 2017, Shultz cofounded the Climate Leadership Council, along with George H. W. Bush's Secretary of State James Baker and George W. Bush's Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson.