College of William & Mary
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The College of William & Mary is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the se
King William III and Queen Mary II, the college's namesakes
James Blair, founder of William & Mary
The College Building as it appeared from 1859–1862 with Italianate towers
The Wren Building, c. 1902
Robert Gates
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Robert Michael Gates is an American intelligence analyst who served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011 and as the 15th director of central intelligence from 1991 to 1993
College of William & Mary
…Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (2000–2005), and former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (2005–2012). Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, himself an alumnus of the college, succeeded O'Connor in February 2012. The Board of Visitors delegates to a president the operating responsibility…
Official portrait, 2006
Gates while Director of Central Intelligence
President George H. W. Bush meets with Robert Gates, General Colin Powell, Secretary Dick Cheney and others about the situation in the Persian Gulf and Operation Desert Shield, January 15, 1991.
Gates at Texas A&M University