W. Michael Blumenthal

Blumenthal, on the cover of Time magazine Blumenthal's signature, as used on American currency Werner Michael Blumenthal (born January 3 , 1926 ) served as United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 - 1979 . Born in Berlin , Germany , Blumenthal fled the country with his parents in 1939 shortly before the outbreak of World War II . They went to China , and then to the United States in 1947 . He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1951 with a degree in international economics, and later received a Ph.D from Princeton University . Blumenthal alternately worked in the public sector - as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from 1961 - 1963 and the President's Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations with the rank of Ambassador from 1963 to 1967 - and in the private sector - working for a variety of firms. Blumenthal served as Secretary of the Treasury from January 23 , 1977 to August 4 , 1979 . Since 1997, he again lives in Berlin, where he is director of the Jewish Museum Berlin .

American businessperson, politician Werner Michael Blumenthal (born January 3, 1926) is a German -born American business leader, economist and political adviser who served as United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1979. At age thirteen, Blumenthal barely escaped Nazi Germany with his Jewish family in 1939, and was forced to spend World War II living in the ghetto of Japanese-occupied Shanghai, China, until 1947. He then made his way to San Francisco and began doing odd jobs to work his way through school. He enrolled in college, eventually graduating from U.C. Berkeley and Princeton University with degrees in international economics. During his career, he became active in both business and public service. Before being appointed to a cabinet position with newly elected President Jimmy Carter, Blumenthal had become a successful business leader and had already held administrative positions under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson . As a member of the Carter administration, he helped guide economic policy and took part in reestablishing ties with China. After he resigned, he became chairman and CEO of Burroughs Corporation and Unisys, followed by seventeen years as director of the restored Jewish Museum in Berlin . The Invisible Wall (1998, Counterpoint Press) and From Exile to Washington: A Memoir of Leadership in the Twentieth Century (2013, The Overlook Press).

German-American businessman, politician Werner Michael Blumenthal (born January 3, 1926) is a German-American business leader, economist and political adviser who served as United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1979. At age thirteen, Blumenthal barely escaped Nazi Germany with his Jewish family in 1939. He was forced to spend World War II living in the ghetto of Japanese-occupied Shanghai , China, until 1947. He then made his way to San Francisco and began doing odd jobs to work his way through school. He enrolled in college, eventually graduating from University of California, Berkeley and Princeton University with degrees in international economics. During his career, he became active in both business and public service. Before being appointed to a cabinet position with newly elected President Jimmy Carter , Blumenthal had become a successful business leader and had already held administrative positions under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson . As a member of the Carter administration, he helped guide economic policy and took part in re establishing ties with China. After he resigned, he became chairman and CEO of Burroughs Corporation and Unisys , followed by seventeen years as director of the restored Jewish Museum in Berlin . The Invisible Wall (1998, Counterpoint Press) and From Exile to Washington: A Memoir of Leadership in the Twentieth Century (2013, The Overlook Press).

German-American businessman, politician Werner Michael Blumenthal (born January 3, 1926) is a German-American business leader, economist and political adviser who served as United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1979. At age thirteen, Blumenthal barely escaped Nazi Germany with his Jewish family in 1939. He was forced to spend World War II living in the ghetto of Japanese-occupied Shanghai , China, until 1947. He then made his way to San Francisco and began doing odd jobs to work his way through school. He enrolled in college, eventually graduating from University of California, Berkeley and Princeton University with degrees in international economics. During his career, he became active in both business and public service. Before being appointed to a cabinet position with newly elected President Jimmy Carter , Blumenthal had become a successful business leader and had already held administrative positions under Presidents John F. As a member of the Carter administration, he helped guide economic policy and took part in re-establishing ties with China. After he resigned, he became chairman and CEO of Burroughs Corporation and Unisys , followed by seventeen years as director of the restored Jewish Museum in Berlin . The Invisible Wall (1998, Counterpoint Press) and From Exile to Washington: A Memoir of Leadership in the Twentieth Century (2013, The Overlook Press). Blumenthal is the oldest living former U.S.