Claude Brinegar

Claude Stout Brinegar was the third United States Secretary of Transportation, serving from February 2, 1973 to February 1, 1975. Holding a Ph.D from Stanford University in economic research, Brinegar had previously been an oil company executive. Brinegar was Secretary of Transportation during the 1973 oil crisis.

Claude Brinegar was born Claude Rawles Stout on Dec. 16, 1926, to Lyle Rawles Stout and Claude Leroy Stout in Rockport, Calif., a small lumber town on the coast,miles north of Fort Bragg. After her husband abandoned her and her toddler, Lyle Stout got a teaching job on an Indian reservation. Following her marriage, in 1932, to Butler Brinegar, the boy had a disjointed education, attending a different school each year as his stepfather moved around Northern California for jobs with the Works Progress Administration and other agencies. He legally took his stepfathers last name in 1951. He served in the United States Army Air Forces, 194547, then attended Stanford University where he received a B.A. in Economics with Great Distinction , an M.S. in Mathematics and Statistics , and a Ph.D. in economic research . He was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa. While pursuing his Ph.D., Mr. Brinegar was a Research Assistant with the Food Research Institute in Stanford, California, and an Economic

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