Lawrence Eagleburger, former Secretary of State to President George H.W. Bush, died in Charlottesville on Saturday. Eagleburger, who had lived just outside of Charlottesville since 1990, died of pneumonia at the University of Virginia Medical Center, according to the Washington Post. Also a diplomat and ambassador, Eagleburger, 80, served under Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, and was regarded by some as an apprentice to Henry Kissinger.
He earned both his undergraduate and graduate degreed from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and served as a former member of the Board of Visitors of William & Mary. Locally, Eagleburger spoke at the Jefferson Area Tea Party’s 2009 Tax Day rally on April 15.
