I took a leave of absence from the University of Chicago to become President Nixon’s secretary of labor in 1969. In March of that year, I received a letter from Edward Levi, president of the University of Chicago. The letter read, “Dear George, I see you have reformed the Job Corps and now you are taking over the oil import control system. What would you like to teach next fall?” Levi’s letter was prompted by President Nixon’s announcement that I would head the Cabinet Task Force on Oil Import Control.
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