Richard Edmund Lyng (June 29, 1918 to February 1, 2003) was a Republican administrator who served as United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1986 to 1989, having earlier served as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture from 1981 to 1985. Before his government service he was president of a seed and bean processing company and served as president of the American Meat Institute from 1973 to 1979.
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Defining ContributionLyng served as United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1986 to 1989 under President Reagan, after serving as deputy secretary of agriculture from 1980 and as president of the American Meat Institute. 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Richard Lyng (Wikipedia)
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Richard Edmund Lyng (June 29, 1918, February 1, 2003) was a U.S. administrator.
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Richard Edmund Lyng (June 29, 1918, February 1, 2003) was a U.S. administrator.
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In 1980, Lyng was appointed to deputy secretary of agriculture, and then secretary of agriculture under President Reagan's cabinet, serving from 1986 to 1989.
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