Cyrus Roberts Vance (March 27, 1917January 12, 2002) was an American lawyer and United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Prior to serving in that position he was the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Johnson Administration. During the Kennedy administration he was Secretary of the Army and General Counsel in the Department of Defense<ref name="bell199"><!-- both the links are dead --></ref>. Wikipedia