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Calvin William Verity, Jr. (January 26, 1917 – January 3, 2007) was a American administrator and steel industrialist. He served as the Secretary of Commerce between 1987 and 1989, under President Ronald Reagan.

He died on January 3, 2007, a complications of pneumonia, in Beaufort, South Carolina, at the age of 89.

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Secretary of Commerce Verity (center) to being sworn in office with the wife, Peggy W. Verity (left), to holder book, and the U.S. President Ronald Reagan (far right).

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