Charles Zwick

{{short description|American civil servant}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Charles Zwick

|image = Portrait de Charles Zwick.jpg

|office = 17th Director of the Bureau of the Budget

|president = Lyndon B. Johnson

|term_start = January 29, 1968

|term_end = January 21, 1969

|predecessor = Charles Schultze

|successor = Bob Mayo

|birth_name = Charles John Zwick

|birth_date = {{birth date|1926|7|17}}

|birth_place = Plantsville, Connecticut, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|4|20|1926|7|17}}

|death_place = Coral Gables, Florida

|party = Democratic

|education = University of Connecticut, Storrs {{small|(BA, MA)}}
Harvard University {{small|(PhD)}}

}}

Charles John Zwick (July 17, 1926 – April 20, 2018) was an American civil servant who served as director of the United States' Office of Management and Budget from January 29, 1968, until January 21, 1969, under the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson.{{cite web|url=http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00005485/00001 |title=Charles Zwick [FGM 2] |publisher=Ufdc.ufl.edu |date= |accessdate=2013-09-16}}{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35179765|title=The International who's who, 1996-97.|date=1996|publisher=Europa Publications|isbn=1-85743-021-2|edition=60th|location=London|pages=1726|oclc=35179765}}

Zwick was born in Plantsville, Connecticut and attended a rural one-room school. He served in the military from 1946 to 1948. Zwick attended the University of Connecticut. A college roommate of the late Bernard P. Dzielinski (of Terryville, CT), Zwick earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1950 and a master's degree in agricultural economics in 1951. He earned a doctorate in economics from Harvard University in 1954 and served for two years as a professor at the institution.{{cite web|url=http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2010/10/uconn-alumnus-gives-1-million-to-support-agriculture-studies/ |title=UConn Alumnus Gives $1 Million to Support Agriculture Studies | UConn Today |publisher=Today.uconn.edu |date= 7 October 2010|accessdate=2013-09-16}} He worked for the RAND Corporation from 1956 through 1965, where he researched American military and economic assistance programs for Southeast Asian nations.{{cite web|url=http://zwickcenter.uconn.edu/about-dr--zwick.php|title=The Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy › University of Connecticut|website=zwickcenter.uconn.edu|accessdate=25 April 2018}}

Zwick joined the Bureau of the Budget in 1965, serving as its deputy director until 1968.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19680108&id=oQowAAAAIBAJ&pg=7085,2589268|title=Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|accessdate=25 April 2018}} During his tenure, Zwick became the last director to submit to Congress a proposal for a balanced budget. He left government at the end of the Johnson administration. Zwick then took a position as CEO of Southeast Banking Corporation, and he served in this capacity for 22 years until his resignation in 1991 due to loses pertaining to real estate investments.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/1991-01-27/charles-zwick-out-at-southeast-bank|title=Charles Zwick: Out At Southeast Bank|newspaper=Bloomberg |date=28 January 1991|publisher=|accessdate=25 April 2018|via=www.bloomberg.com}} Zwick died of cancer in Coral Gables, Florida on April 20, 2018.'Charles Zwick, Who Balanced Budget Under John, Dies at 91,' New York Times, Sam Roberts, April 24, 2018