William W. Geimer (August 18, 1937 – December 1, 2002) was an American lawyer, known for founding and leading

The Jamestown Foundation The Jamestown Foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based conservative defense policy think tank. Founded in 1984 as a platform to support Soviet defectors, its stated mission today is to inform and educate policy makers about events and trends, wh ...

from 1984 after his work with Soviet defector

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.David K. Shipler,

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, December 7, 1986
"After They Defect..."
/ref> He also "served on President Ronald Reagan's Export-Import Bank transition team, and in top-level positions in the Nixon and Ford administrations, including as deputy assistant secretary of state for international trade". He also had a private law practice in Washington, D.C. from 1976 to 1984. Frank R. Wolf, House of Representatives, January 8, 2003,
"In Memory of Cold War Hero William G. Geimer"
''Congressional Record'' Volume 149, Number 2 (January 8, 2003) Geimer was described as "a visionary" by Jamestown Foundation Board member and former Central Intelligence Agency director R. James Woolsey, and by Jamestown Foundation Advisory Board member

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as "a patriot with a vision, an idealist with a program, and a leader who knew how to get things done". Geimer's funeral service was attended by then-Vice President Dick Cheney, also a Jamestown Foundation

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