Editing Caspar Weinberger (section)

==Early life==

Weinberger was born on August 18, 1917, in San Francisco, the younger of two sons of Herman Weinberger (1886-1944), an attorney, and Cerise Carpenter Weinberger (née Hampson; 1886-1975), a music teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Johnny |date=October 28, 2012 |orig-date=October 28, 2012 |title=Caspar Weinberger quits to care for wife, 1987 |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/caspar-weinberger-quits-to-care-for-wife-1987-3982146.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905073337/https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/caspar-weinberger-quits-to-care-for-wife-1987-3982146.php |archive-date=September 5, 2013 |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=San Francisco Gate}}</ref> His father was of Jewish descent from [[Austria-Hungary]], while his maternal grandparents were of Christian descent from Wisconsin. Caspar Weinberger's father, Herman, was the younger brother of Luella Weinberger McNeill, mother of [[Don McNeill (radio presenter)|Don McNeill]]. The 1910 Census shows Herman and Luella living in the household of Nathan Weinberger, the grandfather of Caspar Weinberger.

Weinberger's paternal grandparents had left [[Judaism]] over a religious dispute while living in Bohemia. He was raised in a home with no denominational ties, though with a socially Christian orientation. Weinberger would later become an active [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopalian]] and often expressed his faith in [[God]].<ref>{{cite book |title=In the Arena: A Memoir of the 20th Century |last1=Weinberger |first1=Caspar W. |last2=Roberts |first2=Gretchen |year=2003 |publisher=Regnery Publishing |isbn=978-0-89526-103-8 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gq7VlBr-QlEC |access-date=2010-09-18}}</ref> Weinberger had stated that his mother's Episcopal religion was "an enormous influence and comfort all my life".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/29/us/29weinberger.html | work=The New York Times | first=David | last=Stout | title=Caspar W. Weinberger, Who Served 3 Republican Presidents, Is Dead at 88 | date=March 29, 2006}}</ref>

===Education===
Weinberger attended [[San Francisco Polytechnic High School]]. He was academically gifted and gained admission to [[Harvard University]], graduating in 1938 with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]], ''[[Latin honors#United States|magna cum laude]]''. Weinberger was offered a scholarship to study at the [[University of Cambridge]] but instead attended [[Harvard Law School]], graduating in 1941 with a [[Bachelor of Laws]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/29/guardianobituaries.usa|title=Obituary: Caspar Weinberg|first=Harold|last=Jackson|date=29 March 2006|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>