Shultz, George Pratt, 1920-, American public official, b. New York City, grad. Princeton, 1942, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949. A professor of industrial relations, Shultz taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1946-57) and the Univ. of Chicago (1957-68). Under President Richard Nixon, he served as secretary of labor (1969-70), director of the Office of Management and Budget (1970-72), and secretary of the treasury (1972-74). After several years in private business, he served as secretary of state (1982-89) in President Ronald Reagan's administration. Known for his ability to effect compromises, he was criticized for failing to oppose more strongly the operations that led to the Iran-contra affair.

George Pratt is the name of:

• George C. Pratt (b. 1928), U.S. federal appellate judge
• George Dupont Pratt (1869–1935), environmentalist
• George Pratt (b. 1960), contemporary American painter and graphic novelist
• George Pratt, 2nd Marquess Camden (1799–1866), British peer and Tory politician

In addition, in fiction:

• George Pratt, a character in Philip Van Doren Stern's short story "The Greatest Gift."