Robert S. McNamara Papers, 1934-2009, (bulk 1968-2005) - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023

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Henry Alfred Kissinger (b. May 27, 1923, Furth, Bavaria, Germany - November 29, 2023, Kent, Connecticut) served as Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 under both President Nixon and President Carter. He also served as National Security Advisor from 1968 to 1975 under President Nixon. He was the first person to hold both positions as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor at the same time. He was born as Heinz Alfred Kissinger but changed his name to Henry after immigrating to the U.S....

Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986

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William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891 – July 26, 1986), better known as Averell Harriman, was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat. The son of railroad baron E. H. Harriman, he served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harry S. Truman, and later as the 48th Governor of New York. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952 and 1956, as well as a core member of the group of foreign policy elders known as "The Wise Men". While attendi...

Bundy, McGeorge, 1919-1996

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McGeorge Bundy (1919-1996) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the national security advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He attended school at private institutions, including Dexter, Groton, and Yale University, from which he graduated first in his class with a degree in mathematics. As a junior fellow at Harvard University, Bundy changed his specialization to international relations. After serving in U.S. Army Intelligence during World War II, during which he rose...

Schmidt, Helmut, 1918 December 23-

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Helmut Schmidt (b. Dec. 23, 1918), German chancellor, May 1974 to Oct. 1982. From the description of Schmidt, Helmut, 1918 Dec. 23- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582374 ...

Smith, Gerard C.

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Gerard Coad Smith (1914-1994) was a staff member at the Atomic Energy Commission from 1950 to 1954, and a Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Affairs from 1954 to 1957. He served as Director of the Department of State's Policy Planning staff from 1957 to 1961, and as the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from 1969 to 1972. Smith was a leader of the United States delegation to SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks). From the description of Smith, G...

Vance, Cyrus R. (Cyrus Roberts), 1917-2002

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Cyrus R. Vance was born on March 27, 1917, in Clarksburg, West Virginia. He attended Yale University and earned his B.A. in 1939 and his LL.B. in 1942. He began governmental work in 1957 by helping to draft the National Space Act of 1958. In 1961, John F. Kennedy appointed him general counsel and, in 1962, promoted him to secretary of the army. In 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Vance deputy secretary of defense. After resigning in 1967, Vance was asked by Johnson to ensure federa...

Enthoven, Alain C. 1930-

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Economist and Marriner S. Eccles Professor of Public and Private Management, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. From the description of Notebook, 1950-1951. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 37687180 ...

Atlantic council of the United States

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Private American organization to promote American participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and other international ties. From the description of Atlantic Council of the United States records, 1950-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871939 Historical Note: The Atlantic Council of the United States was established in 1961 in Washington, D.C. It is a private American organization which encourages U.S. par...

Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011

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Robert Sargent Shriver (b. 1915-d. Jan. 18, 2011), brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy, lawyer, businessman, government official, and diplomat, was Assistant General Manager, Merchandise Mart from 1948 to 1961. During and after the Kennedy administration, her served as the Director of the Peace Corps from 1961 to 1966, Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity from 1964 to 1968, and Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1968. Shriver later served as Ambassador to Franc...

Udall, Stewart L.

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U.S. secretary of the interior, lawyer, and author. Born 1920. From the description of Stewart L. Udall papers, 1961-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981747 Lawyer; Democratic U.S. Representative from Arizona, 1955-1960; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1961-1968. From the description of Papers, 1950-[ongoing] (bulk 1950-1977). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28318942 Stewart L. Udall is a former politician and government official from ...

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, established by Andrew Carnegie in 1910, is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. Carnegie selected 28 trustees who were leaders in American business and public life; among them were Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot; philanthropist Robert S. Brookings; former Ambassador to Great Britain Joseph H. Choate; former Secretary of Sta...

World Bank

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Rockefeller Foundation

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The Rockefeller Foundation was established in May 1913 by John D. Rockefeller, by act of the New York State Legislature, "to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world". From its earliest years, several separate organizations and divisions have carried on the Foundation's work in carefully selected fields. In 1913, the International Health Board (originally the International Health Commission) was formed in order to extend the work of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradi...

Westmoreland, William Childs, 1914-2005

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U.S. military leader during the Vietnam War. From the description of William C. Westmoreland oral history interview : Tape and transcript, 1982 February 11 [sound recording] / conducted by Ron Priddis and Scott Faulring. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122479992 William Childs Westmoreland (1914-2005) was commander of all American forces in the Vietnam War, in his role as Commander of the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1964 to 1968. He was Chief of Staff of the U....

Corning Incorporated

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Corning Incorporated is an American multinational technology company that specializes in specialty glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies including advanced optics, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was named Corning Glass Works until 1989.[2] Corning divested its consumer product lines (including CorningWare and Visions Pyroceram-based cookware, Corelle Vitrelle tableware, and Pyrex glass bakeware) in 1998 by selling the Corning Consumer Products...

Bundy, William P., 1917-2000

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Bundy served in the United States Army from 1941 to 1946. During World War II he commanded a Signal Corps unit that worked with the British on the ULTRA operation to break the German codes. For ten years Bundy worked for the Central Intelligence Agency before joining the Kennedy administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs, from 1961 to 1963 and Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs, from November 1963 to 1964. He served as Assi...

CBS Inc.

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Freeman, Orville L

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Orville Lothrop Freeman was born in Minneapolis on May 9, 1918. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1940. During World War II he served in the South Pacific with the United States Marines, attaining the rank of Major. Freeman earned his LL.B. degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1946, was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1947, and was a member of the Larson, Loevinger, Lindquist and Freeman law firm from 1947 to 1955. Freeman ...

McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009

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U.S. secretary of defense, president of World Bank, and corporate executive. Full name: Robert Strange McNamara. From the description of Robert S. McNamara papers, 1934-2009 (bulk 1968-2005). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132706 Robert Strange McNamara (b. 1916) was a business executive and Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. During World War II he worked on the deployment of the B-29 bomber, and served in the Army Air Forces in India, Chi...

Charles F. Kettering Foundation

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American philanthropic foundation. From the description of Charles F. Kettering Foundation records, 1933-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872152 Biographical/Historical Note American philanthropic foundation. From the guide to the Charles F. Kettering Foundation records, 1933-1984, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Ward, Barbara, 1914-1981

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English economist, author, teacher, and lecturer; b. Barbara Ward and wrote under that name; married Robert Gillman Allen Jackson; made life peeress of House of Lords in 1976 with title Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth; d. 1981. Wrote on economic development, international economic relations, population policy, human ecology, and other subjects. From the description of Barbara Ward collection, 1954-1968. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969762 Economist, ...

Gottfried, Kurt.

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Professor emeritus Dept. of Physics, Cornell University. He received his engineering degree (1951) and his M.S. (1952) from McGill University and his Ph.D. (1955) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a Junior Fellow at Harvard University, 1955-1958, a Research Fellow, Bohr Institute & Harvard, 1958-1960 and an Assistant Professor of Physics, Harvard University, 1960-1964. From 1964-1968 he was an Associate Professor and from 1968-1998 a Professor in Phy...