Robert S. McNamara (1916–2009)
Forfatter af In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
Om forfatteren
Robert S. McNamara was born in San Francisco, California on June 9, 1916. He received a degree in economics and philosophy from the University of California (Berkeley) in 1937 and a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1939. He worked for one year at the vis mere accounting firm of Price, Waterhouse in San Francisco, and then in August 1940 returned to Harvard to teach in the business school. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Force. In 1946, he started working for the Ford Motor Company as manager of planning and financial analysis and on November 9, 1960, he became the first president of Ford Motor Company from outside the family of Henry Ford. He was the Secretary of Defense for both the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations and served from 1961 to 1968. He served as the head of World Bank from 1968 to 1981. He died on July 6, 2009 at the age of 93. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Disambiguation Notice:
(swe) 1) McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009, In Retrospect, Secretary of Defense (LC|n 50012933)
(eng) McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009, In Retrospect, Secretary of Defense (LC|n 50012933)
Image credit: LBJ Library photo by Yoichi R. Okamoto, Feb. 9, 1968, Cabinet meeting, White House
Værker af Robert S. McNamara
Wilson's Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century (2001) 84 eksemplarer
Out of the Cold: New Thinking for American Foreign and Defense Policy in the 21st Century (1989) 14 eksemplarer
Africa's development crisis: Agricultural stagnation, population explosion, and environmental degradation 1 eksemplar
Challenges for Sub-Saharan Africa, The. Sir John Crawford Lecture, Washington, DC, November 1, 1985. 1 eksemplar
Famine: A Man-Made Disaster 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Our Magnificent Earth: A Rand McNally Atlas of Earth Resources (1979) — Forord, nogle udgaver — 14 eksemplarer
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- Juridisk navn
- McNamara, Robert Strange
- Andre navne
- McNamara, Robert
- Fødselsdato
- 1916-06-09
- Dødsdag
- 2009-07-06
- Begravelsessted
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Dødssted
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Uddannelse
- University of California, Berkeley
Harvard Business School - Erhverv
- United States Secretary of Defense (1961-1968)
businessman
President of the World Bank (1968-1981) - Relationer
- Pastor, Robert S. (son-in-law)
Iacocca, Lee (colleague) - Organisationer
- Harvard University
Ford Motor Company
United States Department of Defense
World Bank - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1968)
Legion of Merit - Oplysning om flertydighed
- McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009, In Retrospect, Secretary of Defense (LC|n 50012933)
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