Robert S. McNamara (1916–2009)
Auteur de Avec le recul. La tragédie du Vietnam et ses leçons
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :
(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)
Crédit image: LBJ Library photo by Yoichi R. Okamoto, Feb. 9, 1968, Cabinet meeting, White House
Œuvres de Robert S. McNamara
Wilson's Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century (2001) 84 exemplaires
Out of the Cold: New Thinking for American Foreign and Defense Policy in the 21st Century (1989) 14 exemplaires
Africa's development crisis: Agricultural stagnation, population explosion, and environmental degradation 1 exemplaire
Challenges for Sub-Saharan Africa, The. Sir John Crawford Lecture, Washington, DC, November 1, 1985. 1 exemplaire
Famine: A Man-Made Disaster 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Our Magnificent Earth: A Rand McNally Atlas of Earth Resources (1979) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions — 14 exemplaires
Birth of a new world : an open moment for international leadership (1993) — Avant-propos — 9 exemplaires
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- Nom légal
- McNamara, Robert Strange
- Autres noms
- McNamara, Robert
- Date de naissance
- 1916-06-09
- Date de décès
- 2009-07-06
- Lieu de sépulture
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginie, Etats-Unis
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Etats-Unis
- Lieu de naissance
- San Francisco, Californie, Etats-Unis
- Lieu du décès
- Washington, D.C., Etats-Unis
- Études
- University of California, Berkeley
Harvard Business School - Professions
- United States Secretary of Defense (1961-1968)
businessman
President of the World Bank (1968-1981) - Relations
- Pastor, Robert S. (son-in-law)
Iacocca, Lee (colleague) - Organisations
- Harvard University
Ford Motor Company
United States Department of Defense
World Bank - Prix et distinctions
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1968)
Legion of Merit - Notice de désambigüisation
- McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009, In Retrospect, Secretary of Defense (LC|n 50012933)
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