Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1916, June 9 | Born, San Francisco, Calif. |
| 1937 | A.B. in economics and philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. |
| 1939 | M.B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1940 | Married Margaret Craig (died 1981) |
| 1940-1943 | Assistant professor of business administration, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1943-1946 | Served in the U.S. Army Air Force; awarded the Legion of Merit and promoted to lieutenant colonel before being released from active duty |
| 1946-1960 | Executive, Ford Motor Co., rapidly promoted through a series of top-level management positions |
| 1960-1961 | President, Ford Motor Co. |
| 1961-1968 | Secretary of defense |
| 1968 | Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom Published The Essence of Security. New York: Harper & Row |
| 1968-1981 | President, World Bank |
| 1981-2006 | Member on the board of directors and advisory councils of various corporations, foundations, and nonprofit organizations focusing on issues of East-West relations, the environment, nuclear arms, population and development in the Third World, and world hunger |
| 1983 | Awarded Albert Einstein Peace Prize Awarded Franklin D. Roosevelt Freedom from Want Medal |
| 1986 | Published Blundering into Disaster. New York: Pantheon Books |
| 1989 | Published Out of the Cold. New York: Simon and Schuster |
| 1995 | Published with Brian VanDeMark In Retrospect. New York: Times Books |
| 1999 | Published with James G. Blight and Robert K. Brigham Argument without End. New York: Public Affairs |
| 2001 | Published with James G. Blight Wilson's Ghost. New York: Public Affairs |
| 2003 | Interviewed for the documentary film The Fog of War, produced and directed by Errol Morris |
| 2004 | Married Diana Masieri |
| 2009, July 6 | Died, Washington, D.C. |