Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1929, Feb. 15 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1950 | B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1952 | M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1954 | Married Rachel Line Mellinger (died 1995) |
| 1955-1963 | Associate professor of economics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. |
| 1956 | Ph.D. in economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1960 | Published The Political Economy of National Security. New York: Praeger |
| 1963-1969 | Worked for Rand Corp., Santa Monica, Calif., the latter years as director of strategic studies |
| 1968 | Published Defense Planning and Budgeting: The Issue of Centralized Control. Washington, D.C.: Industrial College of the Armed Forces |
| 1969-1971 | Assistant director, Bureau of the Budget (reorganized as Office of Management and Budget in 1970) |
| 1971-1973 | Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission |
| 1973 | Director, Central Intelligence Agency |
| 1973-1975 | United States secretary of defense |
| 1977-1979 | United States secretary of energy |
| 1980-circa 2008 | Senior advisor, Lehman Brothers |
| 1987-2014 | Chair, Board of Trustees, Mitre Corporation |
| 1989 | Published America at Century's End. New York: Columbia University Press |
| 2002-2009 | Member, Homeland Security Advisory Council |
| 2004 | Chair, Independent Panel to Review DoD Detention Operations |
| 2007-2014 | Chair, National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board |
| 2008 | Chair, Secretary of Defense Task Force on DoD Nuclear Weapons Management |
| 2014, Mar. 27 | Died, Baltimore, Md. |