Richard Neustadt served as adviser to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. After serving in the Navy during World War II, he worked for the Bureau of the Budget and then joined the White House staff as an Administrative Adviser. Mr. Neustadt advised President Kennedy on staff appointments and undertook a major study of the cancellation of the Skybolt Project, an air-to-ground missile which, prior to 1963, was thought to be the most effective means of demonstrating U.S. nuclear power. He played a vital role in the development of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, helping to shape the school’s curriculum and directing the Institute of Politics from 1966-1971.
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1919
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Born, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1939
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A.B., University of California, Berkeley
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1941
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M.A., Harvard University
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1941-1942
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Assistant Economist, Office of Price Administration
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1942-1946
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Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
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1946-1950
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Assistant to Director, Bureau of the Budget
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1950-1953
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Special assistant, White House Staff
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1951
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Ph.D., Harvard University
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1953-1954
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Assistant Professor of Government, Cornell University
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1954-1965
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Professor of Government, Columbia University
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1956
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Staff member, Democratic Platform Committee
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1957
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Visiting Professor, Princeton University
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1959-1968
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Consultant, Senate Subcommittee on National Policy Machinery; Senate Subcommittee on National Security Staffing and Operations
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1960
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Member and Consultant, Democratic Platform Committee
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1960-1961
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Consultant to President-elect Kennedy
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1961-1970
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Consultant, Bureau of the Budget
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1962
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Consultant, Ford Foundation
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1962-1968
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Consultant, Atomic Energy Commission
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1962-1969
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Consultant, Department of State
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1964
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Consultant, Rand Corporation
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1965-1989
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Professor of Government, Harvard University
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1965-1975
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Associate Dean, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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1966-1971
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Director, Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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1972
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Chairman, Democratic Platform Committee
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2003
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Died, London, England
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Author
Presidential Power: The Politics of Leadership from FDR to Carter, 1960
Alliance Politics, 1970
The Epidemic That Never Was, 1983
Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-makers (with Ernest R. May), 1986
Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan, 1990
Report to JFK: The Skybolt Crisis in Perspective, 1999
Preparing to Be President: The Memos of Richard E. Neustadt, 2000
See also Archives and Manuscripts; Richard Neustadt, 1919-2003 .