Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003

Title:

Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003

Description:

Bio: (1916-2003) Professor, Columbia University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1945; Assistant Chief of the German-Austrian Economic Division, State Department, 1946; Assistant to the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe, 1947-1949; Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security affairs, 1961; Counselor, State Department and Chairman, Policy Planning Council, 1961-1966; U.S. member of the Inter-American Committee on the Alliance for Progress, 1964-1966; Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, 1966-1969; Professor of Economics and History, University of Texas at Austin, 1969-2003

Source:

Walt Rostow, Oval Office, 8/8/1967. Photo # a4601-20 by Yoicho Okamoto. White House Photo Office collection, LBJ Presidential Library, public domain.

Relation:

LBJ Connection: Counselor and later chairman, Policy Planning Council, Department of State, 1961-1966; U.S. member of the Inter-American Committee on the Alliance for Progress, 1964-1966; Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, 1966-1969