John White

Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer in Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Office Address
Littauer-246
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 58
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-0542
Fax: 617-496-0819
Email: John_White@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Lillian Politser (617-496-0817)
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Profile

John P. White is Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer and Chair of the Kennedy School Middle East Initiative. He served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1995 to 1997, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1978 to 1981, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics from 1977 to 1978, and as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps from 1959 to 1961. Prior to his most recent government service, White was the Director of the Center for Business and Government at Harvard University and the Chair of the Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces. He has extensive private sector experience as a senior executive and currently serves on several corporate and not-for-profit boards of directors. He holds a BS degree from Cornell University and an MA and PhD in economics from the Maxwell Graduate School, Syracuse University.

Courses

Fall

  • IGA-302 National Security Organization and Management

Spring

  • IGA-303 Defense Resource Allocation and Force Planning

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Sewall, Sarah, and John P. White. "Parameters of Partnership: U.S. Civil-Military Relations in the 21st Century." The Harvard Kennedy School Project on Civil-Military Relations, 2009.