Dr. John P. White

John P. White is presently on the faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and the Managing Partner of Global Technology Partners, LLC.

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.

He has twice been awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

Prior to his most recent government service, Dr. White was the Director of the Center for Business and Government at Harvard University and the chairman of the Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces.

His extensive private-sector experience includes service as Chairman and CEO of Interactive Systems Corporation from 1981 to 1988 and, following its sale to the Eastman Kodak Company in 1988, as General Manager of the Integration and Systems Products Division and as a Vice President of Kodak until 1992.

In nine years with The RAND Corporation, he was the Senior Vice President for National Security Research Programs and a member of the Board of Trustees. He is also a Senior Fellow at The RAND Corporation and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

He serves as a director of L-3 Communications Corporation, IRG International, Inc., and the Institute for Defense Analyses, as well as the Concord Coalition and Center for Excellence in Government.

He is also a member of the Department of Defense Advisory Committee on Military Compensation and the Policy and Global Affairs Oversight Committee of the National Research Council.

Dr. White holds a BS degree from Cornell University and a MA and Ph.D. in economics from the Maxwell Graduate School, Syracuse University .

Recent publications:

White, John P., “Reflections on Managing the All-Volunteer Force: Past and Future,” in The All-Volunteer Force: Thirty Years in Service. Bicksler, Barbara A., Gilroy, Curtis L., and John T. Warner, (eds.), Brasseys, Inc., Washington, DC, 2004, pp. 33-44.

White, John P. and John Deutch, “Building Capability from the Technical Revolution That Has Happened,” Report of the Belfer Center Conference on and National Security Transformation, Strategic Studies Institute Publication, June 2004.

White, John P. and John Deutch, “Security Transformation,” Report of the Belfer Center Conference on Military Transformation, Strategic Studies Institute Publication, March 2003.

Carter, Ashton B. and John P. White (eds.), Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future . Preventive Defense Project, 2000, Second Edition, MIT Press, 2001.

Deutch, John, Brown, Harold and John P. White, “National Missile Defense: Is There Another Way?” Foreign Policy, vol. 119, (Summer 2000), pp. 91-100.

Khalilzad, Zalmay M. and John P. White (eds.), The Changing Role of Information in Warfare. Published by Rand , Washington , D. C., 1999.

White, John P., Kelman, Steven J., and Michael J. Lippitz, “Reforming the Department of Defense: The Revolution in Business Affairs.” Preventive Defense Project publication series, vol. 1, no. 4. Stanford , CA : Preventive Defense Project, (February 1999).

White, John P., “DOD in the 21 st Century: The Role of the Private Sector,” in The Defense Industry in the Post-Cold War Era. Gerald I. Susman and Sean O'Keefe, (eds.), Pergamon , New York , 1998.