Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates today announced John J. Hamre will chair the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee. Hamre, a former deputy secretary of defense, is currently the president and chief executive officer of Center for Strategic and International Studies.
In addition, Secretary Gates announced the addition of the following new members to the board: J.D. Crouch, former Deputy National Security Advisor; Robert Joseph, former Under Secretary of State; Gen. (Ret.) Pete Pace, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs; William Perry, former Secretary of Defense; and Peter Rodman, former Assistant Secretary of Defense.
These members join the following returning members: Harold Brown; Adm. (Ret.) Vern Clark; Victoria Clarke; Devon Cross; Aaron Friedberg; Newt Gingrich; Fred Ikle; Gen. (Ret.) Jack Keane; Henry Kissinger; Gen. (Ret.) Richard Myers; Nadia Schadlow; James Schlesinger; Marin Strmecki; Vin Weber; Ruth Wedgewood; Christopher Williams; and James Q. Wilson.
The Defense Policy Board provides the secretary, deputy secretary and under secretary for policy with independent, informed advice and opinion concerning matters of defense policy.
John Hamre
Education
Hamre received a B.A. in political science and economics from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (1972). The following year he was a Rockefeller Fellow at Harvard Divinity School. He earned a Ph.D. from the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University in 1978.
Its central historical mission is to "promote the well-being" of humanity.
Some of its historical achievements include:
Financially supported education in the United States "without distinction of race, sex or creed";
Established the first schools of public health;
Developed the vaccine to prevent yellow fever;
Funded the original development of the social sciences;
Supported the establishment of a large range of American and international cultural institutions;
Funded agricultural development to expand food supplies around the world.
Funding eugenics programs in colleges and universities [1]
The endowment's assets were $3.7 billion at year-end 2006, and ranks 15th in total assets, out of all foundations in the United States. Although it is no longer the largest foundation by assets, the Rockefeller Foundation's pre-eminent legacy ranks it among the most impactful and influential NGOs in the world. [2]