Mailing address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA, 02138
Dr. John P. White
Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer, Faculty Co-Chair of the Dubai Initiative; Faculty Chair of the Middle East Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs
Project Affiliate, Preventive Defense Project
Contact:
Telephone: (617) 496-0542
Fax: (617) 496-0819
Email: john_white@harvard.edu
Experience
John P. White is the Robert and Renée Belfer Lecturer at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has served as a lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School since 1998.
Dr. White has held several senior federal government positions during his career, including U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1995–1997, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1978–1981, and Assistant Secretary of Defense, Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics from 1977–1978. 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.
Dr. White also has extensive private sector experience, having served as Chairman and CEO of Interactive Systems Corporation from 1981–1988 and, following its sale to the Eastman Kodak Company in 1988, as General Manager of the Integration and Systems Products Division and a Vice President of Kodak until 1992. Dr. White also spent nine years with The RAND Corporation where he was the Senior Vice President for National Security Research Programs and a member of the Board of Trustees. Dr. John White is currently a Senior Partner of Global Technology Partners, LLC, which specializes in private equity investments in technology, defense, aerospace and related businesses worldwide. He also is a Senior Fellow at The RAND Corporation and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He serves as a director of the Concord Coalition and Center for Excellence in Government. Dr. White received a B.S. from Cornell University and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the Maxwell Graduate School, Syracuse University.
May 2001
Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future
Book
By Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Dr. John P. White, Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer, Faculty Co-Chair of the Dubai Initiative; Faculty Chair of the Middle East Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Most national security debates concern the outcomes of policies, neglecting the means by which those policies are implemented. This book argues that although the US military is the finest fighting force in the world, the system that supports it is in disrepair. Operating with Cold War-era structures and practices, it is subject to managerial and organizational problems that increasingly threaten our military's effectiveness.
September 2000
Preface and Acknowledgements
Book Chapter
By Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Dr. John P. White, Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer, Faculty Co-Chair of the Dubai Initiative; Faculty Chair of the Middle East Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Chapter in Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future
September 2000
Advancing the Revolution in Business Affairs
Book Chapter
By Michael J. Lippitz, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2003-2004, Sean O'Keefe and Dr. John P. White, Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer, Faculty Co-Chair of the Dubai Initiative; Faculty Chair of the Middle East Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Chapter in Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future
September 2000
Ensuring Quality People in Defense
Book Chapter
By David S.C. Chu, Dr. John P. White, Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer, Faculty Co-Chair of the Dubai Initiative; Faculty Chair of the Middle East Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, John Brown and Nurith Berstein
Chapter in Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future
September 2000
Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future
Book
By Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Dr. John P. White, Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer, Faculty Co-Chair of the Dubai Initiative; Faculty Chair of the Middle East Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Defense experts explore how the United States can rectify organizational and managerial problems to maximize its military effectiveness.
February 1999
"Reforming the Department of Defense: The Revolution in Business Affairs"
Occasional Paper, volume 1
By Dr. John P. White, Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer, Faculty Co-Chair of the Dubai Initiative; Faculty Chair of the Middle East Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Steven J. Kelman and Michael J. Lippitz, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2003-2004
Conference Report on the "Revolution in Business Affairs" that is improving efficiency at the Department of Defense.
