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| + | ''' Frank Rockwell Barnett''' (died 1993) was the founder and President of the [[National Strategy Information Center]].<ref name="NYTObit">Wolfgang Saxon, [http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/18/obituaries/frank-r-barnett-72-an-expert-on-military-strategy-and-security.html Frank R. Barnett, 72, an Expert On Military Strategy and Security], ''New York Times'', 18 August 1963.</ref> | ||
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| + | Barnett was born in Chillicothe, Ohio. He attended Wabash College, Bradley University, Syracuse University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Zurich and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.<ref name="NYTObit">Wolfgang Saxon, [http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/18/obituaries/frank-r-barnett-72-an-expert-on-military-strategy-and-security.html Frank R. Barnett, 72, an Expert On Military Strategy and Security], ''New York Times'', 18 August 1963.</ref> | ||
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| + | During the Second World War, Barnett served as a Russian interpreter in the 69th Infantry Division, which met the Soviet Army on the Elbe in April 1945. After the German surrender, he was attached to the staff of the [[OMGUS|United States Military Government]] in Berlin.<ref name="NYTObit">Wolfgang Saxon, [http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/18/obituaries/frank-r-barnett-72-an-expert-on-military-strategy-and-security.html Frank R. Barnett, 72, an Expert On Military Strategy and Security], ''New York Times'', 18 August 1963.</ref> | ||
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| + | From 1955 to 1962 he was a vice president and director of research of the [[Smith Richardson Foundation]]. He founded the [[National Strategy Information Center]] in 1962.<ref name="NYTObit">Wolfgang Saxon, [http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/18/obituaries/frank-r-barnett-72-an-expert-on-military-strategy-and-security.html Frank R. Barnett, 72, an Expert On Military Strategy and Security], ''New York Times'', 18 August 1963.</ref> | ||
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==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
*[[National Strategy Information Center]] | *[[National Strategy Information Center]] | ||
*[[Committee on the Present Danger]] (1976 version) | *[[Committee on the Present Danger]] (1976 version) | ||
| + | *[[Council on Foreign Relations]] - Member | ||
| + | *[[International Institute of Strategic Studies]] - Member | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 20:33, 16 February 2014
Frank Rockwell Barnett (died 1993) was the founder and President of the National Strategy Information Center.[1]
Barnett was born in Chillicothe, Ohio. He attended Wabash College, Bradley University, Syracuse University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Zurich and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.[1]
During the Second World War, Barnett served as a Russian interpreter in the 69th Infantry Division, which met the Soviet Army on the Elbe in April 1945. After the German surrender, he was attached to the staff of the United States Military Government in Berlin.[1]
From 1955 to 1962 he was a vice president and director of research of the Smith Richardson Foundation. He founded the National Strategy Information Center in 1962.[1]
Affiliations
- National Strategy Information Center
- Committee on the Present Danger (1976 version)
- Council on Foreign Relations - Member
- International Institute of Strategic Studies - Member
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wolfgang Saxon, Frank R. Barnett, 72, an Expert On Military Strategy and Security, New York Times, 18 August 1963.
