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From 1951 to 1963, he served first as a consultant and later as a senior policy analyst for the [[RAND Corporation]], and maintained his affiliation with RAND for years afterward. He and his wife also advised both Democratic and Republican administrations, including President [[John F. Kennedy]] during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. On February 25, 1963, the Wohlstetters published "Studies for a Post-Communist Cuba."<ref>Ref needed</ref>
 
From 1951 to 1963, he served first as a consultant and later as a senior policy analyst for the [[RAND Corporation]], and maintained his affiliation with RAND for years afterward. He and his wife also advised both Democratic and Republican administrations, including President [[John F. Kennedy]] during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. On February 25, 1963, the Wohlstetters published "Studies for a Post-Communist Cuba."<ref>Ref needed</ref>
  
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During his long career, Wohlstetter also taught at [[UCLA]] and the [[University of California, Berkeley]], in the early 1960s. From 1964 to 1980, he taught in the political science department of the [[University of Chicago]], and chaired the dissertation committees of [[Paul Wolfowitz]] and [[Zalmay Khalilzad]]. He is often credited with influencing a number of prominent members of the [[neoconservative]] movement, including [[Richard Perle]] (who, as a teenager, dated Wohlstetter's daughter).<ref>Ref needed</red>
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During his long career, Wohlstetter also taught at [[UCLA]] and the [[University of California, Berkeley]], in the early 1960s. From 1964 to 1980, he taught in the political science department of the [[University of Chicago]], and chaired the dissertation committees of [[Paul Wolfowitz]] and [[Zalmay Khalilzad]]. He is often credited with influencing a number of prominent members of the [[neoconservative]] movement, including [[Richard Perle]] (who, as a teenager, dated Wohlstetter's daughter).<ref>Ref needed</ref>
  
 
==Resources, Links, References==
 
==Resources, Links, References==

Revision as of 08:59, 29 October 2008

Albert Wohlstetter (born 1913, died January 10, 1997) was a Neoconservative ideologue and long time director of the Rand Corporation. He and his wife Roberta Wohlstetter, an historian and intelligence expert, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Ronald Reagan on November 7, 1985. He was one of the inspirations for the film Dr. Strangelove.[1]

Career

A native of New York, New York, Wohlstetter earned degrees from the City College of New York and Columbia University in the 1930s. During the 1940s, he worked with the War Production Board, at Atlas Aircraft Products Company and, after World War II, at the General Panel Corporation of California.[2]

From 1951 to 1963, he served first as a consultant and later as a senior policy analyst for the RAND Corporation, and maintained his affiliation with RAND for years afterward. He and his wife also advised both Democratic and Republican administrations, including President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. On February 25, 1963, the Wohlstetters published "Studies for a Post-Communist Cuba."[3]

During his long career, Wohlstetter also taught at UCLA and the University of California, Berkeley, in the early 1960s. From 1964 to 1980, he taught in the political science department of the University of Chicago, and chaired the dissertation committees of Paul Wolfowitz and Zalmay Khalilzad. He is often credited with influencing a number of prominent members of the neoconservative movement, including Richard Perle (who, as a teenager, dated Wohlstetter's daughter).[4]

Resources, Links, References

External links

References

  1. ↑ For Wolfowitz, a Vision May Be Realized , Michael Dobbs, The Washington Post, April 7, 2003.
  2. ↑ Ref needed
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