Word: enthoven
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...saltily denounce the Pentagon's civilian bosses, but McDonald tries to make friends of them. While others are unnerved by the policies of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, McDonald calls him "probably the best Defense Secretary ever." While admirals shiver their timbers in fear that Whiz Kid Alain Enthoven, 32 (who is conducting McNamara-requested cost-performance studies affecting the Navy's future), is trying to scuttle the fleet, McDonald takes him to the Navy-Notre Dame football game...
...second nuclear carrier in operation before 1971. And if the Navy has not gone nuclear by then, moans one, "it will be too late." The broader questions of just which type of ships should be nuclear and what role carriers should perform in the future are the subjects of Enthoven's ominous studies. The Navy fears that the answer will be a mere limited-war, show-the-flag role, which would mean few if any new carriers...
...Human Factor Sir: The articles "Sighted Sub, Surfaced Same" and "The Whizziest Kid," which appeared June 28, bring up a real question: Is Mr. Enthoven able to translate into figures or code to be fed into one of his machines the very human factors of ingenuity, perseverance and judgment to be found in the crew of a ship like the U.S.S. Charles P. Cecil? I, for one, think not. 1984, here we come! (MRS.) ELIZABETH F. MCCLANE Bayside...
...very pleased to read your story on Dr. Alain Enthoven, since he exemplifies the top talent we seek in our quest for quality careerists to meet the many demands for excellence in Government today. I wish the story had mentioned that Dr. Enthoven was one of five recent (June 12) recipients of the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service -the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a career civil servant. At age 32, Dr. Enthoven is the youngest of the 31 careerists who have received this high honor to date...
...Uphill Fight. How does one get to be a pre-eminent whiz kid? Alain Enthoven was born in Seattle, the son of a French mother and a British father with a Dutch name. He majored in economics at Stanford, went to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar and, as a lanky 6-foot 4-incher, rowed No. 4 on the New College crew. As a mathematician and economist he spent four years with California's think factory, the Rand Corp., just pondering military strategy. And then, in 1960, he went to the Pentagon...