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During the Vietnam War, Anthony served as comptroller of the Defense Department under Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. According to Young, Anthony used accounting systems to evaluate the effectiveness of military programs. Though the department did not want him to succeed—“Nobody likes transparency applied to themselves,” said Young—Anthony’s “power personality” got the job done...
Moreover, the information and quotes in the final paragraph of the article, wrongly attributed to Young, in fact came from McPherson Professor of Business Administration Regina E. Herzlinger. Young never suggested that then-Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara did not want Anthony to succeed in his effort to develop a new accounting and control system for the military...
Finne said that his friend Charles J. McNamara ’07, also elected marshal, called him Tuesday morning shortly after he woke, “screaming into [his] cellphone...
...McNamara, like Finne, said that he didn’t do much campaigning for the marshal position, but that his fellow Lowell House residents were supportive of his candidacy...
...definitely surprised,” said McNamara of his election. “I even handed in my submission to be nominated with maybe two minutes to spare...