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Born in Evanston, Ill. in 1922, Whitehead grew up in Montclair, NJ, the son of a telephone lineworker who lost his job in the depression and sold porch furniture to keep afloat...
After graduating from Haverford College in 1943 at the height of World War II, Whitehead enlisted in the Navy, serving on the first wave of landing craft that hit the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, and later participating in the invasion of Iwo Jima and Okinawa...
...Whitehead credits his Navy experience with substantially honing his leadership skills—even though he was unprepared for the responsibility...
...went into the navy as a young, green ensign and I was immediately put in charge of a division of 54 men—all older than I, in the Navy longer than I and knowing more than I did,” Whitehead says...
...Although Whitehead had planned to return to Haverford to teach after his time overseas, he instead enrolled in Harvard Business School (HBS), receiving...