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McNamara was born on August 22, 1915, in Spokane, Washington, and grew up in Alameda, California. [1] McNamara attended University of California, Berkeley, where she met Robert McNamara, whom she would marry on August 13, 1940. [2] Her husband's appointment by John F. Kennedy as U.S. Secretary of Defense led to their move to Washington, D.C.
Robert Strange McNamara (/ ˈ m æ k n ə m ær ə /; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson at the height of the Cold War.
That may be because Craig McNamara’s father, Robert S. McNamara, was secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968. ... Robert McNamara was a good father, taking his wife and children on countless ...
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara is a 2003 American documentary film about the life and times of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, illustrating his observations of the nature of modern warfare. It was directed by Errol Morris and features an original score by Philip Glass.
John F. Kennedy Jr.—the president’s son who died a year later in a plane crash—chose, somewhat surprisingly, Robert McNamara, best known as being the defense secretary responsible for the ...
Early Monday morning, Robert Strange McNamara, one of the most divisive figures in American political history, died at his home in Washington. He was 93. As millions note (if not mourn) the death ...
Robert McNamara: 1916–2009: Business executive and former United States Secretary of Defense. Both McNamara and his wife contracted polio in August 1945. He was in the hospital for a couple of months but his wife was badly affected and remained there for nine months.
Robert Craig McNamara was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is the only son of three children of the former United States Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara (1916–2009) and Margaret McNamara (1915–1981). Though McNamara was born in Michigan, he comes from a family with deep roots in California as the first McNamaras arrived in California ...