Public Papers of Jimmy Carter, 1977

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Author: Jimmy Carter  | Date: April 21, 1977

Department of Defense
Nomination of John P. White To Be an Assistant Secretary.
April 21, 1977

The President today announced that he will nominate John P. White, of Malibu,Calif., to be Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs). White is currently senior vice president at the Rand Corporation.

He was born in Syracuse, N.Y., on February 27, 1937. He received a B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University in 1959, an M.A. in economics and public administration from Syracuse University in 1964, and a Ph.D. in labor economics from Syracuse in 1969. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1959 to 1961.

From 1964 to 1968, White was an instructor, then assistant professor at Le Moyne College in Syracuse. He joined the Rand Corporation in 1968 as a research economist.

From 1969 to 1971, White was director of the manpower, personnel and training research program for the Rand Corporation and coordinated their program in transportation research. From 1971 to 1975, he was vice president of the corporation, responsible for research for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

White was elected to the board of trustees of the Rand Corporation in 1973. He has been senior vice president, responsible for national security research programs, since 1975.

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Chicago: Jimmy Carter, "Department of Defense Nomination of John P. White to Be an Assistant Secretary.," Public Papers of Jimmy Carter, 1977 in Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1977 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.2223 690. Original Sources, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DLDBD9IMQGS1P3J.

MLA: Carter, Jimmy. "Department of Defense Nomination of John P. White to Be an Assistant Secretary." Public Papers of Jimmy Carter, 1977, in Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1977 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.2223, page 690. Original Sources. 25 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DLDBD9IMQGS1P3J.

Harvard: Carter, J, 'Department of Defense Nomination of John P. White to Be an Assistant Secretary.' in Public Papers of Jimmy Carter, 1977. cited in , Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1977 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.2223, pp.690. Original Sources, retrieved 25 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DLDBD9IMQGS1P3J.