Who was the American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense, who surrounded himself with the group of experts called Whiz Kids?
Robert McNamara Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He played a major role in escalating the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis.
The Whiz Kids The Whiz Kids are a production, DJ, and editing team popular in the late 1980s American underground dance music scene. The team was made up of Wayne "Cutmaster Crash" Walters, and Kevin "Boy Wonder" Fluornoy. The two men began their careers in the early 1980s as local DJ's in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.