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.
Ronald B. Smith Ronald Bromley Smith (October 28, 1907 – August 4, 1984) was an American mechanical and consulting engineer, business executive with the Elliott Company and later with M. W. Kellogg Limited, now KBR, Inc., and inventor. He is known as 82nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1963-64.