International Economic Policymaking and the National Security Council
Participants
Oral History Roundtable, The NSC Project, February 11, 1999
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Norman Bailey Special assistant to the President for national security affairs and senior director of international economic affairs, NSC, 1981-84; currently President and consulting economist, Norman A. Bailey, Inc.
Francis Bator Senior staff, NSC, 1964-65; deputy assistant to the President for national security affairs (international economic policy and European relations), 1965-67; special consultant to the Secretary of the Treasury for international monetary arrangements, 1967-68; currently Littauer Professor of Political Economy, emeritus, Kennedy School, Harvard University.
C. Fred Bergsten Chief staff member for international economic policy, NSC, 1969-71; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, 1977-81; Director, Institute for International Economics, 1981-present; Chairman, APEC Eminent Persons Group, 1993-95.
W. Bowman Cutter Associate Director, OMB, 1977-81; deputy assistant to the President for economic policy, 1993-96; currently Managing Director, Warburg Pincus.
Robert Fauver Deputy Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1991-92; special assistant to the President and senior adviser for international economic policy, 1993-94; national intelligence officer for economics, National Intelligence Council, 1995-99; India-Pakistan coordinator, State Department, 1998-99; currently senior adviser to the Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs.
Edward Fried Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1965-1967; senior staff member, NSC, 1967-1969; senior fellow, Brookings Institution, 1969-95.
Ellen Frost Legislative assistant, Senate, 1972-74; foreign affairs officer, Treasury, 1974-77; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Economic and Technology Affairs, 1977-81; Counselor to the United States Trade Representative, 1993-95.
Joseph Greenwald U.S. Ambassador, OECD-Paris, 1969-72; U.S. Ambassador to the European Community, 1972-75; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1975-76; currently attorney/consultant, Consultants International Group.
Edward Hamilton Senior staff member (international economic policy), NSC, 1965-68; currently Chairman of Hamilton, Rabinovitz & Alschuler, Inc.
Julius Katz Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Resources and Food Policy, 1968-74; Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (responsible for Bureau administration), 1974-76; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, 1976-79; Deputy U.S. Trade Representative with rank of Ambassador, 1989-93; currently President, Hills & Company, International Consultants.
Carl Kaysen Deputy assistant to the President for national security affairs (economic and national security policy), 1961-63; currently D.W. Skinner Professor of Political Economy, emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Henry Nau Special assistant to the Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1975-77; senior staff, NSC, 1981-83; currently professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University.
Henry Owen Vice Chairman, Policy Planning Council, State, 1955-65; Chairman, 1966-69; ambassador-at-large and special representative of the President for international economic summits, 1977-81; currently senior adviser, Solomon Smith Barney.
Roger B. Porter Executive Secretary, President's Economic Policy Board, 1974-77; Director, White House Office of Policy Development, 1981-85; assistant to the president for economic and domestic policy, 1989-93; currently IBM Professor of Business and Government, Harvard University.
Ernest Preeg Assistant to Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1971; Executive Director, White House Economic Policy Group, 1977; currently senior fellow, Hudson Institute.
Susan Schwab Trade negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 1977-79; chief economist and legislative assistant for international trade, Senator John C. Danforth, 1981-86; Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, 1989-1993; currently Dean, Maryland School of Public Affairs.
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