Magazine content is available exclusively for TIME subscribers.National Affairs: SIX FOR THE KENNEDY CABINET
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
Robert Strange McNamara, 44. "In our business," says Automaker Henry Ford II, "we are lucky if we make the right decision 51% of the time. What I have noticed about Bob McNamara is that he makes an awful lot of right decisions."
The first Henry Ford, unlike his grandson, might have thought scholarly Robert McNamara, president of the Ford Motor Co., an odd choice to be top man in either Dearborn or the Pentagon. San Francisco-born, Bob McNamara was a sophomore Phi Beta Kappa at the University of California. He went on to Harvard Business School for a...
Email, Password or Region is incorrect
A required form parameter was missing.
The System is currently down. Please try again in a few minutes.
Email Address is invalid
Password is blank
Most Popular »
- Einstein Was Right All Along: 'Faster-Than-Light' Neutrino Was Product of Error
- Jeremy Lin Won't Be an Olympian. At Least Not for Team USA
- Your Facebook Profile Can Predict Your Job Performance
- Marsquake! Scientists Find New Signs of Rumblings on the Red Planet
- The Titanic's Final Lunch Menu Is Up for Auction
- The Endless Pathos and Hubris of L'Affaire DSK
- Arizona GOP Debate: Santorum Finds Himself in the Spotlight and On the Defensive
- What You Missed While Not Watching The Last GOP Debate Before Super Tuesday
- Top 10 Weirdest Theme Parks
- Nepalese Man, 72, Hopes to Be Named World's Shortest
- Marsquake! Scientists Find New Signs of Rumblings on the Red Planet
- Syria: War Reporter Marie Colvin and Photographer Rémi Ochlik Are Killed
- Choking on Growth
- Education: Antidote for Cynicism
- A Cure for Cold Sores?
- Preparing for Long-Term Care: Any Good Options?
- Zero Tolerance, Zero Sense
- Albert Einstein
- Shanghai: 10 Things to Do
- South Africa's New Slave Trade and the Campaign to Stop It
More News from Our Partners
Top Stories on TIME.com
Quotes of the Day »
