Bundy, William P., 1917-2000

Bundy served in the United States Army from 1941 to 1946. During World War II he commanded a Signal Corps unit that worked with the British on the ULTRA operation to break the German codes. For ten years Bundy worked for the Central Intelligence Agency before joining the Kennedy administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs, from 1961 to 1963 and Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs, from November 1963 to 1964. He served as Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State, from 1964 to 1969. He was a lecturer at Princeton University from 1985 to 1987, a Trustee of the American Assembly from 1963 to 1984 and served on the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1964 to 1972.

William Putnam Bundy (1917-2000) served on the Central Intelligence Agency's National Board of Estimates from 1951 to 1961, was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for international security affairs from 1961 to 1963, and was Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1963 to 1964. Bundy was Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 1964 to 1969. After 1972 he was an editor of the publication Foreign Affairs.

William P. Bundy (b. 1917), worked for the Central Intelligence Agency prior to joining the Kennedy Administration as Depty Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs (1961-1963) and (Nov. 1963-1964); Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Dept. of State (1964-1969).

William P. Bundy was born on September 24, 1917, in Washington D.C. He graduated with an A.B. from Yale University (1939), and an M.A. (1940) and an LL.B (1947) from Harvard University. He served with the United States Signal Corps, European theater, from 1941 to 1946. Thereafter, he worked for ten years with the Central Intelligence Agency before joining the Kennedy administration as deputy assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs from 1961 to 1963, and assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs from November 1963 to 1964. He served as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs from 1964 to 1969. After he left the state department, he was a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, served on the Council on Foreign Relations, and was editor of Foreign Affairs from 1972 to 1984.

William P. Bundy was born September 24, 1917 in Washington D.C. He graduated with an A.B. from Yale University in 1939, and an M.A. (1940) and an LL.B (1947) from Harvard University. He served with the United States Signal Corps, European theater, from 1941 to 1946. Thereafter, he worked for ten years with the Central Intelligence Agency before joining the Kennedy administration as deputy assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs from 1961 to 1963, and assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs from November 1963 to 1964. He served as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs from 1964 to 1969. After he left the state department, he was a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, served on the Council on Foreign Relations, and was editor of Foreign Affairs from 1972 to 1984.