Bundy, McGeorge, 1919-1996

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McGeorge Bundy (1919-1996) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the national security advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He attended school at private institutions, including Dexter, Groton, and Yale University, from which he graduated first in his class with a degree in mathematics. As a junior fellow at Harvard University, Bundy changed his specialization to international relations. After serving in U.S. Army Intelligence during World War II, during which he rose to the rank of captain, Bundy worked shortly on the Marshall Plan and as an assistant to Henry L. Stimson, a former secretary of war. A registered Republican, Bundy advised Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York in his unsuccessful bid for the presidency against Henry S. Truman.

In 1949 Bundy became a lecturer of government on the Harvard University faculty. He quickly rose to become the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at age thirty-two. Bundy left the university in 1961 to serve as a special assistant for national security at the request of President John F. Kennedy. During his five-year tenure on the White House staff, Bundy became known for his agile intellect, integrity, and patriotic purpose, and was a gatekeeper for the President and a trusted advisor during the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis. After the assassination of President Kennedy, Bundy became an advisor to President Lyndon Johnson, whom he counseled to escalate military actions in Vietnam. Frustrated with the war and his relations with President Johnson, Bundy left the White House in 1966 to head the Ford Foundation.

During his thirteen years at the Ford Foundation, Bundy refocused the organization's efforts on race relations. The next decade he spent teaching history at New York University. During this time Bundy published his Pulitzer-prize-winning book Danger and Survival: Choices About the Bomb and the First Fifty Years, in which he chronicled decisions made about nuclear weaponry. From 1990 to 1993, Bundy chaired the Carnegie Corporation's committee on reducing nuclear danger. At the time of his death, Bundy was a scholar in residence with this corporation.

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referencedIn Clark M Clifford papers, 1883-1999 Library of Congress
referencedIn Harvard Law School Forums Records Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
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referencedIn Elmer E. Robinson Collection, 1764-1973 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
contributorOf Harvard University. Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Office of the Dean of the Faculty. Annual correspondence files of the Dean of the Faculty, 1894- 1991 (inclusive) Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Leach, Walter Barton. W. Barton Leach Papers. 1920-1971. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Charles E. (Charles Edward) Wyzanski papers, 1930 - 1968 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Papers of NOW officers, 1971-1977 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf National Security Files. Files of McGeorge Bundy, 11/1963 - 2/1966 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn John J. McCloy (AC 1916) Papers Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
contributorOf Robert Humphrey Montgomery correspondence about the Sacco-Vanzetti case, 1957-1958 Houghton Library
referencedIn Alfred Rodman Hussey Papers, 1944-1964, (bulk 1945-1948) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
contributorOf Saigon Embassy Files Kept by Ambassador Graham Martin. 1963 - 1975. Copies of Files Removed by Ambassasor Graham Martin Gerald R. Ford Library
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creatorOf McGeorge Bundy. Pt. 2 ca. March 1985
referencedIn Richard D. Mann papers, 1965-1984 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Papers of William Leonard Langer, 1912-1991 (inclusive) Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Robert S. McNamara Papers, 1934-2009, (bulk 1968-2005) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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referencedIn Council on Foundations, 1991-1992 Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory
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referencedIn Nicolas Nabokov Papers 1907, 1950-1978 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
contributorOf Papers of John F. Kennedy: Presidential Papers: National Security Files, 1/20/1961 - 11/22/1963 John F. Kennedy Library
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referencedIn American Foundations Oral History Project, 1989-1993 Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory
referencedIn Scott Millross Buchanan papers, 1911-1972. Houghton Library
referencedIn John MacArthur Maguire papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Ford Foundation records, Office of the Vice President, Office Files of David Bell, 1966 - 1981 Rockefeller Archive Center
referencedIn Oral history interview with Bart Jan Bok, 1978 May 15, 17, 19 and 1978 June 14. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn National Security Files. 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969. National Security Council Meetings Files Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
creatorOf McGeorge Bundy Papers, 1928 - 1996 John F. Kennedy Library
referencedIn Michael Josselson Papers, 1914-1991 (bulk 1960-1978). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Robert Manning papers, 1938-1993. Houghton Library
referencedIn Robert Lee Sutherland Papers, Sutherland, Robert Lee., 1937-1973 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Harold Phelps Stokes papers, 1908-1969 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. Houghton Library
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referencedIn R. Buckminster Fuller Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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referencedIn Michael Nolan Papers, 1967-1969 Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Stanislaw M. Ulam Papers, 1916-1984 American Philosophical Society
contributorOf Congressional Briefings on Vietnam, Transcript Files, 1964 - 1971 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn Robert E. Sherwood papers, 1917-1968 (inclusive), 1934-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers of the Williams Family [manuscript] 1798-1987 (Bulk 1802-1972) University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence, 1881-1981 (inclusive), 1940-1979 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Felix Frankfurter Papers, 1900-1965. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Harvard University. Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Office of the Dean of the Faculty. Records relating to Corporation meetings, 1870-1982 (inclusive) Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Oral History interview with Margaret W. Mayall, 1986 August 11 and September 12 American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Jacques Barzun papers, 1900-1999 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Sheldon Glueck papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Jessica Mitford Papers 1949-1973 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, oversize, ca. 1829-1985 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn John Sylvester Fischer papers, 1907-1980 Yale University Library
referencedIn Archibald MacLeish Papers, 1907-1981, (bulk 1925-1970) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn David Schoenbrun papers, 1943-1980 (bulk 1962-1980) University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
creatorOf McGeorge Bundy. Pt. 1 1 March 1985
referencedIn Max Lerner papers, 1927-1998 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Sigmund Diamond Papers, [ca. 1950]-1990 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Chester Bowles papers, 1924-1982 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Papers of Paul J. Sachs, 1903-2005 Harvard Art Museums. Archives
referencedIn Nicolas Nabokov Papers 1907, 1950-1978 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Papers of Samuel Andrew Stouffer, 1930-1960 (inclusive) Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn James Perkins papers, 1963-1969. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Papers of McGeorge Bundy, Notes File 1964 - 1966 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn Records of the President of Radcliffe College, 1960-1972 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Benjamin S. Loeb Papers, 1945-1999, (bulk 1961-1971) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Jacques Barzun papers, 1900-1999 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Papers of Howard Mumford Jones, 1911-1980 (inclusive) Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Paul A. Freund papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Papers of George Wald, 1927-1996 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Andreĭ Sakharov papers, 1852-2002 (inclusive), 1960-1990 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Harris, L. mss., 1931-1977 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Dean Gooderham Acheson papers, 1898-1989 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Papers of William Bentinck-Smith, 1936-1993 (inclusive) Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Erik H. and Joan M. Erikson papers, 1925-1985 (inclusive) 1960-1980 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Ford Foundation records, Office of the President, Office Files of McGeorge Bundy, 1965-1979 Rockefeller Archive Center
referencedIn Papers of Avis Howard Thayer Bohlen, 1929-1981 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf National Security File, Files of the Special Committee of the National Security Council, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
Philip Elman Papers, 1925-1979 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
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Executive power
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International relations 20th century
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Birth 1919-03-30

Death 1996-09-16

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