Walt Whitman Rostow
| Walt Rostow | |
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| National Security Advisor | |
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In office April 1, 1966 – January 20, 1969 |
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| President | Lyndon Johnson |
| Deputy | Francis Bator |
| Preceded by | Mac Bundy |
| Succeeded by | Henry Kissinger |
| Counselor of the United States Department of State | |
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In office December 4, 1961 – March 31, 1966 |
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| President |
John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson |
| Preceded by | George McGhee |
| Succeeded by | Robert Bowie |
| Director of Policy Planning | |
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In office December 4, 1961 – March 31, 1966 |
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| President |
John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson |
| Preceded by | George McGhee |
| Succeeded by | Henry Owen |
| Deputy National Security Advisor | |
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In office January 20, 1961 – December 4, 1961 |
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| President | John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Carl Kaysen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 7, 1916 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 13, 2003 (aged 86) Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Elspeth Davies |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
Yale University (BA, MA, PhD) Balliol College, Oxford (BLitt) |
Walt Whitman Rostow (also known as Walt Rostow or W.W. Rostow) OBE (October 7, 1916 – February 13, 2003) was an American economist and political theorist who served as Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to US President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966–69.
Prominent for his role in the shaping of US foreign policy in Southeast Asia during the 1960s, he was a staunch anti-communist, noted for a belief in the efficacy of capitalism and free enterprise, strongly supporting US involvement in the Vietnam War. Rostow is known for his book The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto (1960), which was used in several fields of social science.
His older brother Eugene Rostow also held a number of high government foreign policy posts.
Rostow was born in New York City, to a Russian Jewish immigrant family. His parents Victor and Lillian Rostow, were active socialists, and named Walt after Walt Whitman. His brother Eugene, named for Eugene V. Debs, became a legal scholar, and his brother Ralph, after Ralph Waldo Emerson, a department store manager.
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