Draper Committee
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The Presidents Committee to Study the United States Military Assistance Program ("Draper Committee") was a bipartisan committee, created in November 1958 by U.S.
President
Eisenhower
to undertake a completely independent, objective, and non-partisan analysis of the military assistance aspects of the U.S. Mutual Security Program (MSP).
United States
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President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
to undertake a completely independent, objective, and non-partisan analysis of the military assistance aspects of the U.S. Mutual Security Program (MSP).
Members
The Committee was composed of:- William Henry Draper Jr.William Henry Draper Jr.William Henry Draper Jr. was a U.S. army officer, banker, and diplomat.- Biography :Draper was born in Harlem, New York City, and received a B.A. and M.A. in economics at New York University. He joined the United States Army soon after finishing college and served during World War I as a major in...
, board chairman of the Mexican Light & Power Co. and retired World War II major general, - Dillon AndersonDillon AndersonDillon Anderson was a U.S. administrator. He served as the National Security Advisor from 2 April 1955 to 1 September 1956. He also was a member of the Draper Committee.-Biography:...
, Houston Lawyer, onetime presidential assistant for national-security affairs; - Joseph M. DodgeJoseph M. DodgeJoseph M. Dodge is an American academic who is a leading authority on United States tax law. He is Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson Professor at Florida State University College of Law, and previously served as a faculty member at the University of Texas Law School...
, Detroit Banker, onetime Budget Director; - Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, American Red Cross President, onetime Supreme Allied Commander in Europe;
- Marx Leva, Washington Lawyer, onetime Assistant Secretary of Defense;
- John J. McCloyJohn J. McCloyJohn Jay McCloy was a lawyer and banker who served as Assistant Secretary of War during World War II, president of the World Bank and U.S. High Commissioner for Germany...
, New York Banker, onetime High Commissioner in Germany; - George C. McGheeGeorge C. McGheeGeorge Crews McGhee was an oilman and a career diplomat in the United States foreign service.-Early life:McGhee was born on March 10, 1912 in Waco, Texas, the son of a Waco banker. He studied at the University of Oklahoma, graduating with a degree in geology in 1933...
, Dallas Businessman, onetime Assistant Secretary of State; - General Joseph T. McNarneyJoseph T. McNarneyJoseph Taggart McNarney was a United States Army Air Forces general officer who served as Military Governor of occupied Germany.-Early years:...
(ret.), onetime Commander of U.S. forces in Europe; - Admiral Arthur W. RadfordArthur W. RadfordArthur William Radford was a United States Navy Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Arthur Radford was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1896...
(ret.), onetime Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman; - Oklahoma Oilman James E. WebbJames E. WebbJames Edwin Webb was an American government official who served as the second administrator of NASA from February 14, 1961 to October 7, 1968....
, onetime Under Secretary of State, onetime Budget Director.