serviceyears branch predecessor successor birth_name birth_place president allegiance office birth_date term_start rank image article_title term_end name alma_mater
1959 - 1961 united states marine corps john m. deutch frank a. shrontz john j. hamre robert b. pirie , jr. . john patrick white syracuse , new york bill clinton jimmy carter united states of america united defense for logistics and materiel readiness states deputy secretary of defense assistant secretary of 27 february 1937 june 22 , 1995 may 11 , 1977 first lieutenant john p. white , official dod portrait.jpeg john p. white
 july 15 , 1997 october 31 , 1978 john p. white syracuse university -lrb- ph.d. -rrb-
john p. white

john patrick white -lrb- born february 27 , 1937 -rrb- is an american university professor and a former government official who served in the clinton administration .
he was born in syracuse , new york .
white is the robert and renee belfer lecturer at the john f. kennedy school of government at harvard university .
he served as the deputy secretary of defense from 1995 to 1997 , as deputy director of the office of management and budget from 1978 to 1981 , assistant secretary of defense for manpower , reserve affairs and logistics from 1977 to 1978 , and as a lieutenant in the united states marine corps from 1959 to 1961 .
he has twice been awarded the department of defense medal for distinguished public service .
prior to his most recent government service , dr. white was the director of the center for business and government at harvard university and the chairman of the commission on roles and missions of the armed forces .
his extensive private-sector experience includes service as chairman and ceo of interactive systems corporation from 1981 to 1988 and , following its sale to the eastman kodak company in 1988 , as general manager of the integration and systems products division and as a vice president of kodak until 1992 .
in nine years with the rand corporation , he was the senior vice president for national security research programs and a member of the board of trustees .
he is also a senior fellow at the rand corporation and a member of the council on foreign relations .
white currently serves as a director of l-3 communications corporation , irg international , inc. , and the institute for defense analyses , as well as the concord coalition and center for excellence in government .
he is also a member of the defense advisory committee on military compensation , and the policy and global affairs oversight committee of the national research council .
white graduated from cornell university in 1959 with a b.s. in industrial and labor relations .
he later received an m.a. in economics and public administration and a ph.d. in labor economics from syracuse university in 1964 and 1969 , respectively .
