Kennedy Administration - Kennedy's Advisers
Kennedy's Advisers
Kennedy perceived the lines of governmental authority like the spokes of a wheel all coming to him and going from him. Abandoning formal staffing policies and bureaucratic lines of authority, he sought out ideas from an imposing array of devoted crises managers and problem solvers who shared his values and outlook. Taken from the upper strata of academia and industry, these highly educated men prided themselves, like the president, on their cool temperaments, toughness of mind, and competitive successes.
Theodore Sorensen, a reserved Nebraskan who worked for Kennedy in the Senate, became White House counsel, chief speech writer, and adviser on many foreign and domestic policy matters. McGeorge Bundy, a former Harvard dean, was named special assistant for national security affairs, with the brilliant economic historian Walt W. Rostow as his deputy. R. Sargent Shriver, the president's brother-in-law, directed...
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