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Henry Stanislaus Rowen (October 11, 1925 – November 12, 2015) was an American national security expert, economist, and academician.


Early years

Rowen was born in
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in 1925. He attended
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and graduated with a bachelor's in industrial management in 1949. He went on to
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and earned his
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in
economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
in 1955.


Career

Rowen started his career as an economist for the
RAND Corporation The RAND Corporation (from the phrase "research and development") is an American nonprofit global policy think tank created in 1948 by Douglas Aircraft Company to offer research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces. It is financed ...
, a
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think-tank, where he worked between 1950-1953, and again between 1955-1960. Between 1965-1966, Rowen was the Assistant Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget. From 1967-1972, he was the president of
RAND Corporation The RAND Corporation (from the phrase "research and development") is an American nonprofit global policy think tank created in 1948 by Douglas Aircraft Company to offer research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces. It is financed ...
. From 1981-1983, he was the chairman of the
National Intelligence Council The National Intelligence Council (NIC), established in 1979 and reporting to the Director of National Intelligence, bridges the United States Intelligence Community (IC) with policy makers in the United States. The NIC produces the "Global Tren ...
. Between 1989-1991, Rowen served as
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs In the United States, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs or ASD (ISA) is the principal advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD (P)) and the United States Secretary of Defense on internationa ...
at the
U.S. Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national secur ...
, under
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. From 2001–2004 he served on the Secretary of Defense Policy Advisory Board. Between 2002-2003, Rowen chaired the
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's Task Force on the Future of Science Programs. On February 12, 2004, President Bush named Rowen as a member of the Commission on Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (the "WMD Commission"

a position that he held until 2005. Since 1983, Rowen had been a senior fellow at
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's
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. Rowen's research was most recently focused on Asia's rise in the technology sector.


Personal life

Henry Rowen was married to Beverly Griffiths. He died on November 12, 2015 in
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from a heart attack, at the age of 90.Henry Rowen, public policy leader on defense matters, dies at 90
/ref> He was survived by his wife, three daughters, and three sons.


Affiliations

*
Project for the New American Century The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) was a neoconservativeHoover Institution The Hoover Institution (officially The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace; abbreviated as Hoover) is an American public policy think tank and research institution that promotes personal and economic liberty, free enterprise, and ...
, senior fellow *
Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
's Asia/Pacific Research Center, member *
Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
, professor emeritus of public policy and management * Soar BioDynamic

Innovation Advisory Board member


Writing

Rowen wrote frequently for foreign policy publications: *"Kim Jong II Must Go," Policy Review, No. 121 October/November 2003 *"The Short March: China's Road to Democracy," National Interest (fall 1996) *"Inchon in the Desert: My Rejected Plan," National Interest (summer 1995) *"The Tide underneath the 'Third Wave,'" Journal of Democracy (January 1995) *"Vietnam Made Him," National Interest (winter 1995/96). He has also co-edited a number of books: *Greater China's Quest for Innovation (Shorenstein APARC, 2008) *Making IT: The Rise of Asia in High Tech (Stanford University Press, 2006) *The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Stanford University Press, 2000) *Behind East Asian Growth: The Political and Social Foundations of Prosperity (1998) *Defense Conversion, Economic Reform, and the Outlook for the Russian and Ukrainian Economies (1994)


References


Sources


Bio at the Hoover Institution
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