Robert S. McNamara June 9, 1916: Born 1937: Graduated, University of California (Berkeley) 1939: Graduated, Harvard Business School 1943: Entered Army Air Force as a captain 1946: Mustered out as a lieutenant colonel 1946: Hired at Ford Motor Co. 1953: Named assistant general manager of Ford Division 1955: Named general manager of Ford Division 1957: Named vice president and group executive, car and truck 1960: Named president of Ford Motor in November 1960: Resigned in December to become secretary of defense
Was Robert S. McNamara named president of Ford Motor Co. because Henry Ford II wanted an equivalent to the great Alfred P. Sloan of General Motors?
