Bernard D. Rostker

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Bernard D. Rostker
Carolyn H. Becraft
Director of the Selective Service System
In office
November 26, 1979 – July 31, 1981
PresidentJimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Preceded byRobert E. Shuck
Succeeded byJames G. Bond
Personal details
Born
Bernard Daniel Rostker

(1944-02-01) February 1, 1944 (age 80)
Bronx, New York, U.S.
SpouseLouise
Alma materNew York University (BS)
Syracuse University (MA, PhD)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army Reserve
Years of service1968–1970
Rank Captain[1]

Bernard Daniel Rostker (born February 1, 1944)[2][3][4][5] was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) from 1977 to 1979; Director of the United States Selective Service System from 1979 to 1981; Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) from 1994 to 1998; Under Secretary of the Army from 1998 to 2000; and Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in 2000–2001. From 1996 to 2001, he also served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Illnesses.

Early life and education

Rostker was born in

Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve.[6] He next attended Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, earning an M.A. in Economics in 1966 and then a Ph.D. in Economics in 1970.[1][3][7] His master's thesis was entitled The economics of manpower retraining[8] and his doctoral thesis was entitled Manpower theory and policy and the residual occupational elasticity of substitution. His doctoral advisor was Jerry Miner.[9][10]

Early career

In 1968, he reported for active duty in the Army and joined the Manpower Requirements Directorate of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis as an

RAND as a research economist, becoming Program Director of the Manpower Personnel and Training Program, a program sponsored by the United States Air Force.[1]

He joined the United States Department of the Navy in 1977, upon being named Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.[6]

In 1979, he became Director of the

U.S. Supreme Court case of Rostker v. Goldberg, 453 U.S. 57 (1981), which upheld the constitutionality of requiring only men to register for selective service.[11]

Rostker joined the

Center for Naval Analyses in 1981, becoming Director for the Navy's Management Program. In that capacity he conducted research into the major management issues facing the United States Navy
.

In 1983, he joined

RAND
in December 1984 to help establish the Arroyo Center, the Army's federally funded research and development center for studies and analysis. He served as Program Director of the Force Development and Employment Program and associate director of the center. In January 1990, he shifted to RAND's National Defense Research Institute as Director of the Defense Manpower Research Center.

Clinton administration

In October 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated Rostker as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) and Rostker subsequently held this office from October 1994 until October 1998. On November 12, 1996, he was also named Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Illnesses and became responsible for coordinating and overseeing all of the United States Department of Defense's responses to Gulf War Illnesses.

President Clinton nominated Rostker as

Secretary of the Army
in recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, training and mobilizing the Army and managing its $64 billion annual budget and more than 1.3 million active duty, National Guard, Army Reserve and civilian personnel; and assumed the duties of acting Secretary of the Army when the Secretary was not available.

After a nomination from President Clinton and confirmation by the

Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the Department of Defense Education Activity, and the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute. He was also responsible for overseeing research on the nation's military readiness. Rostker was replaced by David S. C. Chu, who was sworn in as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on June 1, 2001. He was a resident of Great Falls, Virginia during his service in the Clinton Administration.[12][13]

Later life

Upon leaving government service, Rostker returned to RAND and his research there has focused on managing the recruitment, retention, and performance of

police officers in large city departments; managing the volunteer military
; and reforming the military by lengthening military careers.

Personal

Rostker married Louise Cowen, whom he met in graduate school at Syracuse,[7] in 1966. They have two sons.[4][5]

Publications

  • Bernard D. Rostker et al., Recruitment and Retention: Lessons for the New Orleans Police Department, RAND Corporation, 2007
  • Bernard D. Rostker, America Goes to War: Managing the Force During Times of Stress and Uncertainty, RAND Corporation, 2007
  • Bernard D. Rostker, I Want You! The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force, RAND Corporation, 2006

References

  1. ^ a b c "Biographical Sketch of Bernard Daniel Rostker". Nomination of Bernard D. Rostker: Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Ninety-Sixth Congress, First Session. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. November 16, 1979. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  2. ^ date & year of birth according to LCNAF CIP data
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-16-046386-0
    .
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-16-058279-0
    . Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-0-16-065714-6
    . Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  6. ^ a b "The Honorable Bernard D. Rostker". Archived from the original on 2005-11-22. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  7. ^
    Syracuse University News
    . Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  8. ^ The economics of manpower retraining (Thesis). Syracuse University. 1966. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  9. ^ Manpower Theory and Policy and the Residual Occupational Elasticity of Substitution (Thesis). Springfield, Virginia: National Technical Information Service. June 1970. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  10. ^ "2.3 Completed Dissertation Grants". Manpower Research Projects Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Manpower Administration Through June 30, 1970. U.S. Department of Labor. 1970. p. 160. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  11. ^ Londono, Ernesto (January 26, 2013). "Can women be drafted? Selective Service question is revived". The Washington Post.
  12. ^ "PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES BERNARD ROSTKER AS UNDER SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Clinton Administration White House Archives)". Archived from the original on 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  13. ^ "PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES BERNARD ROSTKER AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FORCE MANAGEMENT POLICY (Clinton Administration White House Archives)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-05-22.

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Government offices
Preceded by Director of the Selective Service System
November 26, 1979 – July 31, 1981 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Frederick Pang
 Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
October 1994 – October 1998 		Succeeded by
Carolyn H. Becraft
Preceded by United States Under Secretary of the Army
October 1998 – May 2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
May 23, 2000 – ca. June 2001 		Succeeded by
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