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Robert S. McNamara


(June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009)

Robert S. "Bob" McNamara was president of Ford Motor Company from November 1960 to January 1961; US secretary of defense from January 1961 to February 1968; and president of the World Bank from April 1968 to July 1981.