Roger B. Porter
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Roger Blaine Porter is an American
professor
currently serving as the IBM Professor of Business and Government at Harvard University
. He is the Master of Dunster House
, one of the twelve undergraduate houses or colleges at Harvard. He is also a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
Porter grew up in Utah, Iowa, and New York and attended Brigham Young High School
in Provo, Utah
. He attended Brigham Young University
(BYU) for two years and was a member of the varsity men's tennis team before serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United Kingdom. He received his B.A. from BYU and was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and a Woodrow Wilson Fellow earning a B.Phil. from Oxford University. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University
.
He was selected as a White House Fellow (1974-75) and served as Special Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the President’s Economic Policy Board (1974-77) in the Ford White House. He joined the faculty at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
at Harvard University in 1977.
Porter returned to government service at the beginning of Ronald Reagan
’s administration, serving as executive secretary of the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs and as director of White House
Office of Policy Development. He rejoined the Harvard faculty in the fall of 1985 as the IBM Professor of Business and Government and faculty chair of the Senior Managers in Government Program. He returned to the White House at the beginning of George H. W. Bush
's administration, where he served as Assistant to the President for Economic and Domestic Policy from 1989 to 1993.
Porter has twice served as director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard (1995-2000 and 2008-2011). His teaching and research interests range widely. In 1987 he inherited Harvard’s course on “The American Presidency” from Richard Neustadt and he has taught the course ever since except for the years when he was serving in the White House. He also teaches a large graduate course on “The Business-Government Relationship in the United States” as well as courses and modules on managing policy development, decision making, and economic policy.
His books include Presidential Decision Making, The U.S.-U.S.S.R. Grain Agreement, and edited volumes on Efficiency, Equity, and Legitimacy: The Multilateral Trading System at the Millennium, and most recently, New Directions in Financial Services Regulation.
He is a member of the President’s Commission on White House Fellows
, a member of the board of directors of the White House Historical Association
, a trustee of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, and a member of the advisory board of The Bush School of Government and Public Service
at Texas A&M University
.
United States
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professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
currently serving as the IBM Professor of Business and Government at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. He is the Master of Dunster House
Dunster House
Dunster House, built in 1930, is one of the first two Harvard University dormitories constructed under President Abbott Lawrence Lowell's House Plan, and one of the seven Houses given to Harvard by Edward Harkness. In the early days, room rents varied based on the floor and the size of the room...
, one of the twelve undergraduate houses or colleges at Harvard. He is also a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
Porter grew up in Utah, Iowa, and New York and attended Brigham Young High School
Brigham Young High School
Brigham Young High School was a private high school in Provo, Utah, first known as Brigham Young Academy, later attached to Brigham Young University and operated under the Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .- History :When Brigham Young Academy was...
in Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah
Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...
. He attended Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
(BYU) for two years and was a member of the varsity men's tennis team before serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United Kingdom. He received his B.A. from BYU and was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and a Woodrow Wilson Fellow earning a B.Phil. from Oxford University. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
.
He was selected as a White House Fellow (1974-75) and served as Special Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the President’s Economic Policy Board (1974-77) in the Ford White House. He joined the faculty at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
John F. Kennedy School of Government
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a public policy and public administration school, and one of Harvard's graduate and professional schools...
at Harvard University in 1977.
Porter returned to government service at the beginning of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
’s administration, serving as executive secretary of the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs and as director of White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
Office of Policy Development. He rejoined the Harvard faculty in the fall of 1985 as the IBM Professor of Business and Government and faculty chair of the Senior Managers in Government Program. He returned to the White House at the beginning of George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
's administration, where he served as Assistant to the President for Economic and Domestic Policy from 1989 to 1993.
Porter has twice served as director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard (1995-2000 and 2008-2011). His teaching and research interests range widely. In 1987 he inherited Harvard’s course on “The American Presidency” from Richard Neustadt and he has taught the course ever since except for the years when he was serving in the White House. He also teaches a large graduate course on “The Business-Government Relationship in the United States” as well as courses and modules on managing policy development, decision making, and economic policy.
His books include Presidential Decision Making, The U.S.-U.S.S.R. Grain Agreement, and edited volumes on Efficiency, Equity, and Legitimacy: The Multilateral Trading System at the Millennium, and most recently, New Directions in Financial Services Regulation.
He is a member of the President’s Commission on White House Fellows
White House Fellows
The White House Fellows program was established by President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964. President Johnson articulated that the mission of the program was "to give the Fellows first hand, high-level experience with the workings of the federal government and to increase...
, a member of the board of directors of the White House Historical Association
White House Historical Association
The White House Historical Association, founded in 1961 through efforts of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy is a private, non-profit organization with a mission to enhance the public's understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of the White House, the official home and principal workplace of the...
, a trustee of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, and a member of the advisory board of The Bush School of Government and Public Service
The Bush School of Government and Public Service
The Bush School of Government and Public Service is a graduate public affairs school at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. It is named for the 41st U.S. President, George H.W. Bush. The Bush School is part of the George Bush Presidential Library complex...
at Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
.
Works
- Presidential Decision Making
- The U.S.-U.S.S.R. Grain Agreement
- Foreign Economic Policymaking in the United States: An Approach for the 1990s (with Raymond Vernon)
- Seattle, the WTO, and the Future of the Multilateral Trading System (edited with Pierre Sauve)
- Efficiency, Equity, Legitimacy: The Multilateral Trading System at the Millennium (edited with Pierre Sauve, Arvind Subramanian and Americo Beviglia Zampetti)
- New Directions in Financial Services Regulation (edited with Robert R. Glauber and Thomas J. Healey)