LETTER TO THE HONORABLE WILLIAM COLBY FROM KERMIT GORDON

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• Publication Date: June 26, 1974
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June 26, 1974
The Honorable
William Colby
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Mr. Colby:
I am writing to invite you to nominate senior officials in your organization
to participate in the Institutionrs educational conferences during 1974-75. These
programs will build on the approach to leadership education established by
Brookings some fifteen years ago.
Three series of programs will be conducted during 1974-75:
Conferences for Senior Executives on Public Policy Issues offer opportunities
for senior officials to strengthen their leadership abilities through intensive
analysis and discussion of important issues in national and international policy.
Conferences on Business in Contemporary Society are designed to increase
the Federal executive Ts understanding of business management and operations
and to bridge gaps in perception between government and business.
Conferences for Science Executives bring together senior scientists from
diverse backgrounds to explore numerous aspects of the relationships of science
and technology to public policy.
Information about each series of programs is contained in the enclosed_
brochure--including dates, locations, fees, sample schedules, and eligibility
requirements. We are particularly eager to receive nominations of women
and members of minority groups. Fees do not meet the entire costs of these
programs and Brookings will continue to provide the necessary subsidy from
its own funds. -
We hope that a sizable number of your senior officials will attend these
executive education programs, and will appreciate receiving your nominations
by August 26, 1974.
Sincerely,
Kermit Gordon
Enclosure President
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Brookings
Educational
Programs for
Government
Executives
1974-75
Fifteenth year of the nationally
recognized Brookings conferences
designed to?
? increase government leaders'
awareness of the national and
international environment in which
public policy issues are defined and
resolved
? broaden their knowledge of domestic
and international policy issues
? bridge gaps in perception between
government and business
? contribute to problem solving in the
public policy area
Advanced Study Program
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Conferences for Senior Executives
on Public Policy Issues
Six two-week conferences for
senior government manage-
ment and program executives
will be conducted during
1974-75. Five conferences will
be conducted in Williamsburg
or Virginia Beach, Virginia;
one will be held in the
Denver/Colorado Springs
area. They will provide oppor-
tunities for stimulating study,
analysis, and discussion of
major issues in public policy.
Emphasis will be on the fun-
damental political, social, and
economic factors that affect
these issues and their resolu-
tion.
Each participant group com-
prises individuals who occupy
positions of leadership in their
respective governmental or-
ganizations. Participants are
encouraged to share and criti-
cally examine their ideas and
experiences on the subjects
under study. Resource leaders
from prominent academic in-
stitutions, government, the
media, and other parts of the
private sector serve as catalysts
for each participant group,
providing essential informa-
tion, opening important is-
sues, and advancing new per-
spectives. The sessions are in-
formal and off the record in
order to maximize the inter-
change of information and
ideas. Conferences will be
held on the following dates:
October 6-18, 1974
December 1-13, 1974
January 5-17, 1975
January 19-31, 1975
February 16-28, 1975
May 11-23, 1975 (Colorado)
The conference fee of $1000
covers tuition, reading ma-
terials, and related educational
costs. Excluded are American
Plan hotel costs and travel to
and from the conference loca-
tion. Federal executives should
be in grades GS-16 to GS-18, or
equivalent. GS-15s will be con-
sidered on an exceptional
basis. Selected state and local
government executives are
also invited to participate.
SAMPLE PROGRAM:
Conference for Senior
Executives on Public Policy
Issues
January 6-18, 1974
Government in a Free Society
Harold W. Chase
University of Minnesota
The Court, the Constitution and
Public Policy
Victor Rosenblum
Northwestern University Law School
The Federal Decision-Making
Process
Fordyce W. Luikart
Brookings Institution
Congress: The First Branch of
Government
D. B. Hardeman
Trinity College
Congressional-Executive
Relationships
Harvey Mansfield
Columbia University
Science and Technology:
Progress, Problems, and Prospects
Everett Mendelsohn
Harvard University
The Presidency and the Press
Saville Davis
Former Washington Bureau Chief,
Christian Science Monitor
Bureaucratic Power and American
Democracy
Herbert Kaufman
Brookings Institution
Labor, Technology and Public
Policy
Gus Tyler
International Ladies' Garment Workers'
Union
The Administration's Program for
Correcting the Economy
Nancy H. Teeters
Library of Congress
The Current Economic Dilemma
Walter Fackler
Ilniversity of Chicago
International Economic Policy
Edward R. Fried
Brookings Institution
The Environmental Crisis
William Cooper
Michigan State University
New Policies for Urban Growth
and Development
Leo Molinaro
American City Corporation
The Middle East Crisis
Richard Nolte
Institute for Current World Affairs
New Forces in International
Relations
Seyom Brown
Brookings Institution
Detente with China
A. Doak Barnett
Brookings In.stitution
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Conferences on Business
in Contemporary Society
Five one-week conferences are
held in selected cities in which
the corporate offices of major
U.S. business firms are
located. The conferences are
designed to broaden
perspectives on the role of
business in American society
and on the international scene.
Senior federal executives
meet with the officers of nine
or ten leading corporations to
explore the philosophy and
operations of the corporation,
the development and
execution of corporate
policies, the responsibilities,
motivations, and outlook of
corporate officials, and the
impact of government on the
private sector of the economy.
Supplementing this first-hand
exposure to the world of
corporate management are
occasional dinner sessions
with thoughtful observers of
economic, social, and political
trends in contemporary
society.
Preparatory readings are a
part of the program but the
heart of the educational
process is informal and frank
discussion. Dates and
locations of the 1974-75
conferences are as follows:
December 1-6, 1974
Los Angeles/San Francisco
February 2-7, 1975
Dallas/Houston
March 16-21, 1975
Philadelphia/New York
April 20-25, 1975
Cleveland/Detroit
May 18-23, 1975
Minneapolis/St. Paul
The conference fee of $500
covers tuition, reading
materials, group meals, and
related educational costs,
excluding lodging and travel to
and from the conference city.
Nominees should be in grades
GS-16 to GS-18, or equivalent.
CS-15s will be considered on
an exceptional basis.
SAMPLE PROGRAM:
Conference on Business in
Contemporary Society
Chicago, May 12-17, 1974
United States Steel Corporation
Organization and management of
human, material and financial
resources
Vice President Logelin and
corporate colleagues
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Problems of finance, investment,
and labor relations
Chairman Donnelley and
senior officials
The Businessman's Role in Society
Walter D. Fackler
Professor of Business
Economics and Director of
Management Programs
Graduate School of Business
The University of Chicago
Swift & Company
Analysis of cash management,
consumerism, research, and
energy issues
Group Vice President
Huskisson and senior
executives
Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
The energy business in past,
present and future perspectives
Vice Presidents Smith and
Farrell and other corporate
officials
Commonwealth Edison Company
Problems of government
regulation and developing viable
alternatives for future power
generation
Executive Vice President
O'Connor and senior
executives
Continental Bank
Basic trends in international
banking and corporate
development
Senior Vice President Keeley
and other bank officers
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Problems, needs and resources of
the railroad industry
Chief Executive Officer Boyd
and other top officials
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Examination of personnel
development and merchandise
buying
Senior corporate officials
The Role of Labor in a Changing
Society
Stanley L. Johnson, President
Illinois State AFL-C10
United Air Lines, Inc.
Management techniques for
spurring productivity, service, and
profitability
Senior Vice President Moore
and other officials
Conferences for Science Executives
on Issues in Science and Technology
Four six-day conferences
for senior scientists,
administrators of government
science programs, and
engineering executives will be
conducted in Williamsburg,
Virginia, during 1974-75. These
conferences explore
numerous aspects of the
relationships of science and
technology to public policy.
Each participant group is
composed of senior science
executives in government
whose professional
backgrounds range over the
biological, engineering,
medical, mathematical,
physical, and social sciences.
The conferences give them an
opportunity to meet in an
educational setting?free of
operational stresses?to
reflect on and discuss national
science policy and American
society. Nationally prominent
academicians and leaders from
public and private life serve as
speakers and resource
persons. Each session is off the
record and encourages an
exchange of ideas drawing on
participant knowledge and
experience, analysis of
background readings, and
views ot the speaker.
Conferences will be held on
the following dates:
November 10-15, 1974
December 8-13, 1974
February 9-14, 1975
March 9-14, 1975
The conference fee of $550
covers tuition, reading
materials, and related
educational costs. Excluded
are American Plan hotel costs
and travel to and from the
conference location.
Nominees should be in grades
GS-16 to GS-18 or equivalent.
GS-15s will be considered on
an exceptional basis.
SAMPLE PROGRAM:
Conference for Science
Executives on Issues in Science
and Technology
February 10-15, 1974
A Congressional View of Science
and Technology
Hon. Thomas N. Downing
U.S. Representative (1-Va.)
Member, House Science & Astronautics
Committee
Democratic Government in a
Technical Age and Philosophy of
Science
Harold W. Chase
Professor of Political Science
University of Minnesota
May Brod beck
Professor of Philosophy
University of Minnesota
Technology, Labor Trends, and
Public Policy
Gus Tyler
International Ladies' Garment Workers'
Union
Strategies for Applied Research
Joel A. Snow
Deputy Assistant Director for Science and
Technology
Research Applications to National Needs
National Science Foundation
Drugs and American Society:
Current Issues and Future Policy
Dilemmas
James L. Goddard
Chairman, Ormont Drug and Chemical
Co., former U.S. Commissioner of
Food and Drugs
Policies for Urban Growth and
Change, and Urban Technology
Leo Molinaro
President
The American City Corporation
Public Policies for the Biological
Revolution
Harmon L. Smith
Professor of Moral Theology
Duke University Divinity School
Prospects for the Survival of Man
John R. Platt
Professor of Physics and Associate
Director, Mental Health Research Institute
University of Michigan
The Natural Dimensions of the
Environmental Crisis
William E. Cooper
Population Ecologist
Michigan State University
Environmental Sciences and the
Political and Economic System
Professor Cooper
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Special Programs for
Problem Solving and Evaluation
In addition to its scheduled series of
conferences, the Advanced Study Program
conducts special programs at the request of
federal agencies and the Congress. Some recent
examples:
? Conferences on planned variations of the Model
Cities program conducted for the Philadelphia
Federal Regional Council, state and local
officials, and citizen leaders, under the auspices
of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development
? Seminars on democratic participation in
economic development for mission chiefs and
program officers of the Agency for International
Development
? A conference on manpower services for the
welfare poor for senior administrators in the
Department of Labor
? Seminars on developments in science for
members of Congress and their staffs
(sponsored jointly by the American
Association for the Advancement of Science
and Brookings)
? Seminars on public policy issues for members of
Congress and their staffs (sponsored jointly
by the Congressional Research Service and
Brookings)
About Brookings
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit
organization devoted to research, education, and
publication in economics, government, foreign
policy, and the social sciences generally. In its
research, it functions as an independent analyst
and critic, committed to publishing its findings for
the information of the public. In its conferences
and other activities, it serves as a bridge between
scholarship and public policy, bringing new
knowledge to the attention of decision makers and
affording scholars a better insight into policy
issues. The Institution's Advanced Study Program
is a unique educational organization devoted to
public policy education of leaders in both
government and business.
Douglas Dillon Chairman, Board of Trustees
Kermit Gordon President
James M. Mitchell Director, Advanced Study
Program
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Advanced Study Program
June 26, 1974
Mr. Alfonso Rodriguez
Director of Training
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Rod:
Enclosed for your information is a copy of the letter which Kermit
Gordon, the President of Brookings, sent to Federal department and agency
heads today inviting their participation in Brookings educational programs
during fiscal year 1975. We hope that these programs are responsive to
the requirements of OMB and the CSC for increased executive development
opportunities for government executives.
The enclosed brochure describes each series of educational programs
and includes sample schedules from the current year and information on
dates, locations, fees and eligibility. Nominees for all programs should be
senior officials, preferably in grades GS 16-18. GS-15's who occupy positions
of significant responsibility and who will move into supergrade positions in
the near future will also be considered. As President Gordon indicates, we
are particularly eager to receive nominations of women and members of
minority groups. Special consideration will be given to these nominations.
Additional copies of the brochure and nomination forms may be obtained
from Mrs. Barbara Littell of my staff, 797-6272 or 797-6269, Mrs. Littell
can also arrange for a limited number of spaces to be reserved in each
program, if this is your preference.
We look forward to receiving your nominations for the 1975 series of
programs by August 26, 1974. Nominations received after that date will
be considered on a space available basis.
Sincerely,
James M. Mitchell
Director
Enclosures
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28 June 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR: Senior Training Officers
0/DCI, DDI, DDM&S, DDO, MUT
SUBJECT : Brookings Educational Programs for Government
Executives 1974-75
1. The Agency has been invited to nominate senior career officials
to participate in the Brookings institution's educational programs during
fiscal year 1975. The attached brochures and nomination forms are for
distribution to your training officers.
2. Nominees should be In grades GS-I6 to GS-18 for all conferences.
GS-)5's who occupy positions of significant responsibility and who will
move into supergrade positions in the near future will also be considered.
The Brookings institution Is particularly eager to receive nominations
of women and members of minority groups and will give special considera-
tion to these nominations. The Conference for Senior Executives on
Public Policy issues to be held In Colorado will be available only to
Agency employees assigned In the Midwest and West.
3. Nominations should be prepared on the attached form and should
be accompanied by an up-to-date bio profile and the most recent fitness
report. On the first page of the form do not complete anything below
and including the Billing instructions section. NOTE: Applicants are
asked to indicate first and second choice dates for the same program.
4. You are reminded that Agency employees selected to attend these
programs must do so on a completely overt basis.
5. Please submit six copies of all nomination papers to me by
Friday, 26 July 1974.
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