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{{Short description|American government official (born 1944)}}
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| office = [[Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness|United States Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness]]
| office = [[Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness|United States Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness]]
| president = [[Bill Clinton]]<br>[[George W. Bush]]
| president = [[Bill Clinton]]<br>[[George W. Bush]]
| term_start = May 23, 2000
| term_start = May 23, 2000
| term_end = June 2001
| term_end = June 2001
| preceded = [[Charles Cragin]] (acting)
| preceded = [[Charles Cragin]] (acting)
| succeeded = [[David S. C. Chu]]
| succeeded = [[David S. C. Chu]]
| office2 = [[United States Under Secretary of the Army]]
| office2 = [[United States Under Secretary of the Army]]
| term_start2 = October 1998
| term_start2 = October 1998
| term_end2 = May 23, 2000
| term_end2 = May 23, 2000
| president2 = Bill Clinton
| president2 = Bill Clinton
| predecessor2 = [[Robert M. Walker]]
| predecessor2 = [[Robert M. Walker]]
| successor2 = [[Gregory R. Dahlberg]]
| successor2 = [[Gregory R. Dahlberg]]
| office3 = [[Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)|United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs]]
| office3 = [[Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)|United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs]]
| term_start3 = October 7, 1994
| term_start3 = October 7, 1994
| term_end3 = October 1998
| term_end3 = October 1998
| president3 = Bill Clinton
| president3 = Bill Clinton
| predecessor3 = [[Frederick Pang]]
| predecessor3 = [[Frederick Pang]]
| successor3 = [[Carolyn H. Becraft]]
| successor3 = [[Carolyn H. Becraft]]
| office4 = Director of the [[Selective Service System]]
| office4 = 5th Director of the [[Selective Service System]]
| term_start4 = November 26, 1979
| term_start4 = November 26, 1979
| term_end4 = July 31, 1981
| term_end4 = July 31, 1981
| president4 = [[Jimmy Carter]]<br>[[Ronald Reagan]]
| president4 = [[Jimmy Carter]]<br>[[Ronald Reagan]]
| predecessor4 = [[Robert E. Shuck]]
| predecessor4 = [[Byron V. Pepitone]]<br>[[Robert E. Shuck]] (acting)
| successor4 = [[James G. Bond]]
| successor4 = [[Thomas K. Turnage]]<br>[[James G. Bond]] (acting)
| birthname = Bernard Daniel Rostker
| birthname = Bernard Daniel Rostker
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|02|01}}
| birth_place = [[The Bronx|Bronx]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[The Bronx|Bronx]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
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| alma_mater = [[New York University]] <small>([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])</small><br>{{nowrap|[[Syracuse University]] <small>([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])</small>}}
| alma_mater = [[New York University]] <small>([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])</small><br>{{nowrap|[[Syracuse University]] <small>([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])</small>}}
| spouse = Louise
| spouse = Louise
| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}
| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}
| branch = [[File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_Reserve.svg|15px]] [[United States Army Reserve]]
| branch = [[File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Army_Reserve.svg|15px]] [[United States Army Reserve]]
| serviceyears = 1968–1970
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| rank = [[File:US-O1 insignia.svg|10px]] [[Second Lieutenant#United_States|Second Lieutenant]]
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'''Bernard Daniel Rostker''' (born February 1, 1944)<ref>date & year of birth according to LCNAF [[Cataloging in Publication|CIP]] data</ref><ref name=Hearing/> 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; [[United States Under Secretary of the Army|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 [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense|Deputy Secretary of Defense]] for [[Gulf War syndrome|Gulf War Illnesses]].
'''Bernard Daniel Rostker''' (born February 1, 1944)<ref>date & year of birth according to LCNAF [[Cataloging in Publication|CIP]] data</ref><ref name=Hearing2/><ref name=Hearing3/><ref name=Hearing4/> was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) from 1977 to 1979; 5th Director of the [[Selective Service System]] from 1979 to 1981; [[Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)]] from 1994 to 1998; [[United States Under Secretary of the Army|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 [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense|Deputy Secretary of Defense]] for [[Gulf War syndrome|Gulf War Illnesses]].


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Rostker was born in [[The Bronx]] in 1944 and graduated from [[William Howard Taft High School (New York City)|Taft High School]] in June 1960 at the age of sixteen. He then attended [[New York University]], receiving a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in Education and [[Economics]] in 1964.<ref name=Hearing/> While in college, he participated in the [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps]], graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate and being [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] as a [[Second Lieutenant]] in the [[United States Army Reserve]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} He next attended [[Syracuse University]], earning an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in Economics in 1966 and then a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in Economics in 1970.<ref name=Hearing>{{cite news |title=Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Second Session, 103d Congress: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate |volume=103 |issue=873 |pages=1208–1211 |date=1994 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=978-0-16-046386-0}}</ref>
Rostker was born in [[The Bronx]] in 1944 and graduated from [[William Howard Taft High School (New York City)|Taft High School]] in June 1960 at the age of sixteen. He then attended [[New York University]], receiving a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in Education and [[Economics]] in 1964.<ref name=Hearing2/><ref name=Hearing3>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ky8HssyIl-gC&pg=PA984 |title=Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Second Session, 105th Congress: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate |volume=105 |issue=868 |pages=984–986 |date=1999 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=978-0-16-058279-0 |access-date=2022-03-23}}</ref><ref name=Hearing4>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4s8zAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA116 |title=Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Second Session, 106th Congress: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate |volume=106 |issue=985 |pages=116–118 |date=2001 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=978-0-16-065714-6 |access-date=2022-03-23}}</ref> While in college, he participated in the [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps]], graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate and being [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] as a [[Second Lieutenant]] in the [[United States Army Reserve]].<ref name="Under Secretary">{{cite web|url=http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/rostker_bio.html |title=The Honorable Bernard D. Rostker |access-date=2010-02-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051122154321/http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/rostker_bio.html |archive-date=2005-11-22 }}</ref> He next attended [[Syracuse University]]'s [[Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs]], earning an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in Economics in 1966 and then a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in Economics in 1970.<ref name=Hearing1>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8tIQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA2 |chapter=Biographical Sketch of Bernard Daniel Rostker |title=Nomination of Bernard D. Rostker: Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Ninety-Sixth Congress, First Session |pages=2–3 |date=November 16, 1979 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=2022-03-23}}</ref><ref name=Hearing2>{{cite news |title=Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Second Session, 103d Congress: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate |volume=103 |issue=873 |pages=1208–1211 |date=1994 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=978-0-16-046386-0}}</ref><ref name="AAE 2023">{{cite news |last1=Youngman |first1=Jessica |title=Maxwell Celebrates 4 Exceptional Alumni at Annual Awards of Excellence |url=https://news.syr.edu/blog/2023/04/13/maxwell-celebrates-four-exceptional-alumni-at-annual-awards-of-excellence/ |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=[[Syracuse University News]] |date=13 April 2023}}</ref> His master's thesis was entitled ''The economics of manpower retraining''<ref>{{cite thesis |url=https://catalog.syr.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1173938 |title=The economics of manpower retraining |date=1966 |publisher=Syracuse University |access-date=2022-03-23}}</ref> and his doctoral thesis was entitled ''Manpower theory and policy and the residual occupational elasticity of substitution''. His doctoral advisor was Jerry Miner.<ref>{{cite thesis |url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED062506 |title=Manpower Theory and Policy and the Residual Occupational Elasticity of Substitution |date=June 1970 |publisher=National Technical Information Service |location=Springfield, Virginia |access-date=2022-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RGFGAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA160 |chapter=2.3 Completed Dissertation Grants |title=Manpower Research Projects Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Manpower Administration Through June 30, 1970 |date=1970 |page=160 |publisher=U.S. Department of Labor |access-date=2022-03-23}}</ref>


==Early career==
==Early career==
In 1968, he joined the Manpower Requirements Directorate of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis as an [[economist]]. Two years later, he joined [[RAND]] as a research economist, becoming Program Director of the Manpower Personnel and Training Program, a program sponsored by the [[United States Air Force]].
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 [[economist]]. After completing his military commitment at the rank of [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]] two years later, he joined [[RAND]] as a research economist, becoming Program Director of the Manpower Personnel and Training Program, a program sponsored by the [[United States Air Force]].<ref name=Hearing1/>


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.
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.<ref name="Under Secretary"/>


In 1979, he became Director of the [[Selective Service System]], holding this post November 26, 1979 &ndash; July 31, 1981. The selective service registration requirement for all U.S. men aged 18–25, had been abolished by President [[Gerald Ford]] in 1975, but was reestablished when President [[Jimmy Carter]] signed Proclamation 4771, ''Registration Under the Military Selective Service Act'' on July 2, 1980, retroactively re-establishing the Selective Service registration requirement for all 18- to 26-year-old male citizens born on or after January 1, 1960. Rostker thus oversaw the Selective Service Revitalization Plan which registered four million men for selective service. He is the named defendant in 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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Londono|first=Ernesto|date=January 26, 2013|title=Can women be drafted? Selective Service question is revived.|work=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/can-women-be-drafted-selective-service-question-is-revived/2013/01/26/414eeb18-6735-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html}}</ref>
In 1979, he became Director of the [[Selective Service System]], holding this post November 26, 1979 &ndash; July 31, 1981. The selective service registration requirement for all U.S. men aged 18–25, had been abolished by President [[Gerald Ford]] in 1975, but was reestablished when President [[Jimmy Carter]] signed Proclamation 4771, ''Registration Under the Military Selective Service Act'' on July 2, 1980, retroactively re-establishing the Selective Service registration requirement for all 18- to 26-year-old male citizens born on or after January 1, 1960. Rostker thus oversaw the Selective Service Revitalization Plan which registered four million men for selective service. He is the named defendant in 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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Londono|first=Ernesto|date=January 26, 2013|title=Can women be drafted? Selective Service question is revived.|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/can-women-be-drafted-selective-service-question-is-revived/2013/01/26/414eeb18-6735-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html}}</ref>


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]].
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 [[Software development process|software development]] company [[SRA International]] as Director of the [[Systems Management]] Division. He returned to [[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.
In 1983, he joined [[Software development process|software development]] company [[SRA International]] as Director of the [[Systems Management]] Division. He returned to [[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==
==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 [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense|Deputy Secretary of Defense]] for [[Gulf War syndrome|Gulf War Illnesses]] and became responsible for coordinating and overseeing all of the [[United States Department of Defense]]'s responses to Gulf War Illnesses.
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 [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense|Deputy Secretary of Defense]] for [[Gulf War syndrome|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 [[United States Under Secretary of the Army|Under Secretary of the Army]] and he was sworn in on October 26, 1998, while retaining his responsibilities for Gulf War Illness issues. As Under Secretary of the Army, Rostker was the #2 civilian in the [[United States Department of the Army]]; was responsible for assisting the [[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.
President Clinton nominated Rostker as [[United States Under Secretary of the Army|Under Secretary of the Army]] and he was sworn in on October 26, 1998, while retaining his responsibilities for Gulf War Illness issues. As Under Secretary of the Army, Rostker was the No. 2 civilian in the [[United States Department of the Army]]; was responsible for assisting the [[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 [[United States Senate]], Rostker was sworn in as the [[Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness]] on May 23, 2000. In that capacity, he was the senior adviser to the [[United States Secretary of Defense]] on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits for 1.4 million [[active duty]] [[military personnel]], 1.3 million [[Reserve components of the United States armed forces|Guard and Reserve]] personnel and 725,000 [[United States Department of Defense|DoD]] [[civilians]]. He also oversaw the [[Military Health System]], the [[Defense Commissary Agency]], 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://clinton6.nara.gov/1998/07/1998-07-21-bernard-rostker-named-under-secretary-of-the-army-a.html |title=PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES BERNARD ROSTKER AS UNDER SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Clinton Administration White House Archives) |access-date=2014-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026171821/http://clinton6.nara.gov/1998/07/1998-07-21-bernard-rostker-named-under-secretary-of-the-army-a.html |archive-date=2011-10-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://clinton6.nara.gov/1998/04/1998-04-02-rostker-named-assistant-secretary-for-force-management-policy.html |title=PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES BERNARD ROSTKER AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FORCE MANAGEMENT POLICY (Clinton Administration White House Archives) |access-date=2014-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233129/http://clinton6.nara.gov/1998/04/1998-04-02-rostker-named-assistant-secretary-for-force-management-policy.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
After a nomination from President Clinton and confirmation by the [[United States Senate]], Rostker was sworn in as the [[Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness]] on May 23, 2000. In that capacity, he was the senior adviser to the [[United States Secretary of Defense]] on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits for 1.4 million [[active duty]] [[military personnel]], 1.3 million [[Reserve components of the United States armed forces|Guard and Reserve]] personnel and 725,000 [[United States Department of Defense|DoD]] [[civilians]]. He also oversaw the [[Military Health System]], the [[Defense Commissary Agency]], 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://clinton6.nara.gov/1998/07/1998-07-21-bernard-rostker-named-under-secretary-of-the-army-a.html |title=PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES BERNARD ROSTKER AS UNDER SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Clinton Administration White House Archives) |access-date=2014-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026171821/http://clinton6.nara.gov/1998/07/1998-07-21-bernard-rostker-named-under-secretary-of-the-army-a.html |archive-date=2011-10-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://clinton6.nara.gov/1998/04/1998-04-02-rostker-named-assistant-secretary-for-force-management-policy.html |title=PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES BERNARD ROSTKER AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FORCE MANAGEMENT POLICY (Clinton Administration White House Archives) |access-date=2014-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233129/http://clinton6.nara.gov/1998/04/1998-04-02-rostker-named-assistant-secretary-for-force-management-policy.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==Later life==
==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 [[List of United States cities by population|large city]] departments; managing the [[volunteer military]]; and reforming the military by lengthening military careers.
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 [[List of United States cities by population|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,<ref name="AAE 2023"/> in 1966. They have two sons.<ref name=Hearing3/><ref name=Hearing4/>


==Publications==
==Publications==
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/rostker_bio.html |title=Profile: The Honorable Bernard D. Rostker |access-date=2010-02-01 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051122154321/http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/rostker_bio.html |archive-date=2005-11-22 }}
* [https://www.rand.org/about/people/r/rostker_bernard_d.html Profile at RAND]
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[[Category:People from the Bronx]]
[[Category:People from the Bronx]]
[[Category:New York University alumni]]
[[Category:New York University alumni]]
[[Category:Syracuse University alumni]]
[[Category:Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs alumni]]
[[Category:United States Department of Defense officials]]
[[Category:United States Department of Defense officials]]
[[Category:Clinton administration personnel]]
[[Category:Clinton administration personnel]]

Latest revision as of 18:24, 24 October 2024

Bernard D. Rostker
United States Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
In office
May 23, 2000 – June 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded byCharles Cragin (acting)
Succeeded byDavid S. C. Chu
United States Under Secretary of the Army
In office
October 1998 – May 23, 2000
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byRobert M. Walker
Succeeded byGregory R. Dahlberg
United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
In office
October 7, 1994 – October 1998
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byFrederick Pang
Succeeded byCarolyn H. Becraft
5th Director of the Selective Service System
In office
November 26, 1979 – July 31, 1981
PresidentJimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Preceded byByron V. Pepitone
Robert E. Shuck (acting)
Succeeded byThomas K. Turnage
James G. Bond (acting)
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; 5th Director of the 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

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Rostker was born in The Bronx in 1944 and graduated from Taft High School in June 1960 at the age of sixteen. He then attended New York University, receiving a B.S. in Education and Economics in 1964.[3][4][5] While in college, he participated in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate and being commissioned as a 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

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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 economist. After completing his military commitment at the rank of Captain two years later, he joined 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 Selective Service System, holding this post November 26, 1979 – July 31, 1981. The selective service registration requirement for all U.S. men aged 18–25, had been abolished by President Gerald Ford in 1975, but was reestablished when President Jimmy Carter signed Proclamation 4771, Registration Under the Military Selective Service Act on July 2, 1980, retroactively re-establishing the Selective Service registration requirement for all 18- to 26-year-old male citizens born on or after January 1, 1960. Rostker thus oversaw the Selective Service Revitalization Plan which registered four million men for selective service. He is the named defendant in 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 software development company SRA International as Director of the Systems Management Division. He returned to 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

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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 Under Secretary of the Army and he was sworn in on October 26, 1998, while retaining his responsibilities for Gulf War Illness issues. As Under Secretary of the Army, Rostker was the No. 2 civilian in the United States Department of the Army; was responsible for assisting the 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 United States Senate, Rostker was sworn in as the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on May 23, 2000. In that capacity, he was the senior adviser to the United States Secretary of Defense on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits for 1.4 million active duty military personnel, 1.3 million Guard and Reserve personnel and 725,000 DoD civilians. He also oversaw the Military Health System, the Defense Commissary Agency, 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

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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

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

Publications

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  • 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

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  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. ^ a b c "Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Second Session, 103d Congress: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate". Vol. 103, no. 873. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1994. pp. 1208–1211. ISBN 978-0-16-046386-0.
  4. ^ a b c "Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Second Session, 105th Congress: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate". Vol. 105, no. 868. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1999. pp. 984–986. ISBN 978-0-16-058279-0. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  5. ^ a b c "Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Second Session, 106th Congress: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate". Vol. 106, no. 985. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 2001. pp. 116–118. 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. ^ a b Youngman, Jessica (13 April 2023). "Maxwell Celebrates 4 Exceptional Alumni at Annual Awards of Excellence". 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 Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
October 1994 – October 1998 		Succeeded by
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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