Edwin Dorn, who has a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University, became dean of the LBJ School in August 1997. He previously served at the Pentagon for four years as Assistant Secretary and then as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. In that capacity, Dorn was the Defense Secretary's senior adviser on recruitment, training, pay, and benefits for the U.S. Defense Department's total workforce of more than three million people (active duty military, reservists, and civilians). He also exercised control over the Defense Health Program, the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, and other human resource programs.
Before joining the Department of Defense, Dorn was a senior staff member at the Brookings Institution, where he developed executive education programs for government and private sector managers. From 1981 to 1990, he served as Deputy Director for Research at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. He has also been Director of Executive Operations for the U.S. Department of Education; Special/Executive Assistant in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; and Deputy Director of Evaluation for the Model Cities Program of Houston.
His publications include Rules and Racial Equality (Yale University Press, 1979); Who Defends America? (editor) (Joint Center Press, 1989); and more than 50 articles, reports, and op-ed pieces.
Dorn's policy interests are in the areas of defense, education, human resources, and civil rights.
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