Career
Rowen started his career as an economist for the RAND Corporation, a Santa Monica, California think-tank, where he worked between 1950-1953, and again between 1955-1960.
Between 1965-1966, Rowen was the Assistant Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget.
From 1967-1972, he was the president of RAND Corporation.
From 1981-1983, he was the chairman of the National Intelligence Council.
Between 1989-1991, Rowen served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense, under Dick Cheney.
From 2001–2004 he served on the Secretary of Defense Policy Advisory Board.
Between 2002-2003, Rowen chaired the United States Department of Energy's Task Force on the Future of Science Programs.
On February 12, 2004, President Bush named Rowen as a member of the Commission on Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (the "WMD Commission"), a position that he held until 2005.
Since 1983, Rowen has been a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
Rowen's research is currently focused on Asia's rise in the technology sector.
Henry Rowen is married to Beverly Griffiths. They have three daughters, three sons, and nine grandchildren.
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