In 1940 Groves, who "had a reputation as a doer, a driver, and a stickler for duty", became special assistant for construction to the Quartermaster General, tasked with inspecting construction sites and checking on their progress.
General Holm became special assistant for women's programs in President Gerald R. Ford's administration.
Richard Whitney, president of the New York Stock Exchange, testified before Ferdinand Pecora became special counsel for the hearings.
Putting Gen. James Jones, a former NATO commander who recently became special envoy for Mideast security, in charge would make a lot more sense.
Three weeks later, he became special assistant for construction to the Quartermaster General, Major General Edmund B. Gregory.
He later became special assistant for community affairs when Rockefeller was re-elected governor of New York in 1966.
He returned to his legal practice in Hopkinsville, and in December 1967, became Special Counsel in Kentucky for Southern Railway.
He became Special Assistant to the President for Education in the Arts in September 1971.
Mr. Linowitz has moved easily between the public and private sectors, serving as chairman of Xerox and dipping into Government to lead the negotiations on the Panama Canal treaties, serve as representative to the Organization of American States and become special Ambassador for the Middle East.
