As Secretary of War under President William Howard Taft, Stimson concentrated on reforms to streamline the U.S. Army. When the United States entered World War I, he volunteered his services at the age of forty-nine, and served as an artillery officer on the front lines in France. He also was Herbert Hoover's Secretary of State in 1930.
As Franklin D. Roosevelt's Secretary of War, Stimson managed both the buildup and operations of a twelve-million-person armed force engaged in conflict in all parts of the globe. His responsibilities during this last phase of his career included the development of the atomic bomb.
His last preoccupation in office, and in the last few years of his life, was how this devastating weapon could be controlled.
CIC helped The Stimson Foundation install, set up synchronization, cleaned up the database using FoxPro, and taught their staff in the use of ACT!
Stimson Foundation in the background
on DuPont Circle, Washington DC
