Background
Legere, Laurence Joseph was born on January 2, 1919 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Laurence Joseph and Aurore Hermine (Bean) Legere.
Legere, Laurence Joseph was born on January 2, 1919 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Laurence Joseph and Aurore Hermine (Bean) Legere.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1940. Master of Public Administration, Harvard, 1948. A.M. (Littauer fellow), Harvard, 1949.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1951.
Commissioned Second lieutenant, United States Army, 1940; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army, 1959; assistant professor international relations, United States Military Academy, 1945-1947; student, National War College, 1960-1961; assistant to military representative of, President United States, Washington, 1961-1962; senior staff member, National Security Council, Washington, 1962-1963; retired, 1966; senior staff member, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1966-1967; director office national security studies, Bendix Corporation, Ann Arbor, 1967-1968; director international and social studies division, Institute Defense Analyses, Arlington, Virginia, 1968-1974; defense advisor, United States Mission to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels, 1974-1989; retired, United States Mission to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels, 1989; member policy panel on Europe, United Nations Association, 1967-1969.
Member International Institute Strategic Studies. Clubs: Army-Navy (Washington).
Married Mary Yesley Keville, October 25, 1973.