Robert McFarlane National Security Advisor

Olmsted Class of '68

  • Rank: LtCol
  • Branch: Marine Corps
  • Status: Retired
  • University: University of Geneva
  • Language School: Defense Language Institute
  • Language: French
  • Assignments:
  • 1959 : Student, Basic Course, US Marine Corps School, Quantico, VA
  • 1960 - 1962 : Platoon Commander, Honest John, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic
  • 1963 - 1964 : Gunnery Instructor, Army Artillery and Missile School, Ft Sill, OK
  • 1964 - 1965 : Battery Commander, 3rd Marine Division, RVN
  • 1965 - 1967 : Olmsted Scholar Program - Geneva, Switzerland
  • 1967 - 1968 : Operations Officer, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines, RVN
  • 1968 - 1971 : Aide to Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs; Action Officer, Joint Planning Group, HQ, US Marine Corps, Washington, DC
  • 1971 - 1972 : White House Fellow, Executive Assistant to the Counselor to the President for Congressional Relations, Washington, DC
  • 1973 - 1975 : Military Assistant to Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Washington, DC
  • 1975 - 1977 : Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Washington, DC
  • 1977 - 1978 : Student, National War College, Ft McNair, Washington, DC
  • 1978 - 1979 : 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan
  • 1979 - 1980 : Committee on Armed Services, US Senate, Washington, DC
  • 1981 - 1982 : Counselor of the Department of State, Washington, DC
  • 1982 - 1983 : Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the White House
  • 1983 : The President’s Special Representative to the Middle East
  • 1983 - 1986 : Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the White House
  • 1986 : Retired
  • 1986 - 1988 : Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
  • 1988 - 1996 : Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, McFarlane Associates, Washington, DC
  • 1996 - 2000 : Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Global Energy Investors LLC, Washington, DC
  • 2001 - 2005 : Chairman, McFarlane Associates, Inc., Washington, DC
  • 2005 - 2012 : Chairman, Energy and Communications Solutions LLC, Washington, DC
  • 2012 - Present : Co-Founder, US Energy Security Council, Washington, DC
  • Education
  • 1959 : BS - US Naval Academy