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McNamara Years Shaped by Quiet Family Commitment
Margaret and Robert McNamara build a life of service beyond wealth and status. They reject money as power, discuss budgets together, and pursue public duties with a calm, disciplined family routine. Margaret oversees home life, community action, and beautification while Robert leads defense policy, balancing long hours with shared decisions and care.
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McNamaras
Sargent Shriver
McNamara
Kennedy
Defense
Treasury
Bob
Ford
Margaret McNamara
San Francisco
Robert Strange McNamara
Strange
Peggy
San Francisco Bay Area
Robert McNamara
Margaret Craig
Alameda High School
Piedmont High
University of California At Berkeley
Margy
Jong
Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Beta Kappa
Annie Lee Whitmore
Stanford
Harvard Business School
Price Waterhouse & Co
Episcopal Church
Alameda
Panama Canal
New York
Bay Area
Pentagon
Washington Post
New York Times
Washington
California
Washington, D.C
Greco
Nikos Kazantzakis
Schlesinger and
Sorensen
The
Sierra Nevada
Francis Farquhar
the McNamaras