A Re-appreciation of Charlie Hitch and his Contributions to Economics, Security, and the Management of OrganizationsFootnote^*

* This paper started as a very long footnote to a paper about RAND (Augier, March, and Marshall, 2015). As we were not able to give enough treatment to Hitch and his role as manager and leader at RAND, we started writing a separate paper; as well as a longer note on Hitch’s personality and character. This paper focuses mostly on Hitch’s intellectual contributions and his management and leadership, but we do try and integrate how his personality and character mattered.

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