Editing Richard Neustadt (section)

==Early life==
Neustadt was born in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], the son of Elizabeth (Neufeld) and Richard Mitchells Neustadt, who was a progressive activist and social worker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/neustadt-richard-elliott-0|title=Neustadt, Richard Elliott &#124; Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> His family were Jews whose ancestors were from Central Europe.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Edwards |first1=George C. |title=Richard E. Neustadt |journal=PS |date=January 2004 |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=125–127 |doi=10.1017/S1049096504003889 |s2cid=154291153 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Neustadt: US political scientist and expert on the power of the presidency|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/nov/03/guardianobituaries.obituaries|work=The Guardian|access-date=May 6, 2012|author-first=Godfrey |author-last=Hodgson|date=November 3, 2003}}</ref> Neustadt received a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in History from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1939,<ref name="Jones"/> followed by an [[master's degree|M.A.]] degree from [[Harvard University]] in 1941.<ref name="HG2005">{{cite news |title=Richard Elliott Neustadt |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2005/10/richard-elliott-neustadt/ |access-date=23 March 2023 |work=Harvard Gazette |date=13 October 2005}}</ref> After a short stint as an economist in the [[Office of Price Administration]], he joined the [[US Navy]] in 1942, where he was a supply officer in the [[Aleutian Islands]]; [[Oakland, California]]; and Washington.<ref name="Jones"/> He then went into the Bureau of the Budget (now known as the [[Office of Management and Budget]])<ref name="HG2005"/> while he was working on his Harvard Ph.D., which he received in 1951.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard E. Neustadt Personal Papers |url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/RENPP |website=JFK Library |access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref>