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{{short description|American economist}}
{{Other people|David Chu|David Chu (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name               = David S. C. Chu
| native_name        = 朱思九
| native_name_lang   = zh
| image              = Dr David S C Chu.jpg
| alt                = 
| order              = 
| office             = [[Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness|United States Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness]]
| president          = [[George W. Bush]]
| term_start         = June 1, 2001
| term_end           = January 20, 2009
| predecessor        = [[Bernard D. Rostker]]
| successor          = [[Clifford L. Stanley]]
| office2            = [[Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation|United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program Analysis & Evaluation]]
| president2         = [[Ronald Reagan]]<br />[[George H. W. Bush]]
| term_start2        = May 19, 1981
| term_end2          = January 20, 1993
| predecessor2       = [[Russell Murray II]]
| successor2         = [[William J. Lynn III]]
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1944|05|28}}
| birth_place        = [[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| spouse              =  Laura L. Tosi
| children             = 2
| alma_mater         = [[Yale University]] <small>([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])</small>
| allegiance         = {{flag|United States}}
| branch             = [[United States Army]]
| serviceyears       = 1968–1970
| rank               = [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]]
| battles            = [[Vietnam War]]
}}

'''David S. C. Chu''' ([[wikt:朱|朱]][[wikt:思|思]][[wikt:九|九]]; [[pinyin]]: Zhū Sījiǔ; born May 28, 1944) is a retired [[United States|American]] civil servant and consultant.

He was born in [[New York, New York]] on May 28, 1944.<ref>"David S. C. Chu." ''American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences''. [[Detroit]]: [[Gale (Cengage)|Gale]], 2008. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 12 Sept. 2010. Document URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=K12-Reference&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK3099020461&mode=view&userGroupName=fairfax_main&jsid=6ffeb1ca1130c2a1ad8cae58a049578b Gale Document Number: GALE|K3099020461.  Fee.  Accessed via [[Fairfax County Public Library]]</ref>  He served as the President and CEO of the non-profit [[Institute for Defense Analyses]] from 2009 to 2019.  From 2001 to 2008, he served as [[Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness]] in the [[George W. Bush]] administration.<ref name=DL>[{{cite web |url=http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/chu.html
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 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306234318/http://www.defenselink.mil/prhome/chu.html
 |archivedate=2008-03-06 |accessdate=2010-09-12}}</ref>

Chu received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] Degree, [[magna cum laude]], in [[Economics]] and [[Mathematics]] from [[Yale University]] in 1964 and a [[PhD]] in Economics, also from Yale, in 1972 following a break due to military service.<ref>[http://www.ida.org/aboutus/leadership.php Institute for Defense Analyses biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414182848/http://www.ida.org/aboutus/leadership.php |date=2009-04-14 }}</ref> In 1968 he was commissioned in the [[United States Army]] and became an instructor at the U.S. Army Logistics Management Center, [[Fort Lee (Virginia)|Fort Lee]], [[Virginia]]. He later served a tour of duty in the [[Vietnam War]], working in the Office of the Comptroller, Headquarters, 1st Logistical Command. He obtained the rank of [[Captain (U.S. Army)|captain]] and completed his service with the Army in 1970.<ref name=DL/>

From 1978 to 1981, Chu served as the assistant director for National Security and International Affairs, [[Congressional Budget Office]], providing advice to the Congress on the full range of national security and international economic issues. He was [[Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation]] and then [[Assistant Secretary of Defense]] (Program Analysis and Evaluation) from May 1981 to January 1993. In that capacity, he advised the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] on the future size and structure of the armed forces, their equipment, and their preparation for crisis or conflict.<ref name=DL/>

From 1993 to 2001, Chu served in several senior executive positions with the [[RAND Corporation]], including Vice President and Director of the Arroyo Center, the Army's federally funded [[research]] and development center for studies and analysis, and Director of RAND's Washington Office.<ref name=DL/>

Chu was appointed on June 1, 2001, as [[Under Secretary of Defense]] for Personnel and Readiness.  In that position, he was responsible as the senior policy advisor on [[recruitment]], [[career development]], pay and benefits, and overseeing the state of military readiness.  He left that position in 2008, and joined the [[Institute for Defense Analyses]] as president and CEO.<ref name=DL/>

He is a fellow of the [[National Academy of Public Administration (United States)|National Academy of Public Administration]] and a recipient of its National Public Senior Award. He holds the [[Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service]] with silver palm.<ref name=DL/>

Chu's father came from China to study at the [[University of Illinois]], during World War II he worked for the [[China News Service]]{{which|date=June 2018}} and afterwards went to work for the [[United Nations]]. His mother's family came to America before the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. Chu's brother was chairman of the music department at [[Hamline University]]  and his sister is a human resources executive at [[Kent State University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=44058 |title=Defense.gov News Article: David Chu: DoD's Highest-Ranking Asian American Civilian |access-date=2018-06-20 |archive-date=2017-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930025159/http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=44058 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links==
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*[https://www.ida.org/en/AboutIDA/IDA%20Leadership/DavidChu.aspx] [[Institute for Defense Analyses]]
*{{C-SPAN|88952}}

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