Alfred B. Fitt

Alfred Bradley Fitt (April 12, 1923 – July 7, 1992) was an American attorney who served as General Counsel of the Army from 1964 to 1967, as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs from 1967 to 1969, and as general counsel of the Congressional Budget Office from 1975 to 1992.

Early life and education Alfred B. Fitt was born in Highland Park, Illinois, on April 12, 1923. He was educated at Yale University, receiving a B.A. in 1946.

Fitt was heavily involved in the execution of the manpower programs Project 100,000 and Project Transition in the Johnson administration. Fitt continued to communicate with former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara on the progress of these programs given McNamara's personal devotion to them.

Fitt left government service in 1969 to become President of Yale Kingman Brewster Jr.'s special assistant for community and alumni affairs.

In 1975, Fitt left Yale to become the first general counsel of the Congressional Budget Office, a position he would hold for the next seventeen years.

Personal life Fitt was married twice. His second wife, Lois Dickson Rice (1933–2017), married Fitt in 1977, four years after her divorce from Emmett J. Rice, making Fitt the stepfather of Susan Rice. Fitt died on July 7, 1992, at the age of 69.

Works

"The National Guard and Civil Disturbance", City (August/September 1970), pp. 41–43. "The Buckley Amendment: Understanding It, Living with It", The College Board Review, No. 96, Summer 1975, 2 & 3 Social Security Benefits for Students (1977). "In Search of a Just Outcome", Change, Vol. 9, No. 10 (Oct., 1977), pp. 22–25, 59.