Herman Kahn

 Futurist 

“Herman Kahn was a founder of the Hudson Institute and one of the preeminent futurists of the latter part of the twentieth century. He originally came to prominence as a military strategist and systems theorist while employed at the RAND Corporation.” Wikipedia 

The reason for featuring Herman Kahn and vicissitudes of the long-past Cold War in CharacterTowns.org is to illustrate the importance and sophistication of strategic planning. He also demonstrates that there are people outside the planning profession who can be instrumental in our thought processes.