Clifford Dwight Waldo (September 28, 1913 – October 27, 2000) was an American political scientist and major figure in modern public administration.
Waldo challenged mainstream scholars' view of public administration as a value-free, non-partisan social science that promised to make government more efficient and effective.
Waldo also is famous for the debate he had with Herbert A. Simon on the nature of bureaucracy in American Political Science Review just after World War II.
He had profound influence on a number of young academics in the late 1960s by organizing the Minnowbrook Conference.
[6][7] Others deeply indebted to Waldo for guidance and sponsorship include H. George Frederickson and Gary Wamsley.