John Patrick White (February 27, 1937 – September 3, 2017) was an American university professor and a government official who served in the Clinton Administration.

In nine years with the RAND Corporation, he was the senior vice president for national security research programs and a member of the board of trustees.

[2] White served as a director of L-3 Communications Corporation, IRG International, Inc., and the Institute for Defense Analyses, as well as the Concord Coalition and Center for Excellence in Government.

[citation needed] From 1998 to 2012, White was the Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

[4][5] White died at an assisting living center in Great Falls, Virginia, from complications of Parkinson's disease on September 3, 2017, at the age of 80.