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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Kathleen Q. Abernathy
Government
5-Jun-1956   FCC Commissioner, 2001-05
Spencer Abraham
Politician
12-Jun-1952   US Secretary of Energy, 2001-05
David W. K. Acheson
Government
?   Food Safety Czar
David Addington
Government
22-Jan-1957   Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff
Eduardo Aguirre
Diplomat
1946   US Ambassador to Spain
Betty C. Alewine
Business
c. 1948   COMSAT Corporation
Peter F. Allgeier
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to the WTO
Herbert M. Allison
Business
24-Aug-1943 14-Jul-2013 CEO of TIAA-CREF, 2002-08
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.
Politician
15-Jun-1898 15-Apr-1986 Governor of Virginia, 1958-62
Aida M. Alvarez
Business
1950   SBA Administrator, 1997-2001
Clinton P. Anderson
Politician
23-Oct-1895 11-Nov-1975 US Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73
Frank Annunzio
Politician
12-Jan-1915 8-Apr-2001 Congressman from Illinois, 1965-93
Thomas Aranda, Jr.
Attorney
9-Apr-1934   US Ambassador to Uruguay, 1981-85
Chester A. Arthur
Head of State
5-Oct-1829 18-Nov-1886 21st US President, 1881-85
Victor Ashe
Diplomat
1-Jan-1945   US Ambassador to Poland
Henry F. Ashurst
Politician
13-Sep-1874 31-May-1962 US Senator from Arizona, 1912-41
Les Aspin
Politician
21-Jul-1938 21-May-1995 US Secretary of Defense, 1993-94
Elizabeth F. Bagley
Diplomat
13-Feb-1952   US Ambassador to Portugal, 1994-97
Sheila C. Bair
Government
c. 1953   FDIC Chairman
Richard A. Ballinger
Government
9-Jul-1858 6-Jun-1922 US Interior Secretary, 1909-11
Hank Barnette
Business
c. 1934   CEO of Bethlehem Steel, 1992-2000
Michael Baroody
Business
c. 1946   National Association of Manufacturers
Adrian A. Basora
Diplomat
18-Jul-1938   NSC European Director, 1989-91
Susan B. Bayh
Attorney
28-Nov-1959   Water Treaty Act
Charles H. Bell, Jr.
Government
c. 1946   Republican National Lawyers Association
Michael L. Bender
Judge
7-Jan-1942   Justice, Colorado Supreme Court
Robert Bennett
Politician
18-Sep-1933   US Senator from Utah, 1993-2011
Samuel D. Berger
Diplomat
6-Dec-1911 12-Feb-1980 US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64
Irving Bernstein
Historian
15-Nov-1916 25-Sep-2001 Labor historian
Frederick M. Bernthal
Administrator
10-Jan-1943   President, Universities Research Association
Beau Biden
Politician
3-Feb-1969 30-May-2015 Attorney General of Delaware, 2007-15
Hiram Bingham
Politician
19-Nov-1875 6-Jun-1956 US Senator, discovered Machu Picchu
Frank Blake
Business
c. 1950   CEO of Home Depot
Richard Bloch
Business
15-Feb-1926 21-Jul-2004 H&R Block, cancer activist
Scott Bloch
Government
c. 1958   Office of Special Counsel, 2004-08
William Blount
Politician
6-Apr-1749 21-Mar-1800 First expulsion from US Senate
Danny J. Boggs
Judge
23-Oct-1944   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Tom Bolack
Politician
18-May-1918 20-May-1998 Governor of New Mexico, 1962-63
J. P. Bolduc
Business
c. 1941   CEO of W. R. Grace, 1993-95
Phyllis O. Bonanno
Business
c. 1943   International Trade Solutions, Inc.
Charles J. Bonaparte
Government
9-Jun-1851 28-Jun-1921 US Attorney General, 1906-09
Chester Bowles
Politician
5-Apr-1901 25-May-1986 Governor of Connecticut, 1949-51
Richard C. Breeden
Government
6-Dec-1949   SEC Chairman, 1989-93
Nancy Goodman Brinker
Activist
6-Dec-1946   US Ambassador to Hungary, 2001-03
Joseph L. Bristow
Politician
22-Jul-1861 14-Jul-1944 US Senator from Kansas, 1909-15
J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr.
Economist
8-Jul-1939   President of the Richmond Fed, 1993-2004
Glen Browder
Politician
15-Jan-1943   Congressman from Alabama, 1989-97
Gregory Q. Brown
Business
c. 1960   CEO of Motorola
James R. Browning
Judge
1-Oct-1918 5-May-2012 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1961-2000
C. Farris Bryant
Politician
26-Jul-1914 1-Mar-2002 Governor of Florida, 1961-65
John H. Buchanan, Jr.
Politician
19-Mar-1928   Congressman from Alabama, 1965-81
Stephen B. Burbank
Educator
c. 1946   UPenn Law Professor
Andrew H. Burke
Politician
15-May-1850 17-Nov-1918 Governor of North Dakota, 1891-93
Sheila P. Burke
Administrator
c. 1951   COO of the Smithsonian Institution
Arthur F. Burns
Economist
27-Apr-1904 6-Jun-1987 Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1970-78
Charles W. Burson
Attorney
c. 1944   Al Gore's Chief of Staff, 1999-2001
Richard R. Burt
Diplomat
3-Feb-1947   US Ambassador to Germany, 1985-89
Mary K. Bush
Business
c. 1949   Bush International
W. Walton Butterworth
Diplomat
7-Sep-1903 31-Mar-1975 US Ambassador to Canada, 1962-68
James F. Byrnes
Politician
2-May-1882 9-Apr-1972 US Secretary of State, 1945-47
Louis Caldera
Government
1-Apr-1956   US Secretary of the Army, 1998-2001
Millard F. Caldwell
Politician
6-Feb-1897 23-Oct-1984 Governor of Florida, 1945-49
George Campbell, Jr.
Educator
2-Dec-1945   President of the Cooper Union
Kurt M. Campbell
Government
1957   Asst. Secy. of State for East Asian Affairs
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
Politician
1-Feb-1878 21-Dec-1950 First female elected to US Senate
Joseph M. Carey
Politician
19-Jan-1845 5-Feb-1924 Governor of Wyoming, 1911-15
Gerald P. Carmen
Government
8-Jul-1930   Carmen Group International
John Albert Carroll
Politician
30-Jul-1901 30-Aug-1983 US Senator from Colorado, 1957-63
Gilbert F. Casellas
Attorney
c. 1952   Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo
Lewis Cass
Military
9-Oct-1782 17-Jun-1866 US Secretary of State, 1857-60
Frederic L. Chapin
Diplomat
13-Jul-1929 8-Sep-1989 US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1981-84
Harlan Cleveland
Government
19-Jan-1918 30-May-2008 Futurist, diplomat
George D. Clyde
Politician
21-Jul-1898 2-Apr-1972 Governor of Utah, 1957-65
Robert L. Cochran
Politician
28-Jan-1886 23-Feb-1963 Governor of Nebraska, 1935-41
Wilbur J. Cohen
Government
10-Jun-1913 17-May-1987 HEW Secretary, 1968-69
John P. Cole, Jr.
Attorney
12-Jan-1930   Telecommunications attorney
Norman Jay Colman
Government
16-May-1827 3-Nov-1911 First US Secretary of Agriculture
Anthony Comstock
Activist
7-Mar-1844 21-Sep-1915 New York Society for the Suppression of Vice
James B. Conant
Educator
26-Mar-1893 11-Feb-1978 President of Harvard, 1933-53
Philip M. Condit
Business
2-Aug-1941   CEO of Boeing, 1996-2003
James Connaughton
Government
?   Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality
John T. Connor
Business
3-Nov-1914 6-Oct-2000 CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79
George B. Cortelyou
Politician
26-Jul-1862 23-Oct-1940 US Treasury Secretary, 1907-09
Frederick G. Cottrell
Inventor
10-Jan-1877 16-Nov-1948 Smokestack filters to fight pollution
Jim Courter
Politician
14-Oct-1941   Congressman from New Jersey, 1979-91
Alan Cranston
Politician
19-Jun-1914 31-Dec-2000 US Senator from California, 1969-93
Carol T. Crawford
Business
25-Feb-1943   US Intl. Trade Commission, 1991-2000
Ryan C. Crocker
Diplomat
19-Jun-1949   US Ambassador to Iraq, 2007-09
Jack Dyer Crouch II
Government
1-Jul-1958   US Depy. National Security Advisor, 2005-07
Paul J. Crutzen
Physicist
3-Dec-1933   Ozone depletion
Andrew Cuomo
Government
6-Dec-1957   Governor of New York
Charles B. Curtis
Activist
27-Apr-1940   Nuclear Threat Initiative
James R. Curtiss
Attorney
20-Dec-1953   Nuclear lobbyist, Winston & Strawn
Kenneth W. Dam
Government
10-Aug-1932   Deputy Treasury Secretary, 2001-03
Price Daniel
Politician
10-Oct-1910 25-Aug-1988 Governor of Texas, 1957-63
Justin Dart, Jr.
Activist
29-Aug-1930 22-Jun-2002 Father of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Hal Daub
Politician
23-Apr-1941   Mayor of Omaha, 1995-2001
Joseph E. Davies
Diplomat
29-Nov-1876 9-May-1958 US Ambassador to the USSR, 1937-38
Deane C. Davis
Politician
7-Nov-1900 8-Dec-1990 Governor of Vermont, 1969-73
Robert W. Decherd
Business
c. 1951   CEO of Belo, 1987-2007
Michael V. DiSalle
Politician
6-Jan-1908 14-Sep-1981 Governor of Ohio, 1959-63
Arnold W. Donald
Business
c. 1955   CEO of Merisant, 2000-03
Thomas J. Donohue
Business
1938   US Chamber of Commerce
Lewis W. Douglas
Politician
2-Jul-1894 7-Mar-1974 US Ambassador to the UK, 1947-50
Ken Duberstein
Government
21-Apr-1944   Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1988-89
Edward R. Dudley
Diplomat
11-Mar-1911 8-Feb-2005 First Black US Ambassador
Robin Chandler Duke
Activist
13-Oct-1923   Former president of NARAL
James Clement Dunn
Diplomat
27-Dec-1890 1979 Career US Ambassador
Victor J. Dzau
Doctor
1946   CEO of Duke University Health System
Dennis E. Eckart
Politician
6-Apr-1950   Congressman from Ohio, 1981-93
Eric S. Edelman
Diplomat
1951   Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Buford Ellington
Politician
27-Jun-1907 3-Apr-1972 Twice Governor of Tennessee
Bill Emerson
Politician
1-Jan-1938 22-Jun-1996 Congressman from Missouri, 1981-96
Richard S. Emmet
Attorney
8-Apr-1897 5-Oct-1969 Counsel to the Bank of New York
James Pollard Espy
Scientist
9-May-1785 24-Jan-1860 The Philosophy of Storms
Martin C. Faga
Government
11-Jun-1941   Director of the NRO, 1989-93
Charles Fahy
Attorney
27-Aug-1892 17-Sep-1979 Solicitor General, Appellate Judge
Paul J. Fannin
Politician
29-Jan-1907 13-Jan-2002 Governor and Senator from Arizona
John J. Farmer, Jr.
Politician
24-Jun-1957   Attorney General of New Jersey, 1999-2002
Walter Lowrie Fisher
Government
4-Jul-1862 9-Nov-1935 US Interior Secretary, 1911-13
Donald V. Fites
Business
20-Jan-1934   CEO of Caterpillar, 1990-99
Robert W. Fitts
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, 2003-06
Arthur S. Flemming
Government
12-Jun-1905 7-Sep-1996 HEW Secretary, 1958-61
William J. Flynn
Government
1867 14-Oct-1928 FBI Director, 1919-21
Marion B. Folsom
Business
23-Nov-1893 27-Sep-1976 HEW Secretary, 1955-58
Charles A. Ford
Diplomat
c. 1950   US Ambassador to Honduras
James V. Forrestal
Government
15-Feb-1892 22-May-1949 US Secretary of Defense, 1947-49
Murphy J. Foster
Politician
12-Jan-1849 12-Jun-1921 Governor and Senator from Louisiana
Henry H. Fowler
Government
5-Sep-1908 3-Jan-2000 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-68
J. Allen Frear
Politician
7-Mar-1903 15-Jan-1993 US Senator from Delaware, 1949-61
Aaron L. Friedberg
Government
16-Apr-1956   In the Shadow of the Garrison State
Kathryn S. Fuller
Administrator
c. 1946   World Wildlife Fund CEO, 1989-2005
Booth Gardner
Politician
21-Aug-1936 15-Mar-2013 Governor of Washington, 1985-93
John W. Gardner
Administrator
8-Oct-1912 16-Feb-2002 Founder of Common Cause
James Rudolph Garfield
Politician
17-Oct-1865 24-Mar-1950 US Secretary of the Interior, 1907-09
Tony Garza
Diplomat
c. 1958   US Ambassador to Mexico
Julius Genachowski
Government
19-Aug-1962   FCC Chairman
Walter S. Gifford
Business
10-Jan-1885 7-May-1966 President of AT&T, 1925-48
James L. Goddard
Government
24-Apr-1923 18-Dec-2009 FDA Commissioner, 1966-68
Ralph E. Gomory
Business
c. 1938   Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Mary L. Good
Educator
20-Jun-1931   Donaghey Professor, U. Arkansas
Charles E. Goodell
Politician
16-Mar-1926 21-Jan-1987 US Senator from New York, 1968-71
Bill Gradison
Politician
28-Dec-1928   Congressman from Ohio, 1975-93
Wendy Gramm
Business
9-Jan-1945   Phil Gramm's wife, ex-Enron board member
Michael S. Greco
Attorney
22-Nov-1942   President of the ABA, 2005-06
John P. Green
Politician
2-Apr-1845 30-Aug-1940 Labor Day
S. William Green
Politician
16-Oct-1929 14-Oct-2002 Congressman from New York, 1978-93
David N. Greenlee
Diplomat
3-Jun-1943   US Ambassador to Bolivia, 2003-06
Donald P. Gregg
Government
12-Dec-1927   National Security Adviser to VP Bush
Tim Griffin
Politician
21-Aug-1968   Congressman, Arkansas 2nd
Archie M. Gubbrud
Politician
31-Dec-1910 26-Apr-1987 Governor of South Dakota, 1961-65
Joseph F. Guffey
Politician
29-Dec-1870 6-Mar-1959 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1935-47
Chuck Hagel
Politician
4-Oct-1946   US Secretary of Defense, 2013-15
Kathryn Walt Hall
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Austria, 1997-2001
Mark G. Hambley
Diplomat
12-Feb-1948   US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1993-94
Phil Hardberger
Politician
27-Jul-1934   Mayor of San Antonio
Anthony S. Harrington
Diplomat
9-Mar-1941   US Ambassador to Brazil, 2000-01
Douglas A. Hartwick
Diplomat
1950   US Ambassador to Laos, 2001-04
Michael V. Hayden
Government
17-Mar-1945   Former Director of the CIA
Thomas Andrews Hendricks
Politician
7-Sep-1819 25-Nov-1885 Grover Cleveland's Vice President
Robert J. Herbold
Business
24-Jul-1942   COO of Microsoft, 1994-2001
Mayo D. Hersey
Engineer
30-Aug-1886 5-Sep-1978 Tribology
Christian Herter, Jr.
Government
29-Jan-1919 16-Sep-2007 First Chairman, New York Urban Coalition
Philip Heymann
Government
30-Oct-1932   US Deputy Attorney General, 1993-94
John D. Hickerson
Diplomat
26-Jan-1898 18-Jan-1989 US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1959-61
John A. Hill
Business
c. 1941   First Reserve Corporation
Robert C. Hill
Diplomat
30-Sep-1917 28-Nov-1978 US Ambassador to Argentina, 1974-77
Deane R. Hinton
Diplomat
12-Mar-1923   US Ambassador to Panama, 1990-94
James Hoban
Architect
c. 1758 8-Dec-1831 Architect of the White House
Oveta Culp Hobby
Publisher
19-Jan-1905 16-Aug-1995 Houston Post President, 1955-83
Leo A. Hoegh
Politician
30-Mar-1908 15-Jul-2000 Governor of Iowa, 1955-57
Outerbridge Horsey
Diplomat
1-Oct-1910 18-Aug-1983 US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1963-66
W. Nathaniel Howell
Diplomat
14-Sep-1939   US Ambassador to Kuwait, 1987-90
William Dean Howells
Author
1-Mar-1837 11-May-1920 The Rise of Silas Lapham
Caroline C. Hunter
Government
c. 1976   US FEC Commissioner
David R. Hunter
Administrator
17-May-1916 25-Nov-2000 Progressive fund advisor
Robert A. Hurley
Politician
25-Aug-1895 3-May-1968 Governor of Connecticut, 1941-43
Harold Ickes
Government
15-Mar-1874 3-Feb-1952 US Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46
Ray R. Irani
Business
13-Jan-1935   CEO of Occidental Petroleum
John N. Irwin II
Diplomat
31-Dec-1913 28-Feb-2000 US Deputy Secretary of State, 1970-73
Joanne O. Isham
Government
27-Oct-1955   Career CIA, now at HPTi
Reuben Jeffery III
Business
c. 1953   Under Secy. State, Economic Affairs
Linda Jewell
Diplomat
c. 1953   US Ambassador to Ecuador
Jay Johnson
Politician
30-Sep-1943 17-Oct-2009 Congressman from Wisconsin, 1997-99
Louis A. Johnson
Government
10-Jan-1891 24-Apr-1966 US Secretary of Defense, 1949-50
Anita K. Jones
Educator
c. 1942   Professor at University of Virginia
Clayton M. Jones
Business
c. 1949   CEO of Rockwell Collins
Howard P. Jones
Diplomat
2-Jan-1899 Sep-1973 US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1958-65
Geri M. Joseph
Journalist
19-Jun-1923   US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1978-81
DeAnne S. Julius
Economist
14-Apr-1949   Chairman, Royal Institute of International Affairs
Philip M. Kaiser
Diplomat
12-Jul-1913 24-May-2007 US Ambassador to Austria, 1980-81
Marcy Kaptur
Politician
17-Jun-1946   Congresswoman, Ohio 9th
Ted Kaufman
Government
15-Mar-1939   TARP oversight panel
John F. Keane
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Paraguay, 2003-05
Daniel P. Kearney
Business
1939   EVP at Aetna, 1991-98
William E. Kennard
Government
19-Jan-1957   FCC Chairman, 1997-2001
Patrick F. Kennedy
Government
?   Under Secy. State, Management
Gil Kerlikowske
Government
1949   American Drug Czar
Donald M. Kerr
Government
c. 1941   Deputy Director, US National Intelligence
Alan G. Kirk
Military
30-Oct-1888 15-Oct-1963 US Navy Admiral, Ambassador to USSR
Roger Kirk
Diplomat
2-Nov-1930   US Ambassador to Romania, 1985
Kevin Klose
Government
c. 1940   CEO of National Public Radio
Foy D. Kohler
Diplomat
15-Feb-1908 23-Dec-1990 US Ambassador to USSR, 1962-66
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
Judge
1943   Chief Judge, FISA Court
C. Everett Koop
Government
14-Oct-1916 25-Feb-2013 US Surgeon General, 1982-89
Tom C. Korologos
Diplomat
16-Apr-1933   US Ambassador to Belgium, 2004-07
Richard Kovacevich
Business
30-Oct-1943   CEO of Wells Fargo, 1998-2007
Alex Kozinski
Judge
23-Jul-1950   Chief Judge, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Mary Kramer
Diplomat
14-Jun-1935   US Ambassador to Barbados, 2004-06
Arthur B. Laffer
Economist
14-Aug-1940   Reagan advisor, Laffer curve
Fiorello LaGuardia
Politician
11-Dec-1882 20-Sep-1947 New York City Mayor, 1934-45
Jonathan Homer Lane
Astronomer
9-Aug-1819 3-May-1880 Gravitational equilibrium of the Sun
Alan Larson
Diplomat
c. 1949   Under Secy. of State for Economics, 1999-2005
Arthur Larson
Politician
4-Jul-1910 27-Mar-1993 Moderate conservative thinker
Albert Lasker
Business
1-May-1880 30-May-1952 Advertising executive and medical research patron
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Doctor
1954   Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
David L. Lawrence
Politician
18-Jun-1889 21-Nov-1966 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1959-63
Jim Leach
Politician
15-Oct-1942   Congressman from Iowa, 1977-2007
Edward Leavy
Judge
14-Aug-1929   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1987-97
Paul LeClerc
Administrator
28-May-1941   CEO of New York Public Library
Blair Lee III
Politician
19-May-1916 25-Oct-1985 Governor of Maryland, 1977-79
Herbert H. Lehman
Politician
28-Mar-1878 5-Dec-1963 Governor of New York, 1933-42
John Francis Lewis
Politician
1-Mar-1818 2-Sep-1895 US Senator from Virginia, 1870-75
Tom Loeffler
Politician
1-Aug-1946   Congressman from Texas, 1979-87
James K. Logan
Judge
21-Aug-1929   10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-94
Herschel C. Loveless
Politician
5-May-1911 4-May-1989 Governor of Iowa, 1957-61
Jeffrey Lunstead
Diplomat
c. 1947   US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, 2003-06
Walter J. Maddock
Politician
13-Sep-1880 25-Jan-1951 Governor of North Dakota, 1928-29
Pat Manion
Radio Personality
1896 1979 Manion Forum
John P. Manning
Business
c. 1949   Boston Capital REIT
Daniel Marcus
Attorney
5-Jan-1941   Wilmer Cutler & Pickering
Sherrie P. Marshall
Attorney
c. 1952   FCC Commissioner, 1989-93
Thomas R. Marshall
Politician
14-Mar-1854 1-Jun-1925 Vice President under Wilson
Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
Attorney
12-Aug-1956   Partner, Bingham McCutchen
Edwin M. Martin
Government
21-May-1908 12-Jan-2002 US Ambassador to Argentina, 1964-68
Kevin J. Martin
Government
14-Dec-1966   FCC Chairman, 2005-09
Haldane Robert Mayer
Judge
21-Feb-1941   US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
William G. McAdoo
Politician
31-Oct-1863 1-Feb-1941 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18
Mark McClellan
Government
26-Jun-1963   Medicare Chief
Richard T. McCormack
Diplomat
6-Mar-1941   US Ambassador to the OAS, 1985-89
William P. McCormick
Diplomat
18-Aug-1939   US Ambassador to New Zealand
Ernest W. McFarland
Politician
9-Oct-1894 8-Jun-1984 Governor of Arizona, 1955-59
Carola McGiffert
Government
?   Center for Strategic & International Studies
Donald F. McHenry
Diplomat
13-Oct-1936   US Ambassador to the UN, 1979-81
Theodore R. McKeldin
Politician
20-Nov-1900 10-Aug-1974 Governor of Maryland, 1951-59
Samuel R. McKelvie
Politician
15-Apr-1881 6-Oct-1956 Governor of Nebraska, 1919-23
John McLean
Judge
11-Mar-1785 4-Apr-1861 US Supreme Court Justice, 1829-61
Patrick V. McNamara
Politician
4-Oct-1894 30-Apr-1966 US Senator from Michigan, 1955-66
Stephen McNichols
Politician
7-Mar-1914 25-Nov-1997 Governor of Colorado, 1957-63
Paul V. McNutt
Politician
19-Jul-1891 24-Mar-1955 Governor of Indiana, 1933-37
Harry C. McPherson
Attorney
22-Aug-1929 16-Feb-2012 White House Counsel to Johnson
Ned McWherter
Politician
15-Oct-1930 4-Apr-2011 Governor of Tennessee, 1987-95
Dudley C. Mecum
Business
c. 1935   Capricorn Holdings
Charles E. Merriam
Scholar
15-Nov-1874 8-Jan-1953 American Political Ideas
Philip Merrill
Publisher
28-Apr-1934 10-Jun-2006 Capital Gazette Communications
Jack Metcalf
Politician
30-Nov-1927 15-Mar-2007 Congressman from Washington, 1995-2001
Richard M. Miles
Diplomat
8-Jan-1937   Former US Ambassador to Georgia, Bulgaria
David C. Miller
Diplomat
15-Jul-1942   US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 1984-86
Franklin C. Miller
Government
Oct-1950   National Security Council, 2001-05
Robert H. Miller
Diplomat
8-Sep-1927   US Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, 1983-86
Robert Mills
Architect
12-Aug-1781 3-Mar-1855 Washington Monument
James P. Mitchell
Government
12-Nov-1900 19-Oct-1964 US Secretary of Labor, 1953-61
Wesley Clair Mitchell
Economist
5-Aug-1874 29-Oct-1948 Business Cycles
John Cameron Monjo
Diplomat
17-Jul-1931   US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1992-95
Thomas H. Moodie
Politician
26-May-1878 3-Mar-1948 Governor of North Dakota, 1935
W. Henson Moore
Politician
4-Oct-1939   Congressman from Louisiana, 1975-87
Jim Moran
Politician
16-May-1945   Congressman, Virginia 8th
James C. Morgan
Business
27-Aug-1938   CEO of Applied Materials, 1977-2003
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Government
11-May-1891 6-Feb-1967 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1934-45
Kenneth P. Moritsugu
Doctor
5-Mar-1945   US Surgeon General, 2006-07
Gouverneur Morris
Politician
31-Jan-1752 6-Nov-1816 American financier, Revolutionary politician
F. Bradford Morse
Politician
7-Aug-1921 18-Dec-1994 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1961-72
Wayne Morse
Politician
20-Oct-1900 22-Jul-1974 US Senator from Oregon, 1945-69
Michael H. Moskow
Business
7-Jan-1938   CEO, FRB Chicago, 1994-2007
Mary J. Mullarkey
Judge
28-Sep-1943   Colorado Chief Justice
George Muñoz
Business
1951   CEO of OPIC, 1997-2001
George B. Munroe
Business
5-Jan-1922 19-Aug-2014 CEO of Phelps Dodge, 1969-87
Frank Murphy
Judge
13-Apr-1890 19-Jul-1949 US Supreme Court Justice, 1940-49
Robert D. Murphy
Diplomat
28-Oct-1894 9-Jan-1978 Envoy in French North Africa, 1940-42
Eadweard Muybridge
Photographer
9-Apr-1830 8-May-1904 Animal Locomotion
Larry C. Napper
Diplomat
27-Nov-1947   US Ambassador to Kazakhstan, 2001-04
Marc B. Nathanson
Business
c. 1946   Billionaire, Falcon Cable TV
Michael H. Newlin
Diplomat
16-May-1926   US Ambassador to Algeria, 1981-85
Edward N. Ney
Business
26-May-1925 8-Jan-2014 CEO of Young & Rubicam, 1970-86
Julian M. Niemczyk
Military
26-Aug-1920 16-Sep-2009 US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1986-89
Paul Nitze
Diplomat
16-Jan-1907 19-Oct-2004 US cold warrior
Lawrence M. Noble
Attorney
c. 1951   FEC General Counsel, 1987-2000
Beth Nolan
Attorney
1951   White House Counsel, 1999-2001
Victoria Nuland
Diplomat
1961   Asst. Secretary of State, Europe
Gerald P. Nye
Politician
19-Dec-1892 17-Jul-1971 US Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45
Morgan O'Brien
Business
c. 1944   Co-Founder of Nextel
Mike O'Callaghan
Politician
10-Sep-1929 5-Mar-2004 Governor of Nevada, 1971-79
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Politician
5-Nov-1884 1-Dec-1962 US Senator from Wyoming, 1934-61
James D. P. Ogden
Business
26-Aug-1790 7-Apr-1870 First President of New York Life Insurance Company
Allen I. Olson
Politician
5-Nov-1938   Governor of North Dakota, 1981-85
Gilbert S. Omenn
Business
30-Aug-1941   Professor, University of Michigan
Mollie Orshansky
Economist
9-Jan-1915 18-Dec-2006 Orshansky Index
Katherine D. Ortega
Government
16-Jul-1934   Treasurer of the US, 1983-89
Frank V. Ortiz
Diplomat
14-Mar-1926 27-Feb-2005 US Ambassador to Argentina, 1983-86
A. Mitchell Palmer
Government
4-May-1872 11-May-1936 US Attorney General, Palmer Raids
Ronald D. Palmer
Diplomat
22-May-1932   US Ambassador to Mauritius, 1986-89
James W. Pardew
Diplomat
5-Feb-1944   US Ambassador to Bulgaria, 2002-05
Robert E. Patricelli
Business
c. 1940   Women's Health USA
John Barton Payne
Government
26-Jan-1855 24-Jan-1935 Red Cross Chairman, 1921-35
Stephen Payne
Business
8-May-1964   Lobbyist, Strategic Political Partners
Endicott Peabody
Politician
15-Feb-1920 1-Dec-1997 Governor of Massachusetts, 1963-65
John E. Pepper, Jr.
Business
c. 1938   Chairman of Disney
Frances Perkins
Government
10-Apr-1882 14-May-1965 First female US cabinet member
Val Peterson
Politician
18-Jul-1903 17-Oct-1983 Governor of Nebraska, 1947-53
Leon C. Phillips
Politician
9-Dec-1890 27-Mar-1958 Governor of Oklahoma, 1939-43
Susan M. Phillips
Educator
23-Jan-1944   Dean, GWU School of Business
Lew Platt
Business
11-Apr-1941 8-Sep-2005 CEO of Hewlett-Packard, 1992-99
Bill Poole
Economist
19-Jun-1937   President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Trevor Potter
Attorney
24-Oct-1955   FEC Commissioner, 1991-95
Edward C. Prado
Judge
7-Jun-1947   5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Charles B. Purvis
Doctor
14-Apr-1842 14-Dec-1929 Pioneering African-American physician
Kenneth M. Quinn
Diplomat
26-May-1942   US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1996-99
Maureen E. Quinn
Diplomat
1956   US Ambassador to Qatar, 2001-04
Maxwell M. Rabb
Attorney
28-Sep-1910 9-Jun-2002 US Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89
Karl L. Rankin
Diplomat
4-Sep-1898 15-Jan-1991 US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1950-57
Grover Rees
Attorney
c. 1950   US Ambassador to East Timor, 2002-06
Otto J. Reich
Diplomat
16-Oct-1945   US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1986-89
William K. Reilly
Business
26-Jan-1940   EPA Administrator, 1989-93
G. Frederick Reinhardt
Diplomat
21-Oct-1911 23-Feb-1971 US Ambassador to Italy, 1961-68
Robert D. Reischauer
Administrator
c. 1941   President of the Urban Institute
Henry S. Reuss
Politician
22-Feb-1912 12-Jan-2002 Congressman from Wisconsin, 1955-83
Silvestre Reyes
Politician
10-Nov-1944   Congressman from Texas, 1997-2013
John W. Reynolds
Politician
4-Apr-1921 6-Jan-2002 Governor of Wisconsin, 1963-65
Julius B. Richmond
Government
26-Sep-1916 27-Jul-2008 US Surgeon General, 1977-81
David Rittenhouse
Astronomer
8-Apr-1732 26-Jun-1796 Early Pennsylvania scientist and statesman
Mark A. Robbins
Government
c. 1964   Office of Personnel Management
James E. Rogers
Business
20-Sep-1947   CEO of Duke Energy
Edward L. Romero
Business
2-Jan-1934   US Ambassador to Spain, 1998-2001
Theodore Roosevelt
Head of State
27-Oct-1858 6-Jan-1919 26th US President, 1901-09
Daniel C. Roper
Government
1-Apr-1867 11-Apr-1943 US Commerce Secretary, 1933-38
William L. Roper
Government
c. 1948   Director, Centers for Disease Control, 1990-93
Albert J. Rosenthal
Educator
5-Mar-1919 17-Mar-2010 Dean of Columbia Law School, 1979-84
William M. Rountree
Diplomat
28-Mar-1917 1995 US Ambassador to Brazil, 1970-73
Charles F. C. Ruff
Attorney
1-Aug-1939 19-Nov-2000 Clinton's impeachment attorney
Donald Rumsfeld
Government
9-Jul-1932   US Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 and 2001-06
Donald S. Russell
Politician
22-Feb-1906 22-Feb-1998 Governor of South Carolina, 1967-71
Antonin Scalia
Judge
11-Mar-1936   US Supreme Court Justice
Leonard D. Schaeffer
Business
28-Jul-1945   CEO of WellPoint, 1992-2004
Mary L. Schapiro
Government
19-Jun-1955   Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
James H. Scheuer
Politician
6-Feb-1920 30-Aug-2005 Congressman from New York, 1965-93
Ronald L. Schlicher
Diplomat
16-Sep-1956   US Ambassador to Cyprus
Rose Schneiderman
Labor Leader
16-Apr-1882 11-Aug-1972 Union leader of the 1920s-'50s
Charles L. Schultze
Economist
12-Dec-1924   Council of Economic Advisers, 1977-81
W. Kerr Scott
Politician
17-Apr-1896 16-Apr-1958 Governor and Senator from North Carolina
Fred A. Seaton
Politician
11-Dec-1909 16-Jan-1974 US Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61
Oliver Seth
Judge
30-May-1915 27-Mar-1996 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1962-84
Raymond P. Shafer
Politician
5-Mar-1917 12-Dec-2006 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1967-71
Harold T. Shapiro
Educator
8-Jun-1935   President of Princeton, 1988-2000
Robert B. Shapiro
Business
4-Aug-1938   CEO of Monsanto, 1995-2000
Harry W. Shlaudeman
Diplomat
17-May-1926   US Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1990-92
Don L. Short
Politician
22-Jun-1903 10-May-1982 Congressman from North Dakota, 1959-65
Eli C. D. Shortridge
Politician
29-Mar-1830 4-Feb-1908 Governor of North Dakota, 1893-99
Stan Sigman
Business
1947   CEO of AT&T Mobility
William E. Simon
Government
27-Nov-1927 3-Jun-2000 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77
Thomas W. Simons
Diplomat
4-Sep-1938   US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1995-98
Joshua I. Smith
Business
c. 1941   Coaching Group LLC
Virginia Smith
Politician
30-Jun-1911 23-Jan-2006 Congresswoman from Nebraska, 1975-91
John W. Snyder
Government
21-Jun-1895 8-Oct-1985 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1946-53
Robert M. Solow
Economist
23-Aug-1924   Theory of economic growth
Graham B. Spanier
Educator
18-Jul-1948   President, Penn State University, 1995-2011
Huntley N. Spaulding
Politician
29-Oct-1869 14-Nov-1955 Governor of New Hampshire, 1927-29
John C. Spencer
Politician
8-Jan-1788 18-May-1855 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44
Carl Spielvogel
Business
27-Dec-1928   Advertising executive, Bates Worldwide
Harley O. Staggers, Sr.
Politician
3-Aug-1907 20-Aug-1991 Congressman from West Virginia, 1949-81
Richard H. Stallings
Politician
7-Oct-1940   Congressman from Idaho, 1985-93
William H. Standley
Military
18-Dec-1872 25-Oct-1963 US Chief of Naval Operations, 1933-37
Maurice H. Stans
Government
22-Mar-1908 14-Apr-1998 US Commerce Secretary, 1969-72
Janet Steiger
Government
10-Jun-1939 3-Apr-2004 FTC chairman, 1989-95
Randall Stephenson
Business
22-Apr-1960   CEO of AT&T
Paul G. Stern
Business
31-Oct-1938   CEO of Northern Telecom, 1989-93
Paula Stern
Government
31-Mar-1945   Chairman, Int'l. Trade Commission, 1984-86
Adlai E. Stevenson
Politician
23-Oct-1835 14-Jun-1914 Vice President under Cleveland
Samuel S. Stratton
Politician
27-Sep-1916 13-Sep-1990 Congressman from New York
Howard Sutherland
Politician
8-Sep-1865 12-Mar-1950 US Senator from West Virginia, 1917-23
H. Patrick Swygert
Educator
17-Mar-1943   President of Howard University, 1995-2008
James Symington
Politician
28-Sep-1927   Congressman from Missouri, 1969-77
Stuart Symington
Politician
26-Jun-1901 14-Dec-1988 US Senator from Missouri, 1953-76
Peter B. Teeley
Diplomat
12-Jan-1940   US Ambassador to Canada, 1992-93
James D. Theberge
Diplomat
28-Dec-1930 20-Jan-1988 US Ambassador to Chile, 1982-85
Franklin A. Thomas
Attorney
27-May-1934   President of the Ford Foundation, 1979-96
Harry K. Thomas
Diplomat
c. 1956   US Ambassador to Bangladesh, 2003-05
Fred Thompson
Actor
19-Aug-1942 1-Nov-2015 Actor turned Senator from Tennessee
Vernon W. Thomson
Politician
5-Nov-1905 2-Apr-1988 Governor of Wisconsin, 1957-59
Mac Thornberry
Politician
15-Jul-1958   Congressman, Texas 13th
William Thornton
Architect
20-May-1759 28-Mar-1828 First architect of the US Capitol
Mary Ann Tighe
Business
1948   Tri-State CEO, CB Richard Ellis
William R. Timken, Jr.
Diplomat
c. 1938   US Ambassador to Germany
Laura D. Tyson
Economist
28-Jun-1947   Dean of London Business School
Leonard S. Unger
Diplomat
17-Dec-1917 3-Jun-2010 US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1974-79
Chase Untermeyer
Diplomat
7-Mar-1946   US Ambassador to Qatar
Rodolphe M. Vallee
Business
c. 1960   US Ambassador to Slovakia, 2005-07
Carol van Voorst
Diplomat
c. 1951   US Ambassador to Iceland, 2006-09
Sheldon B. Vance
Diplomat
18-Jan-1917 12-Nov-1995 US Ambassador to Congo, 1969-74
William vanden Heuvel
Diplomat
14-Apr-1930   US Ambassador to the UN Europe, 1977-79
A. Devitt Vanech
Attorney
26-Mar-1906 10-Sep-1967 Deputy US Attorney General, 1951-52
Alexander Vershbow
Diplomat
1952   US Ambassador to South Korea
Richard N. Viets
Diplomat
10-Nov-1930   US Ambassador to Jordan, 1981-84
Fred Vinson
Judge
22-Jan-1890 8-Sep-1953 US Chief Justice, 1946-53
Marcelle M. Wahba
Diplomat
1948   US Ambassador to the UAE, 2001-04
Jerome R. Waldie
Politician
15-Feb-1925 3-Apr-2009 Congressman from California, 1966-75
David M. Walker
Government
2-Oct-1951   US Comptroller General
Monrad C. Wallgren
Politician
17-Apr-1891 18-Sep-1961 Governor of Washington, 1945-49
Peter J. Wallison
Government
6-Jun-1941   White House Counsel, 1986-87
James D. Walsh
Diplomat
9-Aug-1946   US Ambassador to Argentina, 2000-03
Lawrence E. Walsh
Government
8-Jan-1912 19-Mar-2014 Independent Prosecutor for Iran-Contra
John Warner
Politician
18-Feb-1927   US Senator from Virginia, 1979-2009
James Watkins
Government
7-Mar-1927 26-Jul-2012 US Secretary of Energy, 1989-93
Peter S. Watson
Government
1953   CEO of OPIC, 2001-05
Linda E. Watt
Diplomat
c. 1951   US Ambassador to Panama, 2002-05
Robert C. Weaver
Government
29-Dec-1907 17-Jul-1997 US HUD Secretary, 1966-68
John Giffen Weinmann
Attorney
29-Aug-1928   White House Chief of Protocol, 1991-93
Matthew E. Welsh
Politician
15-Sep-1912 28-May-1995 Governor of Indiana, 1961-65
Michael R. Wessel
Government
c. 1959   Longtime aide to Dick Gephardt
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.
Business
13-Sep-1926   CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1987-92
Dennis E. Whitfield
Activist
c. 1950   American Conservative Union
James Wieghart
Journalist
16-Aug-1933 21-Feb-2010 Editor, NY Daily News, 1982-84
Richard B. Wigglesworth
Government
25-Apr-1891 22-Oct-1960 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1928-58
Gail R. Wilensky
Activist
14-Jun-1943   Health care official
Malcolm R. Wilkey
Judge
6-Dec-1918 15-Aug-2009 US Ambassador to Uruguay, 1985-90
William B. Wilson
Government
2-Apr-1862 25-May-1934 US Secretary of Labor, 1913-21
Philip D. Winn
Criminal
1-Feb-1925   HUD scandal figure pardoned by Clinton
Edwin E. Witte
Economist
4-Jan-1887 20-May-1960 Father of Social Security
Harry H. Woodring
Politician
31-May-1890 9-Sep-1967 US Secretary of War, 1936-40
Hubert Work
Government
3-Jul-1860 14-Dec-1942 US Interior Secretary, 1923-28
George C. Wortley
Politician
8-Dec-1926 21-Jan-2014 Congressman from New York, 1981-89
Larry M. Wortzel
Government
c. 1949   China specialist, military analyst
Jerauld Wright
Military
4-Jun-1898 27-Apr-1995 US Atlantic Fleet Commander, 1954-60
Robert Zoellick
Government
25-Jul-1953   World Bank president, 2007-12


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