ORCHESTRA

Founded in 1931 by Hans Kindler.

Official Website:
http://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/

Founding Date:
1931

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Antal Doráti	Conductor	9-Apr-1906	13-Nov-1988	Conductor, Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-60
Sidney Harman	Business	5-Aug-1918	12-Apr-2011	Founder of Harman International
Ann Dibble Jordan	Educator	c. 1939		Professor, University of Chicago
Debra L. Lee	Business	1955		CEO of BET Networks
Charles T. Manatt	Attorney	9-Jun-1936	22-Jul-2011	DNC Chairman, 1981-85
Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg	Business	c. 1944		Strategic Investment Group
Michael Retzer	Business	c. 1946		US Ambassador to Tanzania, 2005-07
Mstislav Rostropovich	Cellist	27-Mar-1927	27-Apr-2007	Cellist and conductor
Roger W. Sant	Business	c. 1930		Billionaire, AES
Leonard Slatkin	Conductor	1-Sep-1944		Music Director, Detroit Symphony
William T. Torgerson	Business	c. 1944		Vice Chairman of Pepco Holdings
H. Thomas Watkins	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Human Genome Sciences
Wesley S. Williams, Jr.	Attorney	13-Nov-1942		Former Partner, Covington & Burling
John Wohlstetter	Activist	c. 1947		Discovery Institute

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