Metropolitan Club

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Metropolitan Club

ORGANIZATION

"The Metropolitan Club is one of Washington's oldest and most valued private institutions. Since its founding in 1863, it has vigorously pursued its primary objectives of 'literary, mutual improvement and social purposes'."

Official Website:
http://www.metroclub.org/

Location:
Washington, DC

Founding Date:
1863

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Robert Bacon Government 5-Jul-1860 29-May-1919 US Ambassador to France, 1909-12

Lucius Battle Diplomat 1-Jun-1918 13-May-2008 US Ambassador to Egypt, 1964-67

Zbigniew Brzezinski Government 28-Mar-1928 National Security Advisor, 1977-81

William Marshall Bullitt Attorney 4-Mar-1873 3-Oct-1957 US Solicitor General, 1912-13

William Bush Attorney c. 1946 Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski

Gerald Cassidy Government c. 1940 Cassidy & Associates

Walter J. Cummings Judge 29-Sep-1916 24-Apr-1999 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1966-99

Olcott H. Deming Diplomat 28-Feb-1909 20-Mar-2007 First US Ambassador to Uganda, 1963-66

Charles S. Fairchild Attorney 30-Apr-1842 24-Nov-1924 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1887-89

Fred F. Fielding Attorney 21-Mar-1939 White House Counsel to Reagan, GWB

William Russell Grace Business 10-May-1832 21-Mar-1904 Founder of W. R. Grace & Company

Christian Herter, Jr. Government 29-Jan-1919 16-Sep-2007 First Chairman, New York Urban Coalition

James L. Holloway III Military 23-Feb-1922 Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-78

Glenn Hubbard Economist 4-Sep-1958 George W. Bush economist

Thomas Penfield Jackson Judge 10-Jan-1937 15-Jun-2013 Federal district court judge

James Kimsey Business 1939 AOL's founding CEO

Breckinridge Long Diplomat 16-May-1881 26-Sep-1958 US Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36

Charles MacVeagh Attorney 6-Jun-1860 4-Dec-1931 US Ambassador to Japan, 1925-28

David M. O'Connell Educator 21-Apr-1955 President, Catholic University of America

Richard Samuel Reynolds Business 15-Aug-1881 29-Jul-1955 Founder of Reynolds Metals

Cyrus Vance Government 27-Mar-1917 12-Jan-2002 US Secretary of State, 1977-80

Wesley S. Williams, Jr. Attorney 13-Nov-1942 Former Partner, Covington & Burling

Jerauld Wright Military 4-Jun-1898 27-Apr-1995 US Atlantic Fleet Commander, 1954-60

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