ORGANIZATION

"A Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization dedicated to reducing the danger of nuclear weapons". Founded 1962 by Leo Szilard, atomic physicist.

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

Founding Date:
1962

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hans Bethe	Physicist	2-Jul-1906	6-Mar-2005	Atomic scientist
Julian Bond	Activist	14-Jan-1940	15-Aug-2015	NAACP Chairman, 1998-2010
Susan Clark	Actor	8-Mar-1940		Katherine Papadapolis on Webster
John Densmore	Drummer	1-Dec-1944		Drummer for The Doors
Robert Drinan	Politician	15-Nov-1920	28-Jan-2007	Jesuit priest, Massachusetts Congressman
John Kenneth Galbraith	Economist	15-Oct-1908	29-Apr-2006	Modern economics renegade
Dudley R. Herschbach	Chemist	18-Jun-1932		Crossed molecular beam experiments
Douglas Hofstadter	Author	15-Feb-1945		Godel, Escher, Bach
Charles Kimbrough	Actor	23-May-1936		Jim Dial on Murphy Brown
Leon M. Lederman	Physicist	15-Jul-1922		Researcher of neutrinos
Tom Lehrer	Comic	9-Apr-1928		Comedic songwriter
Edward B. Lewis	Scientist	20-May-1918	21-Jul-2004	Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate
Ellen Malcolm	Activist	2-Feb-1947		Founder, EMILY's List
Claiborne Pell	Politician	22-Nov-1918	1-Jan-2009	US Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97
Carl Sagan	Astronomer	9-Nov-1934	20-Dec-1996	Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos
Adele Simmons	Administrator	21-Jun-1941		President, MacArthur Foundation, 1989-99
Alan D. Solomont	Business	1957		DNC National Finance Chairman, 1997
Lyman Spitzer, Jr.	Astronomer	26-Jun-1914	31-Mar-1997	Father of space telescopes
Leo Szilard	Physicist	11-Feb-1898	30-May-1964	Nuclear chain reaction

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