ORGANIZATION

Coalition organization founded 1978 as Helsinki Watch.

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

Location:
New York City

Founding Date:
1978

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rhonda Copelon	Attorney	15-Sep-1944		Law Professor at CUNY
Adrian W. DeWind	Attorney	1-Dec-1913	7-Aug-2009	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Bernardine Dohrn	Activist	12-Jan-1942		Weather Underground leader
Jonathan F. Fanton	Administrator	1943		President, MacArthur Foundation, 1999-2009
Mike Farrell	Actor	6-Feb-1939		BJ Hunnicutt on M*A*S*H
Vartan Gregorian	Educator	8-Apr-1934		President of Carnegie Corporation
James F. Hoge, Jr.	Editor	25-Dec-1935		Editor of Foreign Affairs
Michael McFaul	Diplomat	1-Oct-1963		US Ambassador to Russia
Jane Olson	Activist	?		Chairman, Human Rights Watch
Barnett R. Rubin	Educator	10-Jan-1950		The Fragmentation of Afghanistan
Herbert Sandler	Philanthropist	16-Nov-1931		Golden West Financial
Marion O. Sandler	Philanthropist	17-Oct-1930	1-Jun-2012	Golden West Financial
Orville Schell	Author	20-May-1940		Prominent sinologist
Stanley K. Sheinbaum	Activist	12-Jun-1920		Publisher, New Perspectives Quarterly
George Soros	Business	12-Aug-1930		Financial speculator
Nadine Strossen	Activist	18-Aug-1950		President of the ACLU
Shibley Telhami	Scholar	c. 1952		Middle East scholar
Maureen White	Activist	?		DNC National Finance Chair

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