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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

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

Location:
Washington, DC

Founding Date:
1971

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joe L. Allbritton
Business
29-Dec-1924 12-Dec-2012 Well-connected Washington billionaire
Philip Anschutz
Business
28-Dec-1939   Qwest billionaire
Catherine Todd Bailey
Diplomat
1951   US Ambassador to Latvia, 2005-08
Robert B. Barnett
Attorney
26-Aug-1946   Washington literary agent, debate coach
Lawrence Bathgate
Attorney
17-May-1939   GOP activist
Lucius Battle
Diplomat
1-Jun-1918 13-May-2008 US Ambassador to Egypt, 1964-67
Stuart Bernstein
Diplomat
9-Apr-1938   US Ambassador to Denmark, 2001-05
Roland Betts
Business
25-May-1946   Longtime friend of George W. Bush
James Billington
Historian
1-Jun-1929   13th Librarian of Congress
William Brisben
Business
?   Brisben Companies
Ronald W. Burkle
Business
c. 1953   Supermarket Billionaire
Barbara Bush
First Lady
8-Jun-1925   Wife of US President George H.W. Bush
Laura Bush
First Lady
4-Nov-1946   Wife of US President George W. Bush
Mary K. Bush
Business
c. 1949   Bush International
Joseph Califano
Government
15-May-1931   Carter's HEW Secretary
Mitchell Caplan
Business
c. 1957   CEO of E-Trade, 2003-07
Rosalynn Carter
First Lady
18-Aug-1927   Wife of US President Jimmy Carter
Henry Catto
Diplomat
6-Dec-1930 18-Dec-2011 US Ambassador to the UK, 1989-91
James E. Cayne
Business
c. 1934   CEO of Bear Stearns, 1992-2008
Hillary Clinton
Politician
26-Oct-1947   US Secretary of State, 2009-13
Thad Cochran
Politician
7-Dec-1937   US Senator from Mississippi
Arthur Culvahouse
Government
4-Jul-1948   White House Counsel, 1987-89
Bo Derek
Actor
20-Nov-1956   10
Betsy DeVos
Activist
c. 1958   Wife of Dick DeVos
Bob Dole
Politician
22-Jul-1923   US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96
Ken Duberstein
Government
21-Apr-1944   Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1988-89
Ralph Ellison
Novelist
1-Mar-1914 16-Apr-1994 Invisible Man
Robert A. Essner
Business
26-Oct-1947   CEO of Wyeth, 2002-07
Mel Estrin
Business
c. 1941   University Research Company
Thomas C. Foley
Business
9-Jan-1952   US Ambassador to Ireland, 2006-09
Betty Ford
First Lady
8-Apr-1918 8-Jul-2011 Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center
Abe Fortas
Judge
19-Jun-1910 5-Apr-1982 US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69
Bill Frist
Politician
22-Feb-1952   US Senate Majority Leader, 2003-07
Craig L. Fuller
Government
c. 1951   Washington lobbyist
Bruce S. Gelb
Diplomat
24-Feb-1927   US Ambassador to Belgium, 1991-93
David Girard-diCarlo
Lobbyist
20-Jan-1943   Lobbyist, US Ambassador to Austria
Vin Gupta
Business
c. 1948   CEO, InfoUSA
Jim Haslam
Business
13-Dec-1930   Pilot Corporation
Dennis Hastert
Politician
2-Jan-1942   Speaker of the House, 1999-2006
Mark Hatfield
Politician
12-Jul-1922 7-Aug-2011 US Senator from Oregon, 1967-97
Charlton Heston
Actor
4-Oct-1923 5-Apr-2008 The Ten Commandments
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Politician
22-Jul-1943   US Senator from Texas
James Inhofe
Politician
17-Nov-1934   US Senator from Oklahoma
Jim Jeffords
Politician
11-May-1934 18-Aug-2014 US Senator from Vermont, 1989-2007
Brenda LaGrange Johnson
Business
?   US Ambassador to Jamaica
James A. Johnson
Business
24-Dec-1943   CEO of Fannie Mae, 1991-98
Lady Bird Johnson
First Lady
22-Dec-1912 11-Jul-2007 Wife of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson
Sheldon Kamins
Business
c. 1948   Blum Frank & Kamins
Patrick Joseph Kennedy
Politician
14-Jul-1967   Congressman from Rhode Island, 1995-2011
Ted Kennedy
Politician
22-Feb-1932 25-Aug-2009 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009
Nancy G. Kinder
Philanthropist
?   Wife of Richard Kinder
Jeffrey B. Kindler
Business
13-May-1955   CEO of Pfizer, 2006-10
Jim Kolbe
Politician
28-Jun-1942   Congressman from Arizona, 1985-2007
Melvin Laird
Government
1-Sep-1922   US Secretary of Defense, 1969-73
Mary Lasker
Activist
30-Nov-1900 21-Feb-1994 Health care advocate
Ted Lazenby
Business
c. 1931   LNC Corporation
Michael O. Leavitt
Government
11-Feb-1951   US Secretary, Health and Human Services
Carl H. Lindner III
Business
c. 1953   Co-CEO of American Financial Group
John P. Manning
Business
c. 1949   Boston Capital REIT
Harry C. McPherson
Attorney
22-Aug-1929 16-Feb-2012 White House Counsel to Johnson
Norm Mineta
Politician
12-Nov-1931   Congressman from California, 1975-95
Marilyn Carlson Nelson
Business
c. 1939   CEO of Carlson Companies, 1998-2008
Ron Nessen
Government
25-May-1934   Gerald Ford's press secretary
James Oberstar
Politician
10-Sep-1934 3-May-2014 Congressman from Minnesota, 1975-2011
Mary M. Ourisman
Diplomat
Feb-1946   US Ambassador to Barbados
Frank H. Pearl
Business
27-May-1943 4-May-2012 CEO of Perseus LLC
Nancy Pelosi
Politician
26-Mar-1940   Speaker of the House, 2007-11
Arthur Penn
Film Director
27-Sep-1922 28-Sep-2010 Bonnie and Clyde
Charles H. Percy
Politician
27-Sep-1919 17-Sep-2011 US Senator from Illinois, 1967-85
Ron Perelman
Business
1-Jan-1943   Billionaire, owns 60% of Revlon
John C. Plant
Business
c. 1954   CEO of TRW Automotive
John Edward Porter
Politician
1-Jun-1935   Congressman from Illinois, 1980-2001
Deborah Pryce
Politician
29-Jul-1951   Congresswoman from Ohio, 1993-2009
Nancy Reagan
First Lady
6-Jul-1921   Wife of US President Reagan
Harry Reid
Politician
2-Dec-1939   US Senate Minority Leader
Catherine B. Reynolds
Philanthropist
c. 1957   Prominent benefactor
Michelle Rhee
Activist
25-Dec-1969   DC Public Schools Chancellor, 2007-10
Condoleezza Rice
Government
14-Nov-1954   US Secretary of State, 2005-09
Dwight Schar
Business
c. 1942   NVR Homes
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Historian
15-Oct-1917 28-Feb-2007 The Age of Roosevelt
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Business
14-Feb-1947   Co-Founder, Blackstone Group
Donna Shalala
Government
14-Feb-1941   Secretary of HHS, 1993-2001
Mark S. Siegel
Attorney
c. 1951   ReMY Investors
Lawrence M. Small
Government
14-Sep-1941   Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 2000-07
Joshua I. Smith
Business
c. 1941   Coaching Group LLC
Jay Snyder
Business
c. 1961   HBJ Investments
Alex Spanos
Business
28-Sep-1923   A.G. Spanos Companies
Margaret Spellings
Government
20-Nov-1957   Secretary of Education
Dennis Stanfill
Business
1-Apr-1927   CEO of 20th Century Fox, 1971-81
Thomas F. Stephenson
Business
c. 1942   US Ambassador to Portugal
Paul G. Stern
Business
31-Oct-1938   CEO of Northern Telecom, 1989-93
Sy Sternberg
Business
24-Jun-1943   CEO of New York Life
Caspar Weinberger
Government
18-Aug-1917 28-Mar-2006 Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush
Jerry Weintraub
Film/TV Producer
29-Sep-1937 6-Jul-2015 Hollywood producer
Charlie Wilson
Politician
1-Jun-1933 10-Feb-2010 Congressman from Texas, 1973-96
John Wohlstetter
Activist
c. 1947   Discovery Institute
James Wolfensohn
Business
1-Dec-1933   World Bank president, 1995-2005
Herman Wouk
Novelist
27-May-1915   The Caine Mutiny
Don Young
Politician
9-Jun-1933   Congressman from Alaska




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