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Bohlen, Charles E. (Charles Eustis), 1904-1973
Bio: Charles "Chip" Eustis Bohlen (b. August 30, 1904-d. January 1, 1973), diplomat and Russian specialist, was born in Clayton, New York. After Bohlen took his B.A. at Harvard in 1927, he went on a world tour on a tramp ship. Although he had not…
Bolling, Richard Walker, 1916-1991
Bio: Richard Walker Bolling was born May 17, 1916. He served as a U.S. Congressman from the Fifth District of Missouri, 1949 to 1983. He died in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 1991.
Bonanno, Phyllis
Bio: Phyllis O. Bonnanno began as a member of President Johnson's secretarial staff. and later became: the first director of U.S. Trade Representative’s Office of Private Sector Liaison in the Executive Office under Presidents Carter and Reagan;…
Boutin, Bernard Louis, 1923-2011
Bio: Bernard Louis Boutin (b. 1923), businessman, New Hampshire political figure, and government official was mayor of Laconia, New Hampshire, from 1955 to 1959, and a John F. Kennedy campaign worker in 1960. He was Deputy Administrator for the…
Bowdler, William G.
Bio: William G. Bowdler worked in the State Department, and as a Organization of American State delegate, from 1950 to 1956, and again 1960 to 1963. He was a White House Latin American adviser, 1965-1968. He served as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador,…
Bowles, Chester Bliss, 1901-1986
Bio: Chester Bliss Bowles (b. April 5, 1901, Springfield, Massachusetts-d. May 25, 1986, Essex, Connecticut), government official and Congressman. He graduated from Choate School in 1919 and Yale University in 1924. He worked as a businessman in…
Boyd, Alan S. (Alan Stephenson), 1922-
Bio: Alan Stephenson Boyd (b. 1922) was a member and Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, from 1961 to 1965, Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation from 1965 to 1967, and Secretary of the Department of Transportation from 1967 to 1969.…
Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992
Bio: Willy Brandt (b. Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm, December 18, 1913, Lubeck, Germany-d. October 8, 1992, Unkel, Germany), German statesman and politician. He was mayor of Berlin from 1957 to 1966, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (commonly…
Brooks, Robert Max, 1906-1982
Bio: Robert Max Brooks (b. December 23, 1906, Malvern, Arkansas-d. September 9, 1982, Austin, Texas) was an architect from Austin, Texas who worked on several prominent government projects including the Federal Building in Austin, Texas, the Lyndon…
