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Cochran, Jacqueline, 1910-1980

Bio: Jacqueline Cochran was a cosmetics executive and world-famous aviatrix. After briefly studying to be a nurse, Cochran obtained a job in a beauty parlor in Pensacola, Florida. About 1935, she founded her own company, Jacqueline Cochran…

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Coffey, Matthew B., 1/20/1941

Bio: Matthew B. Coffey (b. January 20, 1941, Cumberland, Maryland) attended Potomac State College and the University of West Virginia where he graduated from the School of Business Administration in 1962. He attended the University of West Virginia…

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Cohen, Sheldon S. (Sheldon Stanley), 1927-

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Bio: Sheldon Stanley Cohen (b. 1927) was a legislative attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 1952 to 1956, and he served as chief counsel in the Office of Chief Counsel from 1963 to 1965. He was…

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Cohen, Wilbur J. (Wilbur Joseph), 1913-1987

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Bio: Wilbur J. Cohen (1913-1987) served on the Committee on Economic Security from 1934 to 1935, which drafted the Social Security Act. From 1935 to 1956, Cohen held several positions with the Social Security Administration, concluding his service as…

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Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993

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Bio: John Bowden Connally, Jr. (b. Feb. 27, 1917–d. June 15, 1993), served as Governor of Texas, Secretary of the Navy under President John F. Kennedy, and as Secretary of the Treasury under President Richard M. Nixon. He was wounded while a…

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Connally, Nellie, 1919-

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Bio: Idanell "Nellie" Brill Connally, wife of Secretary of the Treasury and former Texas Governor John B. Connally, was born in Austin, Texas on February 24, 1919. She attended the University of Texas, where she met fellow student and her future…

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Cooper, Chester Lawrence, 1917-2005

Bio: Chester Lawrence Cooper was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 13, 1917. He earned degrees from New York University and American University. He served as Assistant Deputy Director at Central Intelligence Agency from 1947 to 1962, and held…

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Cooper, R. Conrad

Bio: Assistant Vice President, Wheeling Steel Corporation; Executive Vice President, U.S. Steel, 1965-1968.

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Corbett, Alfred H.

Bio: Alfred H. Corbett was the Program Coordinator for the Community Action Program at the Office of Economic Opportunity in the late 1960s.

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Corcoran, Thomas G., 1900-1981

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Bio: Thomas G. Corcoran (1900-1981) was law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes; he then served with Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1932, as Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, 1933, and Special Assistant to the U.S.…

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Corson, John Jay, 1905-1990

Bio: John Jay Corson (1905-1990), educator, management consultant, and presidential advisor, was Chairman of the Program Task Force on Income Maintenance for the Johnson administration in 1964. He also served as a consultant in the International…

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Coston, Dean W. (Dean Walter), 1923-

Bio: Dean W. Coston was born in New York in 1923. He received an A.B. and M.A. from the University of Michigan. He served as Chief Engineer of the radio station WUOM in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from 1948 to 1961. In 1961 he joined the Department of…

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Cottam, Howard R. (Howard Rex), 1910-1984

Bio: Howard Rex Cottam (1910-1984) was Deputy Assistant Secretary for North Eastern and South Asian Affairs at the Department of State from 1960 to 1963. He also served as the U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait from 1963 to 1969.

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Covington, James S., Jr., 1929-2010

Bio: James Stevenson Covington, Jr., also known as Jim Covington, (b. April 2, 1929, Sulphur Springs, Texas-d. July 11, 2010, Houston, Texas), lawyer and law educator.

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Cowles, Fleur, 1910-2009

Bio: Fleur Fenton Cowles (b. February 13, 1910, New York-d. June 5, 2009, Sussex, England) wrote more than ten books, including an authorized biography of Salvador Dali (The Case of Salvador Dali, 1959), and won international fame as a…

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Cox, Ava Johnson

Bio: LBJ's first cousin; Elementary school teacher in Johnson City

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Cox, Hugh Baker, 1905-1973

Bio: Hugh Baker Cox (1905-1973) was special assistant to the attorney general in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice from 1935 to 1939. He served as first assistant to the assistant attorney general in charge of the Antitrust Division…

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Cox, Mike, 1948-

Bio: Mike Cox is an author, columnist, and historian from Austin, Texas

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