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Wood, Robert Coldwell, 1923-2005

Bio: Robert Coldwell Wood (b. 1923) was a management organization expert at the U.S. Bureau of the Budget from 1951 to 1954, Under Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from 1966 to 1968, and Secretary of HUD in 1969. He…

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Wolkstein, Irwin

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Wisner, Frank

Bio: Foreign Service officer 1961-1997; Agency for International Development 1964-1965; Staff Aide to the Deputy Chief of Mission 1965-1967; Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Civil Operations 1967; Senior Advisor to the Vietnamese…

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Wilson, Will

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Wilson, Marie

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Wilson, James W.

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Wilson, Isabel Brown

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Wilson, Glen Parten, Jr., 1922-2005

Bio: Glen Parten Wilson (b. December 10, 1922, Waco, Texas-d. January 8, 2005, Fort Worth, Texas) was an assistant to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson and a staff member of the Senate Special Committee on Space and Astronautics. He also served on the Senate…

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Wilson, Cynthia E., 1940-

Bio: Cynthia E. Wilson was born on July 10, 1940. She went to work for the White House Social Correspondence Office in January 1965, and was with that office at least until December 1968. She worked with the First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, as a…

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Willis, A.M. "Monk"

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Williams, S. T. (Samuel Tankersley), 1897-1984

Bio: Samuel Tankersley Williams (b. Aug. 25, 1897, Denton, Tex.-d. Apr. 26, 1984) served as Chief of Staff XXII Corps in 1945 and 1946 and Commanding General of 25th Division, Korea, in 1952 and 1953. In 1953 and 1954, he commanded the XXVI Corps,…

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Williams, Mary Pearl

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Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988

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Williams, Eugene

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Williams, Donald A. (Donald Alfred), 1905-1982

Bio: Donald Alfred Williams (1905-1982) was born in Clark County, South Dakota, on July 14, 1905. Following employment with the state highway department at Pierre, South Dakota, he entered duty with the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) on June 3,…

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Wildenthal, John

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Wilcox, Walter W.

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Whiteside, R. Vernon

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White, J. Roy

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Wentzel, Volkmar K.

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Weinheimer, Tom

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Weinheimer, Betty

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Weeks, Christopher

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Weedin, Harfield

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Weede, Richard Garfield, 1911-1985

Bio: Richard Garfield Weede (b. Sept. 26, 1911, Sterling, Kan.-d. Oct. 22, 1985, Portsmouth, Va.), U.S. Marine Corps officer, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1935. He served on Guam prior to the outbreak of World War II when he joined the…

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Webb, Terrel Maverick

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Webb, Emma Stullken, 1893-1981

Bio: Emma S. Webb was a school teacher and attorney who lived in Elgin, Texas. She was married to Charles Wilson Webb, who served as the city attorney of Elgin.

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Weaver, George L.P.

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Watt, Ruth Young

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Washington, Walter Edward, 1915-2003

Bio: Walter Edward Washington (b. April 15, 1915, Dawson, Georgia-d. October 27, 2003, Washington, D.C.), civil servant and politician, was appointed as chief executive of Washington, D.C. in 1967, by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Warnke, Paul C. (Paul Culliton), 1920-2001

Bio: Paul Culliton Warnke (1920-2001) was a lawyer and government official. He was general counsel at the Department of Defense from 1966 to 1967, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1967 to 1969. He was…

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Warner, Volney F.

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Walter, Louis F.

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Walt, Lewis W., 1913-1989

Bio: Lewis William Walt (b. Feb. 16, 1913, Wabaunsee County, Kan.-d. March 26, 1989, Gulfport, Miss.), U.S. Marine Corps officer, enlisted in the Colorado National Guard at the age of 17, and after graduating from university in 1936, he accepted an…

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Voorhis, Jerry, 1901-

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Von Holt, Herman

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Vasey, Lloyd R.

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Vander Zee, Rein J.

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Valeo, Francis Ralph, 1916-

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Turner, Francis Cutler, 1908-

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