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Lewine, Frances

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Bio: Frances Lewine was a journalist and White House correspondent, as well as President of the Women’s National Press Club. She served as deputy director of public affairs for the Department of Transportation under President Jimmy Carter.

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Levi, Goldye E. (Goldye Emmanuel), 1927-2009

Bio: Goldye Emmanuel Levi (b. Sept. 2, 1927-d. Dec. 18, 2009, Dallas, Tex.), certified public accountant in Texas, served as accountant and comptroller for the 1968 Humphrey-Muskie Presidential Campaign. He also ran for election in 2000 in Dallas…

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Leonhart, William K. (William Kahn), 1919-1997

Bio: William Kahn Leonhart (1919-1997), diplomat and government official, was a graduate of the University of West Virginia and Princeton University. As a Foreign Service Officer, Leonhart worked at the State Department from 1944 to 1965 and from…

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Lehman, John H., 1905-1987

Bio: John H. Lehman (1905-1987) was the attorney for the Eisenhower Foundation and the Eisenhower Presidential Library Commission from 1945 to 1969.

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LeFrak, Samuel J., 1918-2003

Bio: Samuel J. LeFrak (b. February 12, 1918, Brooklyn, New York-d. April 6, 2003, New York City), real estate executive, grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Erasmus Hall High School. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park,…

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Lee, Charles A., 1891-1984

Bio: Charles A. Lee (b. July 18, 1891-d. Oct. 10, 1984), was Missouri State Superintendent of Public Schools from November 2, 1922 to January 12, 1931.

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Leader, Rosalinde L., 1923

Bio: Rosalinde L. Leader, also known as Roz (b. Rosalinde Palca, 1923, New York, New York), was the owner of Art Leaders, Ltd. from 1972 to 1985, and the wife of film director Anton M. Leader. The Leaders lived in Los Angeles, California, and briefly…

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Langlois, Leo M., 1916-2003

Bio: Leo M. Langlois (b. September 26, 1916-d. April 13, 2003, Conroe, Texas), executive with major advertising agencies such as Campbell-Ewald, Maxon Advertising, Cecil & Presbry and Clinton E. Frank. His studio affiliations include Metro Goldwyn…

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Laise, Caroline Clendening, 1917-1991

Bio: Caroline Clendening Laise was a diplomat who served as the ambassador to Nepal from 1966 to 1973. She was married to Ellesworth Bunker, becoming the first married couple to both be concurrently serving as U.S. Ambassadors. She later became…

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Krim, Mathilde, 1926

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Bio: Research scientist, Sloane-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research 1962-1985; wife of Arthur Krim (President of United Artists Corporation of Hollywood, 1951-1969; and Chairman of the President's Club for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson). The…

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Krafsur, Marcia

Bio: Marcia Krafsur was a public relations consultant. She was a staff assistant in the Office of the Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 1965 to 1966. She was also responsible for the Briefing, Press, and Promotion Kit for…

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Kleberg, Richard M. (Richard Mifflin), 1887-1955

Bio: Richard Mifflin Kleberg, Sr. (1887-1955) was a U.S. Representative from Texas, serving from November 24, 1931 to January 3, 1945. He was also a rancher, serving as chairman of the board of the King Ranch Corporation in Kingsville, Texas at the…

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Kilgore, Joe Madison, 1918-1999

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Bio: Joe Madison Kilgore (b. Dec. 10, 1918, Brownwood, Tex.–d. Feb. 10, 1999, Austin, Tex.) served from 1955 to 1965 as a U.S. Representative from Texas's 15th congressional district.

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Kennedy, Omer Harrell, 1929-1998 

Bio: Omer Harrell Kennedy, also known as O. H. Kennedy (b. May 14, 1929, Groveton, Texas-d. December 14,1998, Angelina County, Texas), was a Master Sergeant in the United States Army and served in Korea and Vietnam. He lived in Groveton,…

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Kelly, James F. (James Francis), 1915-

Bio: James Francis Kelly (b. 1915) was a university official and Federal government administrator. He joined the Federal government in 1934, working for the Public Housing Administration and its predecessor agencies from 1934 to 1954. In 1954 he…

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Kellogg, Larry

Bio: Larry Kellogg was served as the television/radio editor for the St. Petersburg Times and Promotion Manager for WFLA-TV, a NBC affiliate, WFLA-AM, and WFLA-FM in Tampa, Florida.

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Kelley, Konrad Etick, Jr., 1929-1987

Bio: Konrad Etick Kelley, Jr., also known as K. E. Kelley (b. April 1, 1929, Chicago, Illinois-d. November 15, 1987, Austin, Texas), was a United States National Park Service technician at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park in Johnson…

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Keever, Jack Elton, 1938-2004

Bio: Jack Keever (b. May 10, 1938-d. July 18, 2004, Austin, Texas) was an American journalist and author, best known his coverage of Charles Whitman's 1966 shooting spree. Keever began his career as the managing editor of The Daily Texan in 1959. He…

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Keeny, Spurgeon Milton, Jr., 1924-2012

Bio: Spurgeon Milton Keeny, Jr., (b. October 24, 1924, New York City-d. August 10, 2012, Washington, D.C.) was a part-time, senior member of the National Security Council from 1963 to 1969. He divided his time between the National Security Council…

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Kaltman, Mary Nell (Hughes), 1913-2004

Bio: Mary Kaltman was a home economist and restaurateur from San Benito, Texas. She authored the book: "Keeping Up With Keeping House" (Doubleday) – 1971. She served as executive housekeeper and food coordinator for the White House from 1965 to…

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Johnson, Rebekah Baines, 1881-1958

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Bio: Rebekah Baines Johnson was the mother of President Lyndon B. Johnson. She was born on June 26, 1881, and married Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr. on August 20, 1907. She published a genealogy entitled A Family Album, 1953-1957. She died on September 12,…

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Johnson, Harold Keith, 1912-1983

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Bio: Harold Keith Johnson (b. Ferbruary 22, 1912, Bowesmont, North Dakota-d. September 24, 1983, Washington, D.C.), U.S. Army officer and Army Chief of Staff during the Johnson administration. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1933, and…

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Johns, Lem, 1925-2014

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Bio: Thomas Lemuel Johns (b. December 11, 1925-d. May 2014, Hoover, Alabama), Secret Service agent who protected President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1954-1976.

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Jenkins, Warwick Hoxie, III, 1921-2001

Bio: Warwick Hoxie Jenkins, III (b. December 4, 1921, Waco, Texas-d. January 23, 2001, Waxahachie, Texas) was an attorney. He attended Baylor University where he received a BA and a LLB. In 1948 he moved to Waxahachie, Texas and was an attorney at…

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Janeway, Michael Charles, 1940-2014

Bio: Michael Charles Janeway (b. May 31, 1940-d. April 17, 2014, Lakeville, Connecticut), Eliot Janeway’s son, was the former editor of The Boston Globe and former executive editor of The Atlantic Monthly,

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Huntington, Albert H., 1913-2001

Bio: Albert H. Huntington, Jr. (1913-2001) was a government official involved with the U.S. foreign aid program for over thirty years. He joined the staff of the Statistics and Reports Division of the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) in June…

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Hubbard, James O.

Bio: James O. Hubbard is a friend of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library.

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Howe, Evelyn

Bio: Evelyn Howe (also known as Mrs. K. C. Howe) was a resident of Dallas, Texas and the wife of an agent at the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

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Houck, James Nelson, 1915-1988

Bio: James Nelson Houck, also known as J. N. Houck, (b. August 28, 1915, Poteet, Texas-d. November 3, 1988, Blanco, Texas), was a publisher of Blanco County, Texas, newspapers.

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Horsky, Charles A. (Charles Antone), 1910-1997

Bio: Charles Antone Horsky (1910-1997) was born in Helena, Montana. He received his A.B. from the University of Washington in 1931 and in 1934, received his LL.B. from Harvard University. From 1935 to 1939, Horsky worked as an Attorney in the…

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Hornsby, Ed, 1932-2007

Bio: Corporal Ed Hornsby, also known as Eddie Joe Hornsby, (b. February 22, 1932-d. March 2007), originally of Amarillo, Texas, was stationed with the U. S. Army at Bad Kissingen, Germany in 1955.

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