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Starcke, Max

Bio: Max Starcke was the Director of the Lower Colorado River Authority.

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Staats, Elmer B. (Elmer Boyd), 1914-2011

Bio: Elmer Boyd Staats (b. June 6, 1914, Richfield, Kansas-d. July 23, 2011, Washington, D.C.), accountant and government official, was the Deputy Director for the Bureau of the Budget from 1958 to 1966. He headed the General Accounting Office, now…

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Sparkman, John, 1899-1985

Bio: John Jackson Sparkman (b. Dec. 20, 1899, Morgan County, Ala.-d. Nov. 16, 1985, Huntsville, Ala.), U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Alabama, was a member of the Students Army Training Corps during World War I and later graduated from the…

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Sisco, Joseph J.

Bio: Central Intelligence officer 1950; State Department foreign affairs officer 1951-1965; Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs 1965-1968; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs…

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Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011

Bio: Robert Sargent Shriver (b. 1915-d. Jan. 18, 2011), brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy, lawyer, businessman, government official, and diplomat, was Assistant General Manager, Merchandise Mart from 1948 to 1961. During and after the Kennedy…

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Shannon, James A.

Bio: Physiological Laboratories, New York University 1935-1941; director of medical research, Goldwater Hospital 1942-1945; Squibb Institute for Medical Research, 1946; Associate Director, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health…

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Sharp, U. S. Grant (Ulysses S. Grant), 1906-2001

Bio: Ulysses Simpson Grant Sharp, Jr. (b. Apr. 2, 1906-d. Dec. 12, 2001) was a U.S. Navy four star admiral who served as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT) from 1963 to 1964, and as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC)…

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Shanks, Louis

Bio: Austin furniture dealer; Austin City Council, 1960s

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Scammon, Richard M. (Richard Montgomery), 1915-2001

Bio: Richard Montgomery Scammon was born July 17, 1915, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He served in England, France, and Germany with the U.S. Army, from 1941 to 1946, and became a captain. He also served with the U.S. Office of Military Government for…

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Saunders, Harold H., 1930

Bio: Central Intelligence Agency, 1956-1961; National Security Council, responsible for Near East, South Asia, and North Africa, 1961-1974; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near East and North Africa, 1974-1975; Director, State Department’s…

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Samuels, Howard J.

Bio: (1919-1984) Under Secretary of Commerce; Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1966; Delegate to the Democratic National convention 1972

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