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Callaway, May Myers, 1876-1968
Bio: May Myers Callaway (b. Ida May Myers, May 7, 1876, Burns Station, DeWitt County, Texas-d. February 23, 1968, Houston, Texas) was a housewife from Houston, Texas. She is the daughter of Sam Houston Myers and Mary Elizabeth Dowlearn. Callaway is…
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Caldwell, Bill, 1930
Bio: Bill Caldwell, also known as William E. Caldwell, served on President Lyndon B. Johnson's Commission on Law Enforcement and Adminstration of Justice.
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Cain, Stanley Adair, 1902-1995
Bio: Stanley Adair Cain (1902-1995) was Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, from 1965 to 1968. He was a pioneer in the fields of conservation and ecology. In 1950 he founded the Department of Conservation at the…
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Byrne, John Edward, 1925-2011
Bio: John Edward Byrne (b. 1925), press officer and government official was Press Secretary to the governor of Maine from 1958 to 1960, and an executive with the General Services Administration from 1961 to 1980. From 1980 to 1988, Byrne served as…
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Brooks, Robert Angus, 1920-1976
Bio: Robert Angus Brooks (1920-1976) was Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Logistics from 1965 to 1969. He also served as Deputy Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1971 to 1972, Assistant Secretary from 1972 to…
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Broida, Edith H., 1918
Bio: Edith Broida (b. August 27, 1918-) is an attorney who received her Juris Doctor from the University of Miami. She practiced law in Florida and the District of Columbia, has served as a program specialist with the United States Department of…
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Brice, Sandra Saxon
Bio: Sandra Saxon Brice is a movie producer who co-produced the 1987 television production LBJ: The Early Years, with Randy Quaid. She was also an associate producer on the television series Eight Is Enough, from 1978 to 1981.
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Brice, John
Bio: John Brice is a movie producer who co-produced the 1987 television production LBJ: The Early Years, with Randy Quaid.
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Bravo, Manuel Box, 1901-1984
Bio: Manuel Box Bravo (b. May 2, 1901, Hidalgo County, Texas-d. September 18, 1984, Zapata, Texas), county judge in Texas. Bravo quit school after the eighth grade but eventually received his diploma in 1924 from McAllen High School. He worked in the…
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Bradford, Dewey Charles, 1896-1985
Bio: Dewey Charles Bradford (b. October 5, 1896. Round Rock, Texas-d. March 8. 1985, Austin, Texas) was an art collector and dealer from Austin, Texas. During the Johnson Administration, he assisted President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird in…
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Boxill, Nancy
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Bowsher, Charles A. (Charles Arthur), 1931-
Bio: Charles Arthur Bowsher (b. 1931) was Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management from 1967 to 1971, and Comptroller General of the U.S. from 1981 to 1996. He was also a partner in the Chicago firm Arthur Anderson from 1956 to 1967,…
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Bohn, Theodore R., 1908-2000
Bio: Theodore R. Bohn (b. May 2, 1908, near Bay City, Michigan-d. December 24, 2000, Michigan), federal judge, attended Bay City Junior College and then went on to attain a degree from the University of Minnesota. He practiced law in Detroit from…
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Bohen, Fred, 1937-2015
Bio: Frederick M. Bohen (b. April 24, 1937, Ridgewood, New Jersey-d. March 15, 2015, New York, New York) served as Executive VP and COO at Rockefeller University in New York City. His career in academic administration began at Princeton's Woodrow…
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Blodgett, Terrell, 1923-
Bio: Terrell Blodgett (b. Texas, September 15, 1923), educator, political scientist, public administration specialist, served on the staff of Texas governor John B. Connally as the first Director of the Texas Office of Economic Opportunity. From 1969…
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Block, Joseph L. (Joseph Leopold), 1902-1992
Bio: Joseph Leopold Block (1902-1992) was an executive with the Inland Steel Company. He was a consultant to the War Production Board from 1941 to 1945. Block also served Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon as a member…
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Blaustein, Arthur I., 1933-
Bio: Arthur I. Blaustein (b. 1933) served on the staff of Vice President Hubert Humphrey in 1964. He was the director of the Legislative and Public Affairs and Congressional Relations for the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, Northeast Region,…
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Bilmes, Murray, 1926
Bio: Murray Bilmes (b. March 4, 1926), lawyer and a resident of Pine Bush, New York. He married Frances Eve Wagman.
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Best, Ruby Mae, 1920-6/2001
Bio: Ruby Mae Best was born Ruby Mae Cullins on March 2, 1920 in Memphis, Tennessee. While attending the University of Texas in Austin, she was classmates, as well as a member of the drama club and Curtain Club, with John B. and Idanell "Nellie"…
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Berler, Beatrice
Bio: Beatrice Adele "Beady" Berler was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Max and Clary (Bichman) Goldenblank on May10,1915. She moved to Texas as a young woman and married Albert Berler on May 15,1945. She later attended Trinity University and graduated…
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Berger, William E., 1918
Bio: William E. Berger, also known as Bill Berger, and also known as W. E. Berger, (b. June 6, 1918, Ferris, Illinois), journalist, newspaperman. He held positions with the Texas Water Quality Board, the State Insurance Commission and the Texas…
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Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1910-2003
Bio: Charles Edward Bennett (b. Dec. 2, 1910, Canton, N.Y.-d. Sept. 6, 2003, Jacksonville, Fla.), lawyer, was a member of the Florida state house of representatives in 1941. He was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the twenty-one…
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Bennett, Ben A., Sr., 1921-2003
Bio: Benjamin Anthony Bennett, Sr., also known as Ben A. Bennett (b. Nov. 24, 1921-d. Oct. 7, 2003) was a former chief of police, constable, and detective from Corpus Christi, Texas, and a county commissioner. He was a supporter of Texas Governor…
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Benner, Paul Fletcher, 1915-1980
Bio: Paul Fletcher Benner (b. August 31, 1915, Everett, Massachusetts-d. August 11, 1980, Eden, North Carolina) was a pilot with the United States Marine Corps. He was married to Nellie H. Benner.
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Benner, Nellie H.
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Bellinger, Cecilia Dempster, 1927-2009
Bio: Cecilia Dempster Bellinger, also known as Ceil (b. Cecilia Isobel Dempster, January 5, 1927, Dumfries, Scotland-d. November 15, 2009, Fairfield, California), was a researcher for Time magazine, and a research assistant and speechwriter in the…
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Beckom, Mildred K.
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Bastien, Joseph
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Barton, Richard Lee, 1925-1984
Bio: Richard Lee Barton (b. July 24, 1925, San Diego, Texas-d. October 26, 1984, Austin, Texas) was a resident of Austin, Texas. He served in the United States Army from 1950 to 1951 and was married to Grace S. Barton. Barton is interred in Austin…
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Barron, Fraser
Bio: Fraser Barron was a lawyer, and a researcher for the Office of Economic Opportunity in the mid-1960s.
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Barney, Delbert, 1912-1996
Bio: Delbert Barney (b. January 9, 1912, Mexico-d. July 30, 1996, Provo, Utah), was a member of the Mormon Church and served as an Army chaplain during World War II.
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