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Telles, Raymond Lopez, 1915-2013
Bio: Raymond L. Telles (b. September 15, 1915, El Paso, Texas-d. March 8, 2013, Sherman Oaks, California), served as the mayor of El Paso, Texas from 1957-1961, the first Mexican-American to serve as mayor in a major U.S. city. He was also the first…
Taylor, Hobart, Jr., 1920-1981
Bio: Hobart Taylor, Jr, a government official and lawyer, was born on December 17, 1920, in Texarkana, Texas. Taylor graduated from Prairie View College in Texas with a B.A. degree in 1937. He received an M.A. degree from Howard University in 1939…
Strauss, Robert Schwarz, 1918-2014
Bio: Robert Schwarz Strauss (b. October 19, 1918, Lockhart, Texas-d. March 19, 2014, Washington, D.C.), received an LL.B. from the University of Texas in 1941. He was a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1941 to 1945; and a…
Spears, Adrian Anthony, 1910-1991
Bio: Adrian Anthony Spears (b. July 8, 1910, Darlington, South Carolina-d. May 9, 1991, San Antonio, Texas), federal judge.
Smathers, George A. (George Armistead), 1913-2007
Bio: George Armistead Smathers (b. Nov. 14, 1913, Atlantic City, N.J.-d. Jan. 20, 2007, Indian Creek Village, Fla.), a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Florida, graduated from the University of Florida law school in 1938. During World War II…
Skelton, Byron G. (Byron George), 1905-
Bio: Byron George Skelton (b. 1905) was a federal judge and Democratic party official. He served as special assistant to the U.S. Ambassador Argentina from 1942 to 1945. From 1966 to 1977 he was a judge with the U.S. Court of Claims, and served…
Sinclair, Ivan Earl, 1937 - 2021
Bio: Ivan Earl Sinclair (b. February 19, 1937, Dimmitt, Castro County, Texas), staff assistant for Lyndon B. Johnson. He attended Hardin-Simmons University and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and worked as a newspaper reporter in…
Saperstein, Sidney A. (Sidney Alfred), 1916-2007
Bio: Sidney Alfred Saperstein was an attorney originally from New York City. He served as Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and helped to draft several key pieces of legislation including the Medicare Act and…
Sanford, Terry, 1917-1998
Bio: (1917-1998) Special Agent, FBI, 1941-1942; Parachute infantry, U.S. Army, 1942-1945; Attorney; North Carolina State Senator, 1953-1955; Governor of North Carolina, 1961-1965; President, Duke University, 1969-1985; U.S. Senator, North Carolnia,…
Sanders, Harold Barefoot, 1925-
Bio: Harold Barefoot Sanders (b. 1925) was U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas from 1961 to 1965; Assistant Deputy Attorney General of the U.S. from 1965 to 1966; and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division at the Department of…
Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994
Bio: David "Dean" Rusk (1909-1994) was born in Cherokee County, Georgia. After graduating from Davidson College in North Carolina in 1931, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, earning his B.S. at St. John's College, Oxford in 1933. The following year…
Rowley, James J. (James Joseph), 1908-1992
Bio: James Joseph Rowley (1908-1992) began his career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1937, but he soon transferred to the U.S. Secret Service. He was Director of the U.S. Secret Service from 1961 to 1973. After the assassination of…
Rowe, James H. (James Henry), 1909-1984
Bio: James Henry Rowe, Jr. (1909-1984), lawyer and administrative assistant to Franklin D. Roosevelt, helped form and carry out the New Deal.
Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
Bio: (1916-2003) Professor, Columbia University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1945; Assistant Chief of the German-Austrian Economic Division, State Department,…
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
Bio: (1908-1979) Governor of New York, 1959-1973; Vice President of the United States, 1974-1977
Roche, John Pearson, 1923-1994
Bio: John Pearson Roche (1923-1994) was an author and political science educator. He was a consultant to the State Department, and Special Consultant to the President from 1972 to 1974.
Roberts, Ray, 1913-1992
Bio: Ray Roberts (b. Herbert Ray Roberts, March 28, 1913, Collin County, near McKinney, Texas-d. April 13, 1992, Denton, Texas), politician, attended Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, North Texas State University, and the University of…
Roberts, Juanita, 1913-1983
Bio: Colonel Juanita Roberts, also known as Mary Juanita Duggan Roberts, (b. April 7, 1913, Port Arthur, Texas-d. May 26, 1983, Atlanta, Georgia), served as one of the first officers of the Women's Army Corps. She later served as chief personal…
Robb, Lynda Bird, 1944-
Bio: Lynda Bird Johnson Robb was born on March 19, 1944 in Washington, D.C., the oldest daughter of Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson. She received a B.A. from the University of Texas in 1966, and married Charles Spittal Robb on December 9,…
Resor, Stanley R.
Bio: (1917- ) Attorney; Under Secretary of the Army, 1965; Secretary of the Army, 1965-1971; Ambassador, Negotiations for mutual and balanced force reductions in Central Europe, 1973-1978; Under Secretary for policy, Department of Defense, 1978-1979
Reedy, George E. (George Edward), 1917-1999
Bio: George Edward Reedy (1917-1999) was an educator, author, and lecturer. He was a staff consultant to the armed services preparedness subcommittee in the U.S. Senate from 1951 to 1952; staff director of the minority policy committee in the Senate…
