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Heath, Kathryn Gladys, 1910-1989
Bio: Kathryn Gladys Heath (b. May 8, 1910, Cincinnati, Ohio-d. April 15, 1989, Alexandria, Virginia) was Assistant for Special Studies, Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, serving under both the Kennedy and Johnson…
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Hayes, John S., 1910-1981
Bio: John S. Hayes (1910-1981) was the U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland from 1966 to 1969, and an executive for a number of communications companies.
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Hardin, Jim
Bio: Bertrand Morrison Harding (1919-2002) was an analyst for atomic weapons program at the Atomic Energy Commission from 1950 to 1953, assistant to the Deputy Commissioner at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 1953 to 1954, Assistant…
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Hannegan, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1903-1949
Bio: Robert E. Hannegan was born June 30, 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri. He received his LL.B. degree in 1925 from St. Louis University. From 1925 to 1942 he practiced law in St. Louis. From 1933 1942 he served as Chairman of the Democratic City…
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Hamilton, Edward K.
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Hall, J. Oliver
Bio: J. Oliver Hall was a professor of political science at Michigan State University.
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Hackney, V. H., 1907-1990
Bio: Vivian Howard Hackney, also known as V. H. (b. November 24, 1907, Burleson, Texas-d. December 16, 1990, Gregg County, Texas), was a friend of Lady Bird Johnson and a resident of Marshall, Texas. He grew up in Dallas and graduated from Southern…
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Green, Mamye A.
Bio: Mamye A. Green, also known as Mayme A. Kelly, also known as Mary Green, was appointed postmaster of Oakalla, Texas, on July 6, 1942.
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Graham, William Pierson, 1935
Bio: William Pierson Graham (b. February 19, 1935, East Saint Louis, Illinois), investment banker and entrepreneur. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science in 1956. Graham worked at IBM Corporation from 1956 to 1969,…
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Govatos, John George, 1890-1968
Bio: John George Govatos (b. January 20, 1890, Greece-d. February 18, 1968, Corpus Christi), restaurant owner in Corpus Christi, Texas, was a friend of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Goodwin, Richard N. (Richard Naradhoff), 1931-
Bio: Richard Naradhoff Goodwin (b. 1931) graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University in 1953. He went on to study law at Harvard University, graduated summa cum laude in 1958 and joined the Massachusetts State bar the same year. After…
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Gibbons, William Conrad, 1926
Bio: William Conrad Gibbons (b. September 26, 1926, Harrisonburg, Virginia), entered the University of Virginia in 1945, but his studies were interrupted in order to serve in World War II. He worked on Capitol Hill for both Senator Wayne Morse and…
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Gehrig, James J., 1921-2003
Bio: James Joseph Gehrig, also Jim Gehrig, (b. Nov. 7, 1921, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; d. Sept. 12, 2003) moved to Manitowoc at a young age. He majored in mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, but had his studies interrupted by his time of service…
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Gavin, John, 1931-
Bio: John Gavin was an actor who appeared in films such as “Spartacus” (1960) and “Psycho” (1960). He was appointed by Ronald Reagan as Ambassador to Mexico and served in this post from June 1981 to June 1986.
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Gans, Curtis B. (Curtis Bernard), 1937-2015
Bio: Curtis Ganswas a political activist and expert on voting patterns in the United States. He was one of the founders of the 'Dump Johnson" movement and Operations Director for the 1968 Presidential campaign of Eugene V. McCarthy.
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Galbraith, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1913-1986
Bio: Francis Joseph Galbraith (1913-1986) worked for the Department of State from 1946 to 1974. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Singapore from 1966 to 1969, and the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia from 1969 to 1974.
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Fuller, Helen M. (Helen Marjorie), 1913-1972
Bio: Helen Fuller was an author, columnist, and editor for the New Republic magazine
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Frantz, Harry W. (Harry Warner), 1891-1982
Bio: Harry W. Frantz (1891-1982) was the Press Director of the Office of Inter-American Affairs at the U.S. Department of State from 1941 to 1944, and Information Officer to the Assistant Secretary of State for American Republics from 1944 to 1945.…
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Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
Bio: Gerald Rudolph Ford was the 38th President of the United States, U. S. Congressman (R-Michigan) from 1949-1973; He became a member of the House Appropriations Committee in 1951, and rose to prominence on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee,…
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Flournoy, Craig, 1951
Bio: Craig Flournoy (b. John Craig Flournoy, June 26, 1951, Shreveport, Louisiana), reporter and professor. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Orleans in 1975, a Master of Arts in history from Southern Methodist University in…
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Fleming, Robert J. (Robert John), 1907-1984
Bio: Robert John Fleming (1907-1984) was appointed the Governor of the Panama Canal Zone on January 4, 1962.
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Flax, Alexander H. (Alexander Henry), 1921-
Bio: Alexander Henry Flax (b. 1921) was an aeronautical engineer, serving as chief scientist at the U.S. Air Force from 1959 to 1961. He was Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research and Development from 1963 to 1969.
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Feldman, George Joseph, 1903-1994
Bio: George J. Feldman, also known as G. J. Feldman, (b. November 6, 1903-d. November 22, 1994, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania), became an administrative assistant to Senator David L. Walsh, a Massachusetts Democrat, in the 1930s, and later served as a…
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Erb, Paul Ross, 1953
Bio: Paul Ross Erb (b. October 20, 1953, Nueces County, Texas) was a resident of Houston, Texas and is the son of Paul Walters Erb and Wilma Ann Soape Erb of Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Elsey, George McKee, 1918-2015
Bio: George McKee Elsey (b. February 5, 1918, Palo Alto, California-d. December 30, 2015, Tustin, California) was a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve and a staff member in the White House Map Room from 1941 to 1946. He was Assistant to the Special…
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Edwards, Tom Rogers, 1933-2006
Bio: Tom Rogers Edwards (b. September 5, 1933, Knox County, Texas-d. August 15, 2006, Deville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army, serving from November 1957 to October 1977. Edwards attended the University…
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Edgeworth, Georgia Adrian, 1907-1994
Bio: Georgia Adrian Edgeworth (b. Georgia Adrian Cammack, March 6, 1907, Blanco, Texas-d. January 13, 1994, La Vernia, Wilson, Texas) was a resident of San Antonio, Texas in 1982. She was married to Howard Bennett Edgeworth. Edgeworth is interred in…
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Eckstein, Otto, 1927-1984
Bio: Otto Eckstein was an economist who served on the Council of Economic Advisors under Lyndon B. Johnson. He developed the theory of core inflation and was co-founder of Data Resources, Inc.
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Dugat, Jean, 1925-1990
Bio: Jean Dugat (b. Martha Jean Dugat, May 6, 1925, El Paso, Texas-d. January 8, 1990, Bee County, Texas), teacher. She received a B.A. from Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos, Texas and taught at A.C. Jones High School in Beeville, Texas.…
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Dorsey, John T., 1948
Bio: John T. Dorsey was born in 1948 in Dallastown, Pennsylvania. He lives with his wife, Mary Dorsey, in Beverly Hills, Michigan, where he works as a consultant.
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Donahue, Thomas R. (Thomas Reilly), 1928-
Bio: Thomas Reilly Donahue (b. 1928) was Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations from 1967 to 1969. He also worked for the AFL-CIO for many years, as an assistant to the president from 1960 to 1967, executive assistant to the…
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Davis, Ira Winfield, 1905-1996
Bio: Ira Winfield Davis, also known as Stormy and I. W., (b. August 3, 1905, Arkansas-d. November 15, 1996, Travis County, Texas) was an executive at the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and the industry representative to Lyndon B. Johnson during…
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Darling, Richard C., 1933-1992
Bio: Richard C. Darling (b. December 1, 1933, Jackson, Michigan-d. August 22, 1992, Charlottesville, Virginia), served as Deputy Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General and in other United States Post Office roles. He was also a lobbyist and…
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Danielson, Wayne Allen, 12/6/1929
Bio: Wayne Allen Danielson (b. December 6, 1929, Burlington, Iowa) holds a PhD in Mass Communication from Stanford University. He taught at Stanford, the University of Wisconsin, and served as dean of the University of North Carolina's journalism…
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Dallek, Robert, 1934-
Bio: Robert Dallek is an author, presidential historian, and university professor.
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