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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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Barnard, Ruth L.
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Barker, Louella H., 1897-1997
Bio: Louella H. Barker (b. August 17, 1897, Texas-d. February 6, 1997), secretary. She married Harry Jack Barker and lived in Austin, Texas and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Barker is interred in Austin Memorial Park Cemetery in Austin, Texas.
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Barber, Arthur Whiting, 1926
Bio: Arthur W. Barber (b. July 4, 1926, Meriden, Connecticut), served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Internal Security Affairs for the Department of Defense from 1962 to 1967.
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Bailey, John M. (John Moran), 1904-1975
Bio: John M. Bailey was a politician from Hartford, Connecticut who served as the Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic Party from 1946 to 1975 and as the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1961 until 1968.
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Bailey, Charles Waldo, II, 1929-2012
Bio: Charles Waldo Bailey, II (b. April 28, 1929, Boston, Massachusetts-d. January 3, 2012, Englewood, New Jersey), journalist, newspaper editor, novelist. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1946 and Harvard University in 1950, where he…
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Atkins, Sharlene
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Asselta, Anthony Frank, 1919-1998
Bio: Anthony Frank Asselta (b. March 24, 1919, Brooklyn, New York-d. November 10, 1998, Austin, Texas) was a former security guard at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and a resident of Austin, Texas.
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Ashworth, Kenneth H. 1932
Bio: Kenneth H. Ashworth (b.February 24, 1932), was a public servant and educator, serving as Texas Commissioner of Higher Education, vice chancellor for the University of Texas System, and executive vice president of the University of Texas at San…
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Ashabranner, Brent K. (Brent Kenneth), 1921-
Bio: Brent Kenneth Ashabranner (b. 1921) was an education program officer with the Agency for International Development in Nigeria from 1961 to 1962. He was the acting director of the Peace Corps program in Nigeria from 1961 to 1962, Deputy Director…
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