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Scurlock, Josephine Mitchell
Bio: Josephine Gray Mitchell Scurlock (b. October 25, 1905, Bonham, Texas - d. January 21, 1996, Fort Worth, Texas) was a pianist, educator, and advocate for music and musicians. She performed and served on numerous music related boards and…
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Mayhew, Lewis
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Mangan, James W.
Bio: James W. Mangan (b. July 25, 1928, Honesdale, Pennsylvania - d. September 4, 2015, San Antonio, Texas) was a journalist who worked for the Associated Press (AP) for 36 years. Mangan served in the U.S. Army in the years after World War II before…
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McArthur, George
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Singletary, Otis A.
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Siegel, Gerald W.
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Seamans, Robert Channing, 1918-2008
Bio: Robert Channing Seamans (b. Octover 30, 1918, Salem, Massachusetts-d. June 28, 2008), Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from December 21, 1965 to January 5, 1968. He later served as Secretary of the Air…
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Scott, Bess Whitehead, 1890-1997
Bio: Bess Whitehead Scott (b. Bess Lorena Whitehead, December 13, 1890, Blanket, Texas-d. December 27, 1997, Austin, Texas), journalist. She is the daughter of William Tazewell Whitehead and Sarah Caroline Barnett. Scott attended Baylor Female…
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Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, Jr., 1917-2007
Bio: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (b. October, 15, 1917, Columbus, Ohio-d. February 28, 2007, New York, New York), historian and writer. He received his A.B. summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1938, was a postgraduate Henry Fellow at Cambridge…
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Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979
Bio: Leverett Saltonstall (b. September 1, 1892-1979, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts-d. June 17, 1979, Dover, Massachusetts), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, governor of Massachusetts from January 5, 1939, to January 3, 1945.
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Solomon, Anthony M. (Anthony Morton), 1919-
Bio: Anthony M. Solomon was a banker who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, president of International Investment Corporation for Yugoslavia and London, advisor to the…
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Washington, Bennetta
Bio: Educator; founder of the Women's Job Corps; wife of Walter Washington
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Mann, Gerald C., Jr.
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Carter, Clifton Crawford, 1918-1971
Bio: Clifton Crawford Carter (b. August 2, 1918, Smithville, Texas-d. September 21, 1971, Arlington, Virginia), Lyndon B. Johnson adviser, was a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. He served with the 36th Texas National Guard Division as a…
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Davis, Nathaniel
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Haynes, Ulric
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Johnson, Charles E.
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Stegall, Mildred, 1908-2014
Mildred Stegall joined Lyndon Johnson's Senate staff in 1956 and worked with Walter Jenkins, a staff aide who maintained many personal financial and campaign files for the Johnsons. Stegall worked in the White House during Johnson's presidency, and…
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Roche, Charles D., 1927-1993
Bio: Charles D. Roche (b. October 27, 1927, Woburn, Massachusetts-d. February 12, 1993, Margate, New Jersey) received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1945 and served in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1947. In 1950, He became a management trainee for…
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Popple, Paul M., 1920-1994
Bio: Paul M. Popple was born in Chicago in 1920 and graduated from Northwestern University. During World War II, he served in the Army in Europe. In 1948, he joined the Foreign Service and in 1964 and 1965, Popple was detailed to the White House…
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Panzer, Fred
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McDermott, Frank W.
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Markham, Dean F., 1924-1966
Bio: Dean F. Markham (1924-1966), special U.S. Marshal, was a member of the White House Special Projects staff from 1961 to 1963, and served as the Executive Director President's Advisory Commission on Narcotic and Drug Abuse in 1963. He was a…
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Zachry, Renita Carolyn, 1925-1993
Bio: Renita Carolyn Zachry (b. Renita Carolyn Nunn, November 12, 1925, Sacramento, California-d. August 5, 1993, San Francisco, California) was a resident of San Francisco, California. She attended Grants Pass High School in Grants Pass, Oregon and…
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Ximenes, Vicente Trevino, 1919-2014
Bio: Vicente Trevino Ximenes (b. December 5, 1919, Floresville, Texas-d. February 27, 2014) was a Mexican-American civil rights leader. He served as Chairman of the President Lyndon B. Johnson's Cabinet Committee on Mexican American Affairs.…
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Wurzer, Carol P. (Carol Pauline), 1925-2004
Bio: Carol P. Wurzer (b. Carol Pauline Rudey) was a news clippings collector from Redwood City, California. She was married to Roy J. Wurzer.
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Wriggins, Howard
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Wortman, Don Irvin, 1927
Bio: Don Irvin Wortman (b. November 10, 1927, Lakota, Iowa-) is a retired U.S. federal government administrator who served 27 years in senior-level executive positions in many federal agencies including the Social Security Administration (SSA), the…
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Williams, Franklin H. (Franklin Hall), 1917-1990
Bio: Franklin Hall Williams (1917-1990) was an assistant special counsel for the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) from 1945 to 1950, and regional director with the NAACP from 1950 to 1959. He was a director with the…
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White, Viola Belle, 1893-1993
Bio: Viola Belle White, also known as Mrs. Robert L. White, (b. Viola Belle Baker, November 25, 1893-d. November 27, 1993) was a resident of Austin, Texas, and employee of the University of Texas. She married Robert Leon White on July 3, 1922.
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White, John Richard, 1946
Bio: John Richard White (b. April 10, 1946, Lubbock County, Texas) is from Austin, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin before joining the United States Army Signal Corps and serving in the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1968. He is the son…
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White, Jack, 1931-2014
Bio: Jack White (b. 1931, New York, New York-d. July 25, 2014, Banning, California) was a professional trick shot billiards player. He lived in Banning, California. White is interred in Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.
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Wenk, E. (Edward), 1920-
Bio: Edward Wenk (b. 1920) was a senior specialist in science and technology for the Legislative Research Service at the Library of Congress from 1959 to 1961, and chief of the scientific policy research division at the Library of Congress from 1964…
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Wand, Jessie Ziegler, 1901-1991
Bio: Jessie Ziegler Wand, also known as Jessie Ziegler Burch (b. Jessie D. Ziegler, August 25, 1901, Houston, Texas-d. October 2, 1991, Austin, Texas), secretary and reporter. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Houston, Texas and was a member of…
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