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Hopkins, William J., 1910-2004
Bio: William J. Hopkins (b. May 13, 1910, Netawaka, Kan.-d. July 29, 2004, Gainesville, Fla.) was an executive assistant and clerk to the President of the United States who served under seven presidents, from Herbert Hoover to Richard Nixon. During…
Hopkins, Welly K., 1898-1994
Bio: (1898-1994) Long-time friend and political associate of LBJ; Member, Texas House of Representatives and Senate, 1929-1936; Special Assistant, U.S. Attorney General, 1936-1940; General Counsel, United Mine Workers of America, 1940-1966; Counsel…
Holleman, Jerry Rodgers, 1919-1979
Bio: Jerry Rodgers Holleman (December 26, 1919, Childress County, Texas-d. October 10, 1979, San Antonio, Texas), Assistant Secretary of Labor during the administration of President John F. Kennedy. In 1950 he was named assistant to the executive…
Holcomb, Luther J.
Bio: Luther J. Holcomb was Vice Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1964-1974 and a Baptist minister.
Higginbotham, A. Leon (Aloysius Leon), 1928-1998
Bio: Aloysius Leon Higginbotham, Jr. (1928-1998) was born in Trenton, New Jersey, to Aloysius Higginbotham, a factory worker, and Emma Lee Douglass Higginbotham, a maid. Young Higginbotham attended Ewing Park, a black segregated public elementary…
Hesburgh, Theodore Martin, 1917-2015
Bio: Theodore Martin Hesburgh, a member of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, (b. May 25, 1917, Syracuse, New York-d. February 26, 2015, Notre Dame, Indiana) was president of the University of Notre Dame for thirty-five years. He served as Chairman…
Hershey, Lewis Blaine, 1893-1977
Bio: Lewis Blaine Hershey (1893-1977) was the Director of the Selective Service System of the United States. He joined the Indiana National Guard in 1911, entered the U.S. Army in 1920 with the rank of captain, and held a series of appointments and…
Helms, Richard, 1913-2002
Bio: (1913-2002) Staff, Indianopolis Times Publishing Company, 1937-1942; CIA, 1943-1973; Deputy Director for Operations, CIA, 1965-1966; Director of Central Intelligence, 1966-1973; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1973-1977
Heller, Walter W. (Walter Wolfgang), 1915-1987
Bio: Walter Wolfgang Heller (1915-1987) was considered one of the leading economists of the post-war era. Heller served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors in the Kennedy Administration. He left his post shortly after Kennedy's…
Helen Williams, 1923-2005
Bio: Helen White Williams (b. October 1, 1923, Manor, Texas-d. February, 25, 2005, Washington, D.C.) was a longtime personal assistant in the Lyndon B. Johnson household. She, and her husband Eugene Williams, worked for the Johnson family from…
Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-
Bio: Leader, National Youth Movement of the New Deal Era; President, National Council of Negro Women, 1957-present; Director, Center for Racial Justice under YWCA, 1965-1977; founder, Black Family Reunion Celebration; JFK Memorial Award from the…
Heath, William Womack, 1903-1971
Bio: William Womack Heath (b. December 7, 1903, Normangee, Texas-d. June 27, 1971, Austin, Texas), served as county attorney and county judge of Grimes County, Texas. He was Secretary of State of Texas from 1933 to 1935, and from 1967 to 1969, served…
Hayden, Carl Trumbull, 1877-1972
Bio: Carl Trumbull Hayden (b. Oct. 2, 1877, Hayden's Ferry, Ariz.-d. Jan. 25, 1972, Mesa, Ariz.), a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Arizona, attended Stanford Junior University and held a number of local political posts before his election…
Harte, Houston, 1893-1972
Bio: Editor, Snyder Daily News, 1952-1954; President, San Antonio Standard, 1956-1962; Vice President, Express Publishing Company, 1962-1966, President, 1966-1972; Chairman of the Board, Harte-Hanks Newspapers, 1971-1972
Harris, Patricia, 1924-1985
Bio: Patricia Roberts Harris was born Patricia Roberts on May 31, 1924, in Mattoon, Illinois. On September 1, 1955, she married Attorney William Harris. She graduated summa cum laude from Howard University in 1945 and received a doctorate in…
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Bio: (1891-1986) Chairman of the Board, Union Pacific Railroad, 1932-1942; Chairman, business advisory council, Deparment of Commerce, 1937-1939; Governor, New York, 1954-1958; Ambassador at Large, 1965-1968; Under Secretary of State for Political…
Harding, Bertrand M. (Bertrand Morrison), 1919-2002
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…
Hardesty, Robert L. (Robert Louis), 1931-
Bio: Robert Louis Hardesty (b. 1931) was special assistant to Postmaster General John Gronouski from 1964 to 1965, Staff Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1972, and Press Secretary to the Governor of Texas from 1973 to 1976.
Hardeman, D. Barnard, Jr., 1914-1981
Bio: D. Barnard Hardeman, Jr., (b. August 16, 1914, Goliad, Texas-d. December 3, 1981, San Antonio, Texas), Texas politician, political scholar, journalist and teacher. He graduated from the University of Texas and the University of Texas Law…
Halperin, Samuel, 1930-
Bio: Samuel W. Halperin (b. 1930) was a specialist and director of the legislative services branch at the U.S. Office of Education from 1961 to 1964, and was Assistant Commissioner of Education for Legislation at the Department of Health,…
Guthrie, Eugene H.
Bio: Physician; Professor; Chief, Chronic Diseases Division, U.S. Public Health Service, 1962-1965; Staff Director, Surgeon General's Advisory Committee, 1963; Associate Surgeon General, 1967-1968; member, Medical Planning and Advisory Council,…
Gruening, Ernest, 1887-1974
Bio: (1887-1974) Physician; Field Artillery Corps, 1918; Editor, The Nation, 1920-1923, New York Post, 1932-1933; Director, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the Interior, 1934-1939; Governor of Alaska, 1939-1953; U.S.…
