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- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend of the Johnsons and civil rights activist
- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend of the Johnsons; Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission, 1961-1968
- LBJ Connection: Journalist, Corpus Christi Caller-Times; covered South Texas politics in the 1940s and 1950s
Wicker, Thomas G.
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- LBJ Connection: Author and journalist; Staff, Washington Bureau, 1960-1964; Bureau Chief, 1964-1968; Associate Editor, 1968-1985, New York Times
Parr, Archer
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- LBJ Connection: Long-time acquaintance of LBJ; member of the Parr family of politicians in Duval County, Texas; Duval County Sheriff, 1952-1954; Duval County judge, 1959-1975; rancher
Taylor, Willie Day
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- LBJ Connection: Long-time staff member and family friend of LBJ. Worked for the White House Press Office, maintained newspaper clippings file.
Thornberry, Homer, 1909-
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- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend of LBJ; U.S. Congressman, Texas, 1949-1963; U.S. Circuit Court Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1965-1995
Herring, Charles F.
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- Bio: (1914-2004) Long-time political associate of LBJ; Attorney; District Attorney, Travis County, Texas, 1941-1942; Secretary to Congressman Johhnson, 1943; Parliamentarian, Texas State Senate, 1951; U.S. Attorney, Western District of Texas, 1951
- LBJ Connection: Long-time political associate of LBJ; Texas State Senator from Austin, 1956-1973
- Bio: Spurgeon Milton Keeny, Jr., (b. October 24, 1924, New York City-d. August 10, 2012, Washington, D.C.) was a part-time, senior member of the National Security Council from 1963 to 1969. He divided his time between the National Security Council
Abel, Elie, 1920-2004
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- Bio: Elie Abel (b. Oct. 17, 1920, Montreal–d. July 22, 2004, Rockville, Md.), a former foreign and domestic correspondent at both The New York Times and NBC News, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in the 1970's. He
Johnson, W. Thomas, 1941-
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- in 1969 and 1970. After his time at the White House, he served as executive vice president and director of the Texas Broadcasting Corporation, KTBC radio and television in Austin, Texas. From 1977 to 1980, he was president of the Los Angeles Times
- Bio: Jesse Cage Kellam, also known as J. C. Kellam, (b. August 24, 1900-d. October 11, 1977) was a long-time business associate and friend of Lyndon Baines Johnson. He was Deputy Director of the National Youth Administration for Texas from 1935
- LBJ Connection: Long-time business associate and friend of LBJ; National Youth Administration (Texas) Deputy Director, 1935-1937, Director, 1937-1942; station manager, KTBC, Austin, Texas, 1946-1973
Hopkins, Welly K., 1898-1994
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- 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
- LBJ Connection: 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
Karnow, Stanley, 1925-
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- Bio: Stanley Karnow (b. 1925) was the Paris Correspondent for Time magazine from 1950 to 1957, North African Bureau Chief from 1958 to 1959, Hong Kong Bureau Chief from 1959 to 1962, and the Special Correspondent from 1962 to 1963. He was a Far East
- LBJ Connection: Journalist with Time, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, The London Observer, The Washington Post, 1959-1975; Recipient, Pulizter Prize for history; Author, Vietnam: A History
- Bio: John Fritz Koeniger (b. September 26, 1904, Texas-d. January 15, 1989, Austin, Texas) was a childhood friend of Lyndon B. Johnson and worked in Johnson’s office during his time as a United States Representative for the Texas 10th District.
Harte, Houston, 1893-1972
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- LBJ Connection: Publisher, San Angelo Standard, long-time friend of LBJ
Helms, Richard, 1913-2002
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- 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
Horne, John E., 1908-1985
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- LBJ Connection: Administrator, Small Business Administration; Executive Director, Citizens for Kennedy-Johnson, 1960; Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, 1964-1968; Long-time aide to Senator John Sparkman, Alabama
Frankel, Max, 1930-
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- LBJ Connection: New York Times employee over 40 years as a college correspondent, reporter, Washington Bureau chief, editorial page editor and executive editor; won 1973 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of President Nixon’s trip to China
Cook, Donald C.
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- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend and adviser to LBJ; Special Counsel, House Naval Affairs Committee, 1943-1945; Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1949-1953; Chief Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee, 1950-1952; Executive
- LBJ Connection: Attorney, Elgin, Texas; Long-time political supporter of LBJ
Kellogg, Larry
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- Bio: Larry Kellogg was served as the television/radio editor for the St. Petersburg Times and Promotion Manager for WFLA-TV, a NBC affiliate, WFLA-AM, and WFLA-FM in Tampa, Florida.
- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend of LBJ; National Democratic Committeeman; Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee; Counsel, Committee on Space andAeronautics
Woodward, Warren
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- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend of LBJ; Assistant to Congressman and Senator Johnson, 1948-1953; Involved in most LBJ campaigns; Employee, KTBC; Member, National Advisory Committee on Selective Service, 1966; Vice President, American Airlines
- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend and political supporters of LBJ
Nichols, Dorothy
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- LBJ Connection: Long-time secretary to LBJ
Quill, Daniel J.
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- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend and political associate of LBJ; Postmaster, San Antonio, Texas
- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend and adviser to LBJ; Administrative Assistant to Franklin Roosevelt; Counsel to Democratic Policy Committee, 1956
Gehrig, James J., 1921-2003
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- 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
- Committee of St. Louis and during this time became the chief aid to Mayor Bernard F. Dickmann, and the boss of the twenty-first ward in St. Louis. From 1942 to 1943 he was Collector of Internal Revenue for the Eastern District of Missouri, and from 1943
- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend of LBJ
Roberts, Ray, 1913-1992
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- . On January 30, 1962, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sam Rayburn. Roberts was reelected nine times, serving from January 30, 1962 to January 3, 1981.
- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend of LBJ; Staff, National Youth Administration, Texas; Member, Texas State Senate, 1955-1962; U.S. Congressman, Texas, 1962-1981
Deason, Willard, 1905-1997
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- LBJ Connection: College classmate and long-time personal friend of LBJ; Staff, National Youth Administration, Texas; Commissioner, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1965-1975
- LBJ Connection: University of Texas roommate and long-time friend of Mrs. Johnson; maid of honor at the Johnson's wedding
Cowles, Fleur, 1910-2009
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- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend of Mrs. Johnson
- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend of the Johnsons and civil rights activist
- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend and political associate of LBJ; Director, District 9, Works Progress Administration, 1935-1940; Postmaster, Austin, 1947-1952; District Director, Internal Revenue Service, Austin
- Bio: (1919-2002) World War II veteran; staff reporter and writer, Chicago Sun-Times, 1939-1959; chief investigator, Congressional Special Committee to Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Facts, Evidence, and Circumstances of the Katyn Forest
- LBJ Connection: Long-time friend of Lady Bird Johnson.
Connally, Nellie, 1919-
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- LBJ Connection: Wife of John Connally; long-time friend of the Johnsons
- at the time of his death in 1955.