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McGiffert, David E. (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Attorney; Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, 1962-1965; Under Secretary of the Army, 1965-1969
Steadman, John M. (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for International Affairs, 1964-1965; Special Assistant to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1965-1968
Roosa, Robert V. (Robert Vincent), 1918-1993 (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Economist; Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs, 1961-1964
Rostow, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1913- (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Dean, Yale Law School, 1955-1965; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 1966-1969
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 (Item)
  • Affairs; Chief Negotiator at Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam, 1968-1969
  • LBJ Connection: Ambassador at Large, 1965-1968; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Chief Negotiator at Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam, 1968-1969
Ximenes, Vicente Trevino, 1919-2014 (Item)
  • 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
  • LBJ Connection: Chairman of Cabinet Committee on Mexican American Affairs; Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Blodgett, Terrell, 1923- (Item)
  • 1969 to 1982, he was the principal in charge of government services for the Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company. He also served on the faculty of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.
  • LBJ Connection: First Director of the Texas Office of Economic Opportunity; Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs faculty member
Oliver, Covey T. (Covey Thomas), 1913- (Item)
  • Bio: Covey Thomas Oliver (b. 1913) was a legal educator and consultant. He was U.S. Ambassador to Colombia from 1964 to 1966, and he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from 1967 to 1968.
  • LBJ Connection: U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1964-1966; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, 1967-1969; Coordinator for Alliance for Progress
Goodwin, Richard N. (Richard Naradhoff), 1931- (Item)
  • writing staff in 1959, and after Kennedy's successful presidential bid, served as assistant special counsel to the President in 1961. Goodwinwas also a member of Kennedy's Task Force on Latin American Affairs and in 1961, was appointed Deputy Assistant
  • LBJ Connection: Special Counsel to President Kennedy, Special Assistant to President Johnson. Responsibilities included speech writing, domestic and urban affairs.
Komer, R. W. (Item)
  • Bio: Robert W. Komer was appointed a NSC staff assistant to McGeorge Bundy in 1961. In 1965 he was named Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and in April 1966 he was made Special Assistant to the President
  • LBJ Connection: Member of the National Security Council Staff until September 1965; Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, October 1965–March 1966; Special Assistant to the President March 1966–May 1967
Laitin, Joseph (Item)
  • in the Pacific Theatre for the Reuters and NBC. In 1963 Laitin joined the Office of Management and Budget as Assistant to the Director for Public Affairs, and 1965 to 1966 he served in the Office of the White House Press Secretary before returning to the Bureau
Yarmolinsky, Adam, 1922-2000 (Item)
  • Secretary of Defense for International Affairs from 1965 to 1966. From 1966 to 1972, Yarmolinsky was a professor of law at Harvard University, and in 1971, he authored The Military Establishment.
  • LBJ Connection: Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, 1961-1964; Deputy Director, War on Poverty Task Force, 1964; Special Assistant to the President, 1964-1965; Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1965-1966
Saunders, Harold H., 1930 (Item)
  • Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 1975-1978; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, 1978-1981; Director, Institute for East-West Security; Director, International Affairs at Kettering Foundation
Moyers, Bill D., 1934- (Item)
  • Bio: Journalist; Summer intern for Senator Johnson, 1954; Top aide during LBJ's 1960 presidential campaign; Associate director of public affairs, 1961, Deputy Director, 1962-1963, Peace Corps; Special Assistant to the President, 1963-1967; Whie
  • LBJ Connection: Summer intern for Senator Johnson, 1954; Top aide during LBJ's 1960 presidential campaign; Associate director of public affairs, 1961, Deputy Director, 1962-1963, Peace Corps; Special Assistant to the President, 1963-1967; Whie
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985 (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Administrative Assistant to LBJ, 1939-1964. Special Assistant. Chief of Staff. Worked on domestic affairs, personnel and budget issues and served as congressional liaison.
Halaby, Najeeb E., 1915- (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Foreign Affairs Adviser to the Secretary of Defense, 1948-1953; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1952-1954; Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, 1961-1965; Senior Vice President, Executive Committee, Director, Pan Am
Hughes, Phillip S. (Phillip Samuel), 1917- (Item)
  • Bio: Deputy Chief, Office of Legislative Reference, 1956-1959, Assistant Director, Legislative Research, 1959-1966, Deputy Director, 1966-1969, Bureau of the Budget; Acting President, National Institute of Public Affairs, 1970-1971; Senior Fellow
Cook, Donald C. (Item)
  • 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
Cole, W. Sterling (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: U.S. Congressman, New York, 1935-1957, served with Representative Lyndon B. Johnson on Naval Affairs Committee; Chairman, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1957-1961
Richmond, Julius B. (Julius Benjamin), 1916-2008 (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: National Director, Project Head Start; Director, Office of Health Affairs, Office of Economic Opportunity, 1965-1966
Silver, George A. (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Chief, Division of Social Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, 1951-1965; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs, 1965-1968; Professor, Yale University, 1969-1984; Member, World Health Organization’s Expert Committee
Skalicky, Ann T., 1910 (Item)
  • Bio: Ann T. Skalicky (b. April 7, 1910) was a Public Affairs staffer for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and a resident of Portland, Oregon.
Laise, Caroline Clendening, 1917-1991 (Item)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Director General of the Foreign Service.
Vaughn, Jack Hood. (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Regional Director for Latin American Peace Corps, Washington, 1961-1964; U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1964; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs and Coordination of Alliance for Progress, 1965-1966; Director, Peace
Mayo, John (Item)
  • Bio: John B. Mayo (b. January 9, 1938, Richmond, Virginia - d. January 26, 2019, Glascow, Scotland) was a naval officer who served as a public affairs officer in the United States Navy for 21 years during the 1960s and 70s, attaining the rank
Sparks, William Russell, 1924-1987 (Item)
  • Bio: William Russell Sparks, also Will R. Sparks, (b. July 15, 1924, Detroit, Michigan-d. December 16, 1987, Long Island, New York) served as a speechwriter for President Lyndon B. Johnson and director of public affairs for Citicorp. He was a writer
Roche, Charles D., 1927-1993 (Item)
  • 1966, Roche resigned to join the White House staff and serve as an Aide for Congressional Liaison (House) and Legislative Affairs (Massachusetts and the Northeastern states). He held this job until the end of the Johnson Administration.
  • LBJ Connection: White House aide for Congressional Liaison and Legislative Affairs
Horsky, Charles A. (Charles Antone), 1910-1997 (Item)
  • . Commissioner's Planning Advisory Council (1960-1962). From 1962 to 1967, he served as Advisor to the President for National Capital Affairs, and in 1967, served as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Washington, D.C. Board of Higher Education. In 1968, he resumed
  • LBJ Connection: Adviser for National Capital Affairs
Blatt, Genevieve, 1913- (Item)
  • Bio: Genevieve Blatt (1913-1996) was co-founder Americans for Democratic Action; Chief Examiner of the Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission; Secretary of Internal Affairs, 1954-1957; member of LBJ's Consumer Advisory Council; Assistant Director
Jordan, Barbara, 1936- (Item)
  • Convention in 1976 and 1992; Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, 1979-1996
Cater, Douglass, 1923-1995 (Item)
  • Bio: Silas Douglass Cater (1923-1995) was a Washington editor for Reporter magazine from 1950 to 1963, and national affairs editor from 1963 to 1964. He was Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army in 1951, and Special Assistant to President
Re, Edward Domenic, 1920-2006 (Item)
  • of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, and Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs.
Shannon, James A. (Item)
  • -1952; Associate Director, Intramural Affairs at NIH 1952-1955; NIH Director, 1955-1968; National Academy of Sciences 1969-1970.
Schnapper, Morris Bartel, 1912-1999 (Item)
  • Bio: Morris Bartel Schnapper (b. March 25, 1912, New York, New York - d. February 5, 1999, Silver Spring, Maryland) was a longtime Washington book publisher through his publishing firm, Public Affairs Press. Mr. Schnapper also was the author
McNulty, John W. (John William), 1927- (Item)
  • Bio: John William "Jack" McNulty (b. 1927) was a public relations and business executive. He worked for General Motors Company from 1968 to 1990, in a variety of positions, including executive assistant, public affairs coordinator, and vice
Ashworth, Kenneth H. 1932 (Item)
  • Antonio. He taught at the University of Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and at the Texas A&M, George Bush School of Public Service.
Middleton, Harry Joseph, 1921 (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Journalist; assistant to LBJ, 1967-1969; Worked on speech writing and domestic affairs. Director, LBJ Presidential Library, 1970-2001
Dungan, Ralph Anthony, Jr., 1923-2013 (Item)
  • was also an advisor on Latin American affairs, a personnel advisor, and President Kennedy's liaison with the Catholic community. Dungan served as the United States Ambassador to Chile from 1964 to 1967. He was appointed Chancellor of Higher Education
Goldstein, E. Ernest, 1918- (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Special Assistant to the President, 1967-1969. Worked on domestic affairs and economic issues.
Gordon, Lincoln, 1913-2009 (Item)
  • in 1960. He served as Ambassador to Brazil from 1961 to 1966, and as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from 1966 to 1967.