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Goodman, Abram Vossen, 1903-2002 (Item)
  • from the Jewish Institute of Religion and was ordained as a rabbi in 1928. He also studied at Hebrew University and the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, and received a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. During his time
Bohlen, Charles E. (Charles Eustis), 1904-1973 (Item)
  • anticipated recognition of the Bolshevik government), Bohlen spent one summer with a Russian family in Estonia. When the United States resumed diplomatic relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1933, Bohlen was named vice-consul under
Dubinsky, David, 1892-1982 (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: President, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1932-1966; President's Advisory Commission on Labor-Management Policy, 1961
Gorman, Thomas Francis (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Journalist; author; lobbyist; Executive Director, National Committee Against Mental Illness; member, U.S. Mental Health Delegation to the Soviet Union, 1967
Conway, Jack T. (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Deputy Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency, 1961-1963; Executive Director, Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO, 1963-1968; Member, President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing, 1963-1968; Deputy Director, Office
Peterson, Esther, 1906-1997 (Item)
  • of her night students were garment workers, and she organized a strike for them. Her tactics succeeded when the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union helped secure higher wages for the women. In 1939, she moved to New York and accepted a position
  • LBJ Connection: Consumer adviser; Washington Legislative Representative, Almagamated Clothing Workers of America, 1945-1948; Legislative Representative, Industrial Union Department of the AFL-CIO, 1958-1961; Director, Women's Bureau, Department
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 (Item)
  • 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
Casparis, John Brooks, 1908-2013 (Item)
  • in 1925 and worked as head cashier at Western Union in San Antonio, Texas for 45 years. He is the son of John S. and Ella Smith. Casparis is interred in Johnson City Masonic Cemetery in Johnson City, Texas.
Baker, John A. (John Austin), 1914-1982 (Item)
  • Bio: John Austin Baker (1914-1982) was an economist at the Department of Agriculture from 1937 to 1951, and an assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture from 1948 to 1951. He was the director of legislative services for the National Farmers Union
Goldberg, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1908-1990 (Item)
  • as a negotiator and chief legal advisor in the merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and CIO in 1955. He played a key role in AFL-CIO policies aimed at ending corrupt union practices among affiliates. President Kennedy appointed Goldberg Secretary
  • LBJ Connection: General Counsel, CIO, 1948-1955; of Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO, 1955-1961; Secretary of Labor, 1961-1962; Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-1965; U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., 1965-1968
Fauntroy, Walter Edward, 1933 (Item)
  • Bio: Walter Edward Fauntroy (b. February 6, 1933, Washington, D.C.), was a Delegate from the District of Columbia. He attended Washington, D.C., public schools, graduating from Dunbar High School in 1952. He earned his B.A. from Virginia Union
Scammon, Richard M. (Richard Montgomery), 1915-2001 (Item)
  • to observe elections in Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1958; chairman of the President's Commission on Registration and Voting Participation, from 1963 to 1964; as a member of the Organization of American States electoral mission to Dominican Republic