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Kennedy, Mylton
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- Kennedy, Mylton
- Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
Sutton Family
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- LBJ Connection: Donors of thank you cards from the families of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King
- Bio: Omer Harrell Kennedy, also known as O. H. Kennedy (b. May 14, 1929, Groveton, Texas-d. December 14,1998, Angelina County, Texas), was a Master Sergeant in the United States Army and served in Korea and Vietnam. He lived in Groveton
- Kennedy, Omer Harrell, 1929-1998
- Bio: David Low Hackett (b. November 12, 1926, Dedham, Massachusetts-d. April 23, 2011, Rockville, Maryland), urban affairs consultant. He attended Milton Academy, where he met Robert F. Kennedy. Hackett joined John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential
- LBJ Connection: Member, President Kennedy's campaign staff, 1960
Kennedy, Vann
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- Kennedy, Vann
- LBJ Connection: Secretary of Texas Democratic Party, 1937; Texas delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1948; Assistant State Director, 1960 Kennedy/Johnson presidential campaign
Dutton, Frederick G., 1923-
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- Bio: (1923-2005) Attorney; Veteran, WWII; Special Assistant to President Kennedy; Organizing Director of JFK Oral History Project, Executive Director, RFK memorial; Deputy National Chairman, Citizens for Kennedy and Johnson, 1960; Executive
- LBJ Connection: Special Assistant to President Kennedy; Organizing Director of JFK Oral History Project, Executive Director, RFK memorial
Curry, Jesse E.
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- LBJ Connection: Dallas Police Chief at the time of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
- Bio: Kenneth Phillip O'Donnell (1924-1977) was the campaign director for John F. Kennedy re-election campaign for Senate in 1958, and organizer and director of John F. Kennedy presidential campaign in 1960. From 1961 to 1965, he was the Special
- LBJ Connection: Appointments Secretary to President Kennedy; Special Assistant to President Johnson, 1963-1965; Executive Director, National Democratic Committee, 1964-1965.
McPhail, Maria
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- LBJ Connection: Donor of statement by Judge Sarah T. Hughes regarding administering the oath of office after the assassination of President Kennedy
- for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter in 1958, Goodwin came to Senator John F. Kennedy's attention in 1959 while working as special counsel to the Legislative Oversight Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Goodwin joined Kennedy's speech
- LBJ Connection: Special Counsel to President Kennedy, Special Assistant to President Johnson. Responsibilities included speech writing, domestic and urban affairs.
Luba, Joanne A., 1930
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- LBJ Connection: Donor of newspaper clippings related to LBJ, Robert F. Kennedy, and John F. Kennedy
- Bio: Edward Moore Kennedy (b. Feb. 22, 1932, Boston, Mass.-d. Aug. 25, 2009), graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in government in 1956, and received his LL.B. from the University of Virginia in 1959. He served in the United States Army
- Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
- Bio: Ralph Anthony Dungan (b. April 22, 1923, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-d. October 5, 2013, St. John Parish, Barbados) was a Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy from 1961 to 1963 and to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1963 to 1964. He
- LBJ Connection: Special Assistant to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, 1961-1964; under LBJ, worked on recruitment, presidential appointments; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1964-1967
- assistant to President Kennedy from 1961 to 1963, and Tariff Commissioner from 1963 to 1967. Fenn served as president of the Center for Business-Government Relations from 1969 to 1971. He was Director of the John F. Kennedy Library from 1972 to 1986
- LBJ Connection: Special Assistant to President Kennedy, 1961-1963; Member, Vice Chairman and Acting Chairman, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1963-1967; Director, JFK Library
- Bio: Lawrence Francis O'Brien (1917-1990), Democratic Party official, government official, served as the Director of Organization for the Kennedy-Johnson Presidential campaign in 1960. He was the Special Assistant to the President for Congressional
- LBJ Connection: National Director, Kennedy for President, 1959-1960; Special Assistant to President Kennedy for Congressional Relations, 1961-1963, to President Johnson, 1963-1965; Postmaster General of the U.S., 1965-1968
- LBJ Connection: Reporter; Author; member, Campaign staffs for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson; U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, 1962-1964
Stevens, Roger L.
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- LBJ Connection: Theatrical producer; Special Assistant to the President on the Arts, 1964-1968; Chairman, Board of Trustees, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Howe, Evelyn
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- LBJ Connection: Donor of published materials related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
- Bio: Wilson D. McCarthy was a journalist and author who served as an aide to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
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- LBJ Connection: Chief Justice of the United States, 1953-1969; Chairman, Warren Commission to investigate President Kennedy's assassination, 1963-1964
- 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
Feild, John G., 1922-2006
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- Bio: John G. Feild was born in 1922. In 1959, he became a legislative assistant to Senator Philip A. Hart from Michigan. He aided in the campaign to elect John F. Kennedy for president, and served as the executive director of the Presidents
- LBJ Connection: Legislative assistant to Senator Philip A. Hart, Michigan, 1959; member, President Kennedy's campaign staff; Executive Director, President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, 1961-1963
Boggs, Lindy, 1916-
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- Bio: Lindy Boggs was the widow of Hale Boggs. She served as Chairperson at the Inaugural Ball Committee for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson; she was the first woman elected to House of Representatives from Louisiana, serving as Congresswoman, 1973
- LBJ Connection: U.S. Congresswoman, Louisiana, 1973-1990; Widow of Hale Boggs; Chairperson of Inaugural Ball Committee for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
- Bio: John Bowden Connally, Jr. (b. Feb. 27, 1917–d. June 15, 1993), served as Governor of Texas, Secretary of the Navy under President John F. Kennedy, and as Secretary of the Treasury under President Richard M. Nixon. He was wounded while
- as Director of the Federal Register at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. During the John F. Kennedy administration, Byrne was the "advance man" for President Kennedy's trip to Texas in November 1963.
- Bio: Robert George Lewis (b. 1919) was an agricultural journalist and economic consultant. In 1960 he was director of national headquarters for Farmers for Kennedy and Johnson Committee. He served as Administrator for the Rural Community Development
- LBJ Connection: Administrative Assistant to Senator William Proxmire, 1957-1959; Director, National Headquarters, Farmers for Kennedy-Johnson Committee, 1960; Administrator, Rural Community Development Service, Department of Agriculture, 1965-1967
- as Press Secretary to Robert Kennedy from 1966 to 1968, and as manager of George McGovern's Presidential campaign in 1972. He is the author of Perfectly Clear (1973), U.S. vs. Nixon (1975), and Remote Control (1978).
- LBJ Connection: Director of Peace Corps, Lima, Peru, 1962-1964; Latin American Regional Director for Peace Corps, 1964-1966; Press Assistant to Robert Kennedy, 1966-1968
- Bio: Pierre Emil George Salinger (b. 1925) journalist and government official, was the Press Secretary to Senator John F. Kennedy from 1959 to 1960, and again from 1961 to 1963 during Kennedy's presidency. He was the Chief Foreign Correspondent
- Bio: Ralph W. Nicholson (1916-1995) was Assistant Postmaster General during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. President Kennedy put him in charge of installations and logistics at the Post Office Department in 1961, and he later took over
Manatos, Mike, 1914-1983
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- Bio: Mike (Michael N.) Manatos (1914-1983) was Administrative Assistant to President John F. Kennedy from 1961 to 1963, and then for President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1963 to 1969.
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
- Bio: Cecil William Stoughton (b. Jan. 18, 1920, Oskaloosa, Iowa-d. Nov. 3, 2008, Merritt Island, Fla.), American photographer who served with the White House Army Signal Agency during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
Schwartz, Marie Smith, 1920
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- , Kennedy and Johnson administrations. She authored a biography of Lady Bird Johnson, as well as books on the first families and White House entertaining.
- Bio: Janet Graeme Travell (1901-1997) was the physician to John F. Kennedy from 1955 to 1963, and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1963 to 1965.
- Bio: Kathryn Gladys Heath (b. May 8, 1910, Cincinnati, Ohio-d. April 15, 1989, Alexandria, Virginia) was Assistant for Special Studies, Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, serving under both the Kennedy and Johnson
Krim, Mathilde, 1926
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- Bio: Research scientist, Sloane-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research 1962-1985; wife of Arthur Krim (President of United Artists Corporation of Hollywood, 1951-1969; and Chairman of the President's Club for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
Mann, David
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- Bio: David Mann served on President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Committee on Government Contracts, and was the Director of Review and Surveys for the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B
Martin, Louis, 1912-1997
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- Bio: Louis Emanuel Martin was born on November 18, 1912 in Shelbyville, Tennessee. He received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1934. He worked on the presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy, and was a close advisor of Presidents Kennedy
- Bio: Robert Strange McNamara (b. June 9, 1916, in San Francisco, California-d. July 2009, Washington, D.C.) was a business executive and Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. During World War II he worked