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• Theodore Carter Achilles (1905-1986) — also known as Theodore C. Achilles — of Washington, D.C. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., December 29, 1905. Son of Henry Laurence Achilles and Gertrude (Strong) Achilles; married, June 4, 1933, to Marian Field. Newspaper work; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, 1932; Rome, 1933; while serving as director of the State Department's Division of Western European Affairs in 1947-49, was one of the main architects of the North Atlantic Treaty, the founding document of NATO; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1956-60. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Beta Theta Pi. Died in Washington, D.C., 1986. Entombed at St. John's Church, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Anthony Boyce Akers (1914-1976) — also known as Anthony B. Akers — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla. Born near Charlotte, Atascosa County, Tex., October 19, 1914. Son of Ambrose B. Akers and Margaret (Long) Akers; married, November 28, 1942, to Jane Pope. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1954, 1956, 1958; U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1961-63. Member, Federal Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations. Died, probably from a heart attack, in Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, N.C., April 1, 1976. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Winthrop Williams Aldrich (1885-1974) — also known as Winthrop W. Aldrich — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., November 2, 1885. Son of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich and Abby Pierce (Chapman) Aldrich; brother of Richard Steere Aldrich; married, December 7, 1916, to Harriet Crocker Alexander (1888-1972) (granddaughter of Charles Crocker; daughter of Charles Beatty Alexander; sister-in-law of Sheldon Whitehouse); uncle of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller and Winthrop Rockefeller. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, Equitable Trust Company, 1929; president, Chase National Bank, 1930-34; chairman, 1934-53; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1953-57. Member, American Bankers Association; Council on Foreign Relations. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 25, 1974. Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
  • See also Aldrich-Rockefeller-Crocker-Whitehouse family of New York
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• George Whelan Anderson, Jr. (1906-1992) — also known as George W. Anderson, Jr. — of Washington, D.C. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 15, 1906. Son of George W. Anderson and Clara (Green) Anderson; married, October 3, 1933, to Muriel Buttling (died 1947); married, May 15, 1948, to Mary Lee Lamar Sample. U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, 1961-63; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1963-66. Catholic. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Knights of Columbus. Died, of congestive heart failure, in the Arleigh Burke Pavilion nursing home, McLean, Fairfax County, Va., March 20, 1992. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  
  
• Norman Armour (1887-1982) — of Gladstone, Somerset County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Brighton, England of American parents, October 14, 1887. Son of George Allison Armour and Harriette (Foote) Armour; married, February 2, 1919, to Princess Myra Koudacheff. Lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1932-33, 1933-35; Canada, 1935-38; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1938-39; Argentina, 1939-44; Spain, 1945; Venezuela, 1950-51; Guatamala, 1954-55. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. One of five retired diplomats who co-signed a famous 1954 letter protesting U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 27, 1982. Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  
  
• Henry de Forest Baldwin (1862-1947) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, November 7, 1862. Great-great-grandson of Roger Sherman; great-grandson of Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851); grandnephew of Roger Sherman Baldwin; son of Simeon Baldwin and Mary Sarah (Marvin) Baldwin; second cousin of Edward Baldwin Whitney; married, September 4, 1890, to Jessie Pinney; third cousin of Roger Sherman Hoar. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Skull and Bones. Died, following a stroke, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 18, 1947. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Hoar-Baldwin-Foster-Sherman family of Massachusetts
  
  
• William Burnett Benton (1900-1973) — also known as William Benton — of Southport, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., April 1, 1900. Son of Charles William Benton and Elma (Hixson) Benton; married 1928 to Helen Hemingway. Democrat. Advertising business; introduced sound effects into television commercials; popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show; vice-president, University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of the Encyclopedia Brittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, 1945-47; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952, 1956, 1960. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Legion; Zeta Psi. The William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut is named for him. Died, in the Waldorf Towers Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 18, 1973. Cremated; ashes scattered.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Adolf Augustus Berle, Jr. (1895-1971) — also known as Adolf A. Berle; A. A. Berle — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 29, 1895. Son of Adolf Augustus Berle (born 1866; clergyman) and Augusta (Wright) Berle; married, December 17, 1927, to Beatrice Bend Bishop; father of Peter A. A. Berle. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; economist; law professor; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1945-46. Congregationalist. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Philosophical Society; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from a stroke, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 17, 1971. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by Adolf A. Berle: Latin America : Diplomacy and Reality (1962); American Economic Republic (1963); Power Without Property : A New Development in American Political Economy (1959); Navigating the Rapids, 1918-1971 (1973); Power (1969); Tides of Crisis : A Primer of Foreign Relations (1957); The Twentieth-Century Capitalist Revolution (1954); The Modern Corporation and Private Property (1933)
  • Books about Adolf A. Berle: Jordan A. Schwarz, Liberal : Adolf A. Berle and the Vision of an American Era
  
  
• Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914-1986) — also known as Jonathan B. Bingham; Jack Bingham — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., April 24, 1914. Son of Hiram Bingham and Alfreda (Mitchell) Bingham; brother of Hiram Bingham, Jr.; married 1939 to June Rossbach. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary to New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, 1955-59; candidate for New York state senate, 1958; U.S. Representative from New York, 1965-83 (23rd District 1965-73, 22nd District 1973-83). Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from complications of pneumonia, in Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 3, 1986. Interment at Bingham Family Cemetery, Salem, Conn.
  • See also Bingham family of Connecticut
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Robert Woods Bliss (1875-1962) — of New York; Washington, D.C. Born in St. Louis, Mo., August 5, 1875. Son of William Henry Bliss and Annie Louise (Woods) Bliss; married, April 14, 1908, to Mildred Barnes. U.S. Consul in Venice, 1903; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1923-27; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1927-33. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Council on Foreign Relations. One of five retired diplomats who co-signed a famous 1954 letter protesting U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service. Donated his Georgetown estate, Dumbarton Oaks, to Harvard University in 1940; after the war, it was the scene of the conference that led to the creation of the United Nations. Died in Washington, D.C., April 19, 1962. Cremated; ashes interred at Dumbarton Oaks Rose Garden, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Elaine Bloom (b. 1937) — of Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Fla. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 16, 1937. Democrat. Member of Florida state house of representatives 106th District, 1974-78, 1986-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1976 (alternate), 1992. Female. Jewish. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; League of Women Voters. Still living as of 1999.
  
  
• Dudley Baldwin Bonsal (1906-1995) — also known as Dudley B. Bonsal — of New York. Born in Bedford, Westchester County, N.Y., October 6, 1906. Married 1931 to Lois Abbott Worrall (died 1981); married 1983 to Lucia Turner Faithfull. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1961-76; took senior status 1976. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in Bedford, Westchester County, N.Y., July 22, 1995. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Spruille Braden (1894-1978) — of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Elkhorn, Jefferson County, Mont., March 13, 1894. Son of William Braden and Mary (Kimball) Braden; married, September 5, 1915, to Maria Humeres del Solar (died 1962); married 1964 to Verbena Williams Hebbard (died 1977). Mining engineer; financier; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1939-42; Cuba, 1942-45; Argentina, 1945. Member, American Arbitration Association; Council on Foreign Relations; John Birch Society; Navy League. Died, from a heart ailment, in Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 10, 1978. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
  
  
• Nicholas Frederick Brady (b. 1930) — also known as Nicholas F. Brady — of Bedminster Township, Somerset County, N.J. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., April 11, 1930. Son of James C. Brady; married 1952 to Katherine Douglas. Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1972; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1982; appointed 1982; resigned 1982; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1988-93; chairman, Darby Overseas Investments. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Chi Psi. Still living as of 2007.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Harold Brown (b. 1927) — Born September 19, 1927. U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1977-81. Jewish. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Trilateral Commission. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981. Still living as of 2000.
  
  
• Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984) — also known as "The Refrigerator"; "The Sly Fox" — of New York; Dummerston, Windham County, Vt. Born in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., May 11, 1894. Son of George R. Bunker and Jean Polhemus (Cobb) Bunker; married, April 24, 1920, to Harriet Allen Butler (died 1964); married, January 3, 1967, to Caroline Clendening Laise. Director and officer, National Sugar Refining Company; director, American-Hawaiian Steamship Company; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1951-52; Italy, 1952-53; India, 1956-61; Nepal, 1956-59; , 1966-67, 1973-78; Vietnam, 1967-73. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Council on Foreign Relations. Recipient of two Presidential Medals of Freedom, in 1963 and in 1967. Died, in Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vt., September 27, 1984. Interment somewhere in Dummerston, Vt.
  • Books about Ellsworth Bunker: Howard B. Schaffer, Ellsworth Bunker : Global Troubleshooter, Vietnam Hawk
  
  
• William Armistead Moale Burden (1906-1984) — also known as William A. M. Burden — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 8, 1906. Great-great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877; railroad baron); son of Florence Vanderbilt (Twombly) Burden; married 1931 to Margaret Livingston Partridge. Analyst of aviation industry; founder of Wall Street investment firm; chairman of Union Texas Natural Gas Corporation; director, Allied Chemical Co., Columbia Broadcasting System, and Lockheed Aircraft; president, Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1953-59, 1962-65; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1959-61. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, of heart disease, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 10, 1984. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Jefferson Clinton (b. 1946) — also known as Bill Clinton; William Jefferson Blythe IV; "Slick Willie"; "Bubba"; "Elvis"; "Eagle"; "The Big Dog" — of Arkansas; Chappaqua, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Hope, Hempstead County, Ark., August 19, 1946. Third cousin twice removed of James Alexander Lockhart; married, October 11, 1975, to Hillary Diane Rodham (sister of Hugh E. Rodham). Democrat. Rhodes scholar; candidate for U.S. Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1974; Arkansas state attorney general, 1977-79; Governor of Arkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; President of the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2004. Baptist. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Trilateral Commission; Phi Alpha Delta; Pi Sigma Alpha. On October 29, 1994, Francisco Duran fired 27 shots from the sidewalk at the White House in an apparent assassination attempt against President Clinton. Impeached by the House of Representatives in December 1998 over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice, but acquitted by the Senate. Still living as of 2008.
  • Cross-reference: Abraham J. Hirschfeld; Kenneth W. Starr; Rahm Emanuel; Henry G. Cisneros
  • See also Polk-Ashe family of North Carolina
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by Bill Clinton: Between Hope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st Century (1996, out of print); My Life (2004)
  • Books about Bill Clinton: David Maraniss, First in His Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton; Joe Conason, The Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton; Gene Lyons, Fools for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater; Sidney Blumenthal, The Clinton Wars; Dewayne Wickham, Bill Clinton and Black America; Joe Klein, The Natural : The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton; Nigel Hamilton, Bill Clinton: An American Journey; Bob Woodward, The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House; George Stephanopolous, All Too Human; John F. Harris, The Survivor : Bill Clinton in the White House; Mark Katz, Clinton & Me: A Real Life Political Comedy; Tim O'Shei, Bill Clinton (for young readers)
  • Critical books about Bill Clinton: Barbara Olson, The Final Days : The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House; Meredith L. Oakley, On the Make : The Rise of Bill Clinton; Robert Patterson, Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered America's Long-Term National Security; Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories; Ann Coulter, High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton; Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, Because He Could; Jack Cashill, Ron Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and Hillary's Future; Christopher Hitchens, No One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family; Rich Lowry, Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years; Richard Miniter, Losing Bin Laden : How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror
  
  
• Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) — also known as Charles W. Cole — of New York. Born in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., February 8, 1906. U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64. Presbyterian. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Economic Association; American Historical Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1978. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Thomas Connor (1914-2000) — also known as John T. Connor; Jack Connor — Born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., November 3, 1914. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1965-67. Catholic. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. President and CEO of the Merck pharmaceutical company from 1955; chairman and CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79. Died, of cancer, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 6, 2000. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Philip Kingsland Crowe (1908-1976) — also known as Philip K. Crowe — of Easton, Talbot County, Md. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., January 7, 1908. Son of Earl R. Crowe and Kathleen McClellan (Higgins) Crowe; married, June 21, 1937, to Irene Pettus. Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1953-56; South Africa, 1959-61; Norway, 1969-73; Denmark, 1973-75. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Society of Colonial Wars. Died in 1976. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  
  
• Alfonse Martello D'Amato (b. 1937) — also known as Alfonse M. D'Amato; "Senator Pothole" — of Island Park, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., August 1, 1937. Republican. U.S. Senator from New York, 1981-99; defeated, 1998. Catholic. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2001.
  • Cross-reference: Michael P. Forbes
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Charles Francis Darlington, Jr. (1904-1986) — also known as Charles F. Darlington — of Mt. Kisco, Westchester County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 13, 1904. Son of Charles Francis Darlington and Letitia Craig (O'Neill) Darlington; married, November 3, 1931, to Alice Nelson Benning (died 1973). Democrat. Economist; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; oil executive; U.S. Ambassador to Gabon, 1961-64. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, in New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 11, 1986. Burial location unknown.
  • Books by Charles F. Darlington: African Betrayal, with Alice B. Darlington (1968)
  
  
• John William Davis (1873-1955) — also known as John W. Davis — of Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., April 13, 1873. Son of John James Davis and Anna (Kennedy) Davis; married, June 20, 1899, to Julia T. McDonald (died 1900); married, January 2, 1912, to Ellen G. Bassel (died 1943); first cousin of Cyrus Roberts Vance. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1899; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1904; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S. Solicitor General, 1913-18; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1918-21; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920; candidate for President of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., March 24, 1955. Interment at Locust Valley Cemetery, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.
  • See also Davis-Vance family of West Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) — also known as Thomas E. Dewey — of Pawling, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich., March 24, 1902. Nephew of Edmond O. Dewey; son of George Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16, 1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (c.1903-1970) (grandniece of Jefferson Finis Davis). Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940; Governor of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952, 1956. Episcopalian. English and French ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Farm Bureau; Grange; Council on Foreign Relations; Freemasons; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Mu Alpha. Died, from a heart attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel, Bal Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla., March 16, 1971. Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: Herbert Brownell, Jr.; Charles C. Wing; Martin T. Manton
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M. Stolberg, Fighting Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E. Dewey; Barry K. Beyer, Thomas E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political Leadership (out of print); Richard Norton Smith, Thomas E. Dewey and His Times (out of print)
  
  
• Clarence Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) — also known as C. Douglas Dillon — of Far Hills, Somerset County, N.J. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, of American parents, August 21, 1909. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; financier; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1952; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1953-57; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1961-65. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Society of Colonial Wars. Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on July 6, 1989. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 10, 2003. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Angier Biddle Duke (1915-1995) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 30, 1915. Nephew of Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr.; second cousin of Doris Duke (tobacco heiress). Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1952-53; Spain, 1965-68; Denmark, 1968-69; Morocco, 1979-81. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Chancellor of Southampton College. Hit by a car while rollerblading, and died as a result, in Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., April 29, 1995. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Allen Welsh Dulles (1893-1969) — also known as Allen W. Dulles — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 7, 1893. Grandson of John Watson Foster; brother of John Foster Dulles. Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940. Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1953-61. Died January 28, 1969. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Dulles-Foster-Lansing family of New York
  
  
• John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C., February 25, 1888. Grandson of John Watson Foster; brother of Allen Welsh Dulles. Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944; U.S. Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949; U.S. Secretary of State, 1953-59. Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Received the Medal of Freedom in 1959. Died of cancer and pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., May 24, 1959. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • Cross-reference: Edward Corsi
  • See also Dulles-Foster-Lansing family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Lewis David Einstein (1877-1967) — also known as Lewis Einstein — of New York. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 15, 1877. Son of David L. Einstein and Caroline Einstein; married 1904 to Helen Ralli. U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1911; Czechoslovakia, 1921-30. Jewish. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Sons of the Revolution. Corresponded for 32 years with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Died in Paris, France, December 4, 1967. Burial location unknown.
  • Books by Lewis Einstein: A Diplomat Looks Back (1968, out of print); Divided Loyalties : Americans in England during the War of Independence (1933); Inside Constantinople : A Diplomatist's Diary during the Dardanelles Expedition, April-September, 1915 (1918, out of print); Roosevelt : His Mind in Action (1930, out of print)
  • Books about Lewis Einstein: James Bishop Peabody, The Holmes-Einstein Letters : Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Lewis Einstein 1903-1935
  
  
• Dante Bruno Fascell (1917-1998) — also known as Dante B. Fascell — of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla.; Clearwater, Pinellas County, Fla. Born in Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., March 9, 1917. Son of Charles A. Fascell and Mary (Gullotti) Fascell; married, September 19, 1941, to Jean-Marie Pelot. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1951-54; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1955-93 (4th District 1955-67, 12th District 1967-73, 15th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-93). Italian ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Jaycees; Lions; Kappa Sigma. Received Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1998. Died, of colon cancer, in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Fla., November 28, 1998. Interment at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Edward Francis Feely (1880-1964) — also known as Edward F. Feely — of Washington, D.C. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., March 6, 1880. Son of Dennis C. Feely and Katherine (Fleming) Feely; married, November 8, 1920, to Mary E. Garfield. Republican. Exporter; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1930-33. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died of a stroke, at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., August 30, 1964. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Geraldine Anne Ferraro (b. 1935) — also known as Geraldine Ferraro — of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., August 26, 1935. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1979-85; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980, 1984; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1984. Female. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Still living as of 2003.
  • See also: congressional biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Thomas Knight Finletter (b. 1893) — also known as Thomas K. Finletter — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 11, 1893. Son of Thomas Dickson Finletter and Helen (Grill) Finletter. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; special assistant to U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, 1941-44; Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, 1950-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to NATO, 1961-65. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Council on Foreign Relations; United World Federalists; Delta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr. (b. 1916) — also known as Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 17, 1916. Great-great-great-grandson of Frederick Frelinghuysen; great-great-grandnephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen; great-grandson of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; third cousin of Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen; father of Rodney P. Frelinghuysen. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1953-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1972. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Evan Griffith Galbraith (1928-2008) — Born in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, July 2, 1928. Republican. U.S. Ambassador to France, 1981-85. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Skull and Bones. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 21, 2008. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• John William Gardner (b. 1912) — of Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 8, 1912. Son of William Gardner and Marie Flora Gardner; married, August 14, 1934, to Aida Marroquin. University professor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1965-68. Member, American Psychological Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Kappa Delta Pi; Sigma Xi. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. Still living as of 1994.
  
  
• Bruce S. Gelb (b. 1927) — of New York. Born in 1927. Director, U.S. Information Agency, 1989; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1991-93. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 1993.
  
  
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg (b. 1933) — of District of Columbia. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 15, 1933. Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1980-93; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1993-. Female. Jewish. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Bar Association; American Civil Liberties Union; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Alpha Delta. Still living as of 2003.
  
  
• Harrison J. Goldin (b. 1936) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., February 23, 1936. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1966-73 (31st District 1966, 30th District 1967-73); New York City Comptroller, 1974-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984; candidate in primary for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1989. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Council on Foreign Relations; NAACP; B'nai B'rith; Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2001.
  
  
• Jane Frank Harman (b. 1945) — also known as Jane F. Harman; Jane Lakes; Jane Frank — of Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 28, 1945. Daughter of Adolf Lakes and Lucille (Geier) Lakes; married 1969 to Richard Frank (divorced 1978); married 1980 to Sidney Harman. Democrat. Lawyer; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. John V. Tunney, 1972; counsel for congressional subcommittees; deputy secretary to the Cabinet in the Jimmy Carter White House, 1977-78; U.S. Representative from California 36th District, 1993-99, 2001-; candidate in primary for Governor of California, 1998; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2004. Female. Jewish. Polish and Russian ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2008.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• William Averell Harriman (1891-1986) — also known as W. Averell Harriman — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 15, 1891. Son of Edward Henry Harriman; married, September 21, 1915, to Kitty Lawrence (divorced 1929); married, February 21, 1930, to Marie Whitney (died 1970); married, September 27, 1971, to Pamela Hayward. Democrat. U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1943-46; Great Britain, 1946; , 1961, 1965-69; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1946-48; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1952, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; Governor of New York, 1955-59. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Knights of Pythias; Skull and Bones. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969. Died in Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, N.Y., July 26, 1986. Interment at Arden Farm Graveyard, Arden, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: Jonathan B. Bingham
  • See also Harriman family of New York
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about Averell Harriman: Walter Isaacson, The Wise Men : Six Friends and the World They Made
  
  
• Christian Archibald Herter, Jr. (1919-2007) — also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 29, 1919. Son of Mary Caroline (Pratt) Herter and Christian Archibald Herter; married, June 10, 1944, to Suzanne Clery (divorced 1963); married, August 18, 1963, to Susan Cable (divorced); married to Catherine Hooker. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956, 1960; candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil Company, 1961-67; director, Berkshire Life Insurance Company; law professor. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington, D.C., September 16, 2007. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (b. 1941) — also known as Richard C. Holbrooke — Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., April 24, 1941. U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1993-94; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1998-2001. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2001.
  • See also: Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by Richard Holbrooke: To End a War (1998)
  
  
• Arthur Amory Houghton, Jr. (b. 1906) — also known as Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Corning, Steuben County, N.Y., December 12, 1906. Son of Arthur Amory Houghton and Mabel (Hollister) Houghton; married to Elizabeth Douglas McCall. Republican. Vice-president, Corning Glass Works, 1935-40; director, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1960. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; National Trust for Historic Preservation. Still living as of 1960.
  
  
• Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913-2007) — also known as Philip M. Kaiser — of New York; Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 12, 1913. Son of Morris Kazas and Temma (Sloven) Kazas; married, June 16, 1939, to Hannah Greeley. Democrat. Rhodes scholar; economist; U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1961-64; Mauritania, 1961-64; Hungary, 1977-80; Austria, 1980-81. Ukrainian and Jewish ancestry. Member, American Political Science Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in Sibley Hospital, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2007. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr. (1904-1987) — also known as Henry R. Labouisse, Jr. — of Washington, D.C.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., February 11, 1904. Son of Henry Richardson Labouisse and Frances Devereux (Huger) Labouisse; married, June 29, 1935, to Elizabeth Scriven Clark (died 1945); married, November 19, 1954, to Eve Curie. Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1962-65. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in 1987. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Herbert Henry Lehman (1878-1963) — also known as Herbert H. Lehman — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 28, 1878. Son of Mayer Lehman and Babette Lehman; brother of Irving Lehman; married 1910 to Edith Louise Altschul; father of Peter Lehman (killed on active duty in World War II); granduncle of Robert Morris Morgenthau, Orin Lehman and John Langeloth Loeb, Jr.. Democrat. Director, Consolidated Cotton Duck Co., Imperial Cotton Co., U.S. Cotton Duck Co., Washington Mills; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1929-32; Governor of New York, 1933-42; U.S. Senator from New York, 1949-57; defeated, 1946. Jewish. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Gamma Delta. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1963; inducted into the Jewish-American Hall of Fame in 1974. Died December 5, 1963. Interment at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: Nathan R. Sobel
  • See also Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Orin Lehman (1920-2008) — also known as "Father Nature" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born January 14, 1920. Grandnephew of Herbert Henry Lehman; son of Allan Sigmund Lehman (1885-1952) and Evelyn 'Eve' (Schiffer) Lehman (c.1892-1970); married, July 23, 1962, to Jane (Bagley) Long; married, October 24, 1970, to Wendy Vanderbilt (niece of William Henry Vanderbilt III). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; injured during the Battle of the Bulge and lost a leg; newspaper publisher; chairman, Colgreen Broadcasting Group, owner of radio stations; founder, Just One Break, Inc., not-for-profit employment service for people with disabilities; campaign manager, John J. Burns for Lieutenant Governor, 1962; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1966; producer of several popular off-Broadway plays; New York State Commissioner of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, 1975-93. Jewish. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; NAACP; Urban League. Died, of pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 22, 2008. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York
  
  
• Wilbert John LeMelle (b. 1931) — also known as Wilbert J. LeMelle — of New York. Born in New Iberia, Iberia Parish, La., November 11, 1931. Son of Eloi Sabas LeMelle and Therese (Francis) LeMelle; married 1958 to Yvonne Tauriac. Democrat. University professor; U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, 1977-80; Seychelles, 1977-80. Catholic. Member, American Political Science Association; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 1991.
  
  
• Harold Francis Linder (1900-1981) — of New York. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 13, 1900. Son of William Linder and Florence (Strauss) Linder; married, October 5, 1930, to Bertha Rubin. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1968-69. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in 1981. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Vliet Lindsay (1921-2000) — also known as John V. Lindsay — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 24, 1921. Son of George Nelson Lindsay and Eleanor (Vliet) Lindsay; married, June 18, 1949, to Mary Anne Harrison (1926-2004). Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1959-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1960; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1966-73; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972; candidate in Democratic primary for U.S. Senator from New York, 1980. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations. Died, from Parkinson's disease and pneumonia, in Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, S.C., December 19, 2000. Burial location unknown.
  • Cross-reference: John J. Burns
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about John V. Lindsay: Vincent J. Cannato, The Ungovernable City : John Lindsay and His Struggle to Save New York
  
  
• Winston Lord (b. 1937) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., August 14, 1937. Son of Oswald Bates Lord and Mary (Pillsbury) Lord; married, May 4, 1963, to Bette Bao. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to China, 1985-89. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Trilateral Commission. Still living as of 2002.
  
  
• H. Carl McCall — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Member of New York state senate 28th District, 1975-79; New York state comptroller, 1993-; Presidential Elector for New York, 1996, 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000, 2004. Black. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Alpha Phi Alpha. Still living as of 2004.
  
  
• Livingston Tallmadge Merchant (1903-1976) — also known as Livingston T. Merchant — of Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 23, 1903. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1956-58, 1961-62. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in 1976. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Jonathan Moore (b. 1932) — of Weston, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., September 10, 1932. Legislative assistant to U.S. Sen Leverett Saltonstall; U.S. Ambassador to , 1986-89. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2000.
  
  
• Eleanor Holmes Norton (b. 1937) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in Washington, D.C., June 13, 1937. Democrat. Lawyer; university professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972; Delegate to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1991-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 2000, 2004. Female. Black. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2008.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Claiborne de Borda Pell (b. 1918) — also known as Claiborne Pell — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 22, 1918. Great-great-great-grandnephew of William Charles Cole Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne; great-great-grandnephew of George Mifflin Dallas; great-great-grandson of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne; son of Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr.. Democrat. U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Society of the Cincinnati. Still living as of 2000.
  • See also Claiborne family
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Maxwell M. Rabb (b. 1910) — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 28, 1910. Son of Solomon Rabb and Rose (Kostick) Rabb; married, November 2, 1939, to Ruth Cridenberg. Republican. Lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1937-43, and U.S. Sen. Sinclair Weeks, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952, 1956; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1976, 1980; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 1994.
  
  
• Joseph Verner Reed, Jr. (b. 1937) — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 17, 1937. U.S. Ambassador to Morocco, 1981-85. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 1991.
  
  
• Ogden Rogers Reid (b. 1925) — of New York. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., June 24, 1925. Grandson of Whitelaw Reid; son of Ogden Mills Reid (1882-1947; newspaper publisher) and Helen (Rogers) Reid. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1959-61; U.S. Representative from New York, 1963-75 (26th District 1963-73, 24th District 1973-75). Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also Reid family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-1979) — also known as Nelson A. Rockefeller; "Rocky" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Tarrytown, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, July 8, 1908. Grandson of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich; son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) and Abby (Aldrich) Rockefeller; nephew of Richard Steere Aldrich and Winthrop Williams Aldrich; married, June 23, 1930, to Mary Todhunter Clark (divorced); married, May 4, 1963, to Margaretta Fitler 'Happy' Murphy; second cousin of David Hunter McAlpin (who married Nina Underwood); brother of Winthrop Rockefeller; uncle of John Davison Rockefeller IV and Winthrop Paul Rockefeller. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956 (alternate), 1960, 1964; Governor of New York, 1959-73; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964, 1968; Vice President of the United States, 1974-77. Baptist. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Knights of Pythias; Phi Beta Kappa. Participated in the founding of the United Nations; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. Died, of a massive heart attack, in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 26, 1979. Cremated; ashes interred at Pocantico Hills Estate, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
  • See also Aldrich-Rockefeller-Crocker-Whitehouse family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Nelson A. Rockefeller: Cary Reich, The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller : Worlds to Conquer, 1908-1958 (out of print)
  
  
• Nicholas Roosevelt (1893-1982) — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 12, 1893. Fifth cousin of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1930-33. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in 1982. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Stuart Nash Scott (1906-1991) — of New York. Born in Madison, Dane County, Wis., December 6, 1906. U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1973-75. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in 1991. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Pratt Shultz (b. 1920) — also known as George P. Shultz — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 13, 1920. Son of Birl E. Shultz and Margaret Lennox (Pratt) Shultz; married, February 16, 1946, to Helena M. O'Brien. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; economist; university professor; U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1969-70; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-74; U.S. Secretary of State, 1982-89. Episcopalian. Member, American Economic Association; Council on Foreign Relations. Survived an assassination attempt in South America, August 1988; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989. Still living as of 2003.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  • Books by George P. Shultz: Turmoil and Triumph: My Years As Secretary of State (1993)
  
  
• Elliott Percival Skinner (1924-2007) — also known as Elliott P. Skinner — Born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, April 1, 1924. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; university professor; U.S. Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69. Black. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, of heart failure, in Washington, D.C., April 1, 2007. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Howard Alexander Smith (1880-1966) — also known as H. Alexander Smith — of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 30, 1880. Son of Dr. Abram Alexander Smith and Sue Lehn (Bender) Smith; married, June 21, 1902, to Helen Dominick; uncle of Peter Hoyt Dominick. Republican. Lawyer; treasurer of New Jersey Republican Party, 1934-41; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1940 (alternate), 1948, 1956; New Jersey Republican state chair, 1941-43; member of Republican National Committee from New Jersey, 1942-44; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1944-59. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Society of Colonial Wars. Died in Princeton, Mercer County, N.J., October 27, 1966. Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Gillian Martin Sorensen (b. 1941) — also known as Gillian M. Sorensen; Gillian Martin — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, March 4, 1941. Daughter of John Butlin Martin and Helen (Hickam) Martin; married, June 28, 1969, to Theodore Chaikin Sorensen. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976, 1984, 1988; New York City Commissioner for the United Nations and Consular Corps, 1978-80; President, National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1990-93; Special Advisor for Public Policy to the Secretary General of the United Nations, 1993-96; U.N. Assistant Secretary General for External Relations, 1997-. Female. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2002.
  
  
• Theodore Chaikin Sorensen (b. 1928) — also known as Theodore C. Sorensen; Ted Sorensen — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb., May 8, 1928. Son of Christian Abraham Sorensen and Annis (Chaikin) Sorensen; married, June 28, 1969, to Gillian Martin. Democrat. Lawyer; special counsel to President John F. Kennedy, 1961-63; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from New York, 1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984. Member, Order of the Coif; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 1984.
  
  
• Edwin Forward Stanton (1901-1968) — also known as Edwin F. Stanton — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Bouckville, Madison County, N.Y., February 22, 1901. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kalgan, 1924-26; U.S. Consul in Tsinan, 1927-29; Shanghai, 1938; Vancouver, 1945; U.S. Consul General in Vancouver, 1945; U.S. Minister to Thailand, 1946; U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, 1947. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in 1968. Interment at Milford Cemetery, Milford, Conn.
  
  
• Phillips Talbot (b. 1915) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Pittsburgh,