Council on Foreign Relations
in New York Politician members
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,