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Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) —
also known as Morris Abram —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., June 19,
1918.
Son of Sam Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served on
prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes trials; U.S. Representative
to United Nations European office; worked on Marshall Plan for
postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate for
nomination for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968; president
of Brandeis University, 1968-70; member, U.S. Civil Rights
Commission, 1984-86.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Jewish Committee; Urban
League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a viral
infection, in a hospital
at Geneva, Switzerland,
March
16, 2000 (age 81 years, 271
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Bert Albert (1908-2000) —
also known as Carl Albert; "The Little Giant from
Little Dixie" —
of McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla.
Born in McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla., May 10,
1908.
Son of Ernest Homer Albert and Leona Ann (Scott) Albert.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1947-77; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1971-77; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1952,
1964
(chair, Resolutions
and Platform Committee), 1968,
1992,
1996.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Izaak
Walton League; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Elected to Oklahoma Hall of
Fame.
Died, at McAlester Regional Health
Center, McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla., February
4, 2000 (age 91 years, 270
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, McAlester, Okla.
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Thomas Hodge Allen (b. 1945) —
also known as Tom Allen —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, April 16,
1945.
Democrat. Staff, Maine Gov. Kenneth
M. Curtis, 1968; staff, U.S. Sen. Edmund
S. Muskie, 1970-71; Rhodes scholar; lawyer; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1991-92; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maine, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2009.
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Leslie Aspin (1938-1995) —
also known as Les Aspin —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., July 21,
1938.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1971-93; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1993-94.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Zeta Psi.
Died, from a stroke, at
Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., May 21,
1995 (age 56 years, 304
days).
Interment at Wisconsin
Memorial Park, Brookfield, Wis.
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Robert Shillingford Babcock (1915-1985) —
also known as Robert S. Babcock —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 22,
1915.
Son of Oliver M. Babcock and Martha (Shillingford) Babcock.
Republican. Rhodes scholar; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; university
professor; member of Vermont
state senate, 1951-54, 1957-58; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1952;
Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1959-61; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1960; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1977-81.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Political Science Association.
Died in Yuma, Yuma
County, Ariz., September
1, 1985 (age 70 years, 41
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Breckinridge Board, Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Joseph B. Board, Jr. —
of Scotia, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind., March 5,
1931.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; university
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1993.
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Cory Anthony Booker (b. 1969) —
also known as Cory A. Booker —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April 27,
1969.
Son of Cary Booker and Carolyn Booker.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; lawyer; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 2006-; defeated, 2002; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 2008.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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David Lyle Boren (b. 1941) —
also known as David L. Boren —
of Seminole, Seminole
County, Okla.; Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April 21,
1941.
Son of Lyle
H. Boren and Christine (McKown) Boren.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1967-75; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1979-94; resigned 1994.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
President,
University of Oklahoma.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Brademas (b. 1927) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind., March 2,
1927.
Son of Stephen J. Brademas and Beatrice Cenci (Goble) Brademas.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen.
Patrick
McNamara; administrative assistant to U.S. Rep Thomas
L. Ashley; executive assistant to presidential candidate Adlai
E. Stevenson; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1959-81; defeated,
1954, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1964,
1972;
president,
New York University, 1981-91.
Methodist.
Greek
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Order of
Ahepa; Eagles; Moose; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Warren Bradley (b. 1943) —
also known as Bill Bradley; "Dollar
Bill" —
of Denville, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Crystal City, Jefferson
County, Mo., July 28,
1943.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1988,
1996;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2000.
Protestant.
At the 1964 Olympic
Games, won a gold medal as part of the U.S. basketball team;
professional basketball
player for the New York Knicks, 1967-77; elected to the Basketball Hall of
Fame in 1983.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Walton Butterworth, Jr. (1903-1975) —
also known as W. Walton Butterworth —
of Brookeville, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
7, 1903.
Son of Dr. William Walton Butterworth and Maud Ravencamp (Campbell)
Butterworth.
Rhodes scholar; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in
Singapore, 1929-31; U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1950-53; Canada, 1962-68.
Died in 1975
(age about
71 years).
Interment somewhere
in Princeton, N.J.
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Bradley Rogers Carson (b. 1967) —
also known as Brad Carson —
of Claremore, Rogers
County, Okla.
Born in Winslow, Navajo
County, Ariz., March 11,
1967.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 2001-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 2004,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 2004.
Southern
Baptist. Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Richard Frank Celeste (b. 1937) —
also known as Richard F. Celeste; Dick
Celeste —
of Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
11, 1937.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1971-75; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1975-79; Governor of
Ohio, 1983-91; defeated, 1978; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1996;
U.S. Ambassador to India, 1997; president,
Colorado College.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Wesley Kanne Clark (b. 1944) —
also known as Wesley K. Clark; Wesley
Kanne —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
23, 1944.
Son of Benjamin J. Kanne (died 1948) and Veneta Updegraff (Bogard)
Kanne.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; served in the U.S. Army during the
Vietnam war; U.S. Army General; Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2004.
Baptist;
later Catholic.
Jewish
ancestry.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 2000.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Russell Clason (1890-1985) —
also known as Charles R. Clason —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
3, 1890.
Son of Oliver
Barrett Clason and Lizzie Julia (Trott) Clason.
Republican. Rhodes scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1937-49;
defeated, 1934, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 7,
1985 (age 94 years, 307
days).
Interment at Longmeadow
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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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.
Son of William Jefferson Blythe II and Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton
(1923-1994).
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; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
President
of the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
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 in connection with his sexual
contact with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but acquitted
by the Senate.
Still living as of 2011.
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Relatives: Third
cousin twice removed of James
Alexander Lockhart; son of William Jefferson Blythe II and
Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton (1923-1994); step-son of Roger Clinton;
married, October
11, 1975, to Hillary
Diane Rodham (sister of Hugh
Edwin Rodham); father of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of Edward
Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky). See Polk-Ashe
family of North Carolina. |
| | | Cross-reference: Abraham
J. Hirschfeld — Kenneth
W. Starr — Rahm
Emanuel — Henry
G. Cisneros — Maria
Echaveste — Thurgood
Marshall, Jr. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Bill Clinton: Between
Hope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st
Century (1996) — 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 |
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Andrew Vincent Corry (1904-1981) —
also known as Andrew V. Corry —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., September
22, 1904.
Rhodes scholar; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, 1964-67; Ceylon, 1967-70; Maldive Islands, 1967-70.
Catholic.
Died in 1981
(age about
76 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Patrick Francis Eagan (1898-1967) —
also known as Edward P. F. Eagan; Eddie
Eagan —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Denver,
Colo., April 26,
1898.
Son of John William Eagan and Clara (Bartholomew) Eagan.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Won the gold
medal as light-heavyweight boxer at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp,
Belgium; as member of a four-man bobsleigh team, won another gold
medal at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York;
Rhodes scholar; lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1948.
Member, American
Legion; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 14,
1967 (age 69 years, 49
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Union Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Guy Farmer (1912-1995) —
of West Virginia; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wythe
County, Va., September
13, 1912.
Republican. Miner;
Rhodes scholar; lawyer; member, National Labor
Relations Board, 1953-55; chair, National Labor Relations
Board, 1953-55.
Died October
4, 1995 (age 83 years, 21
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Russell Dana Feingold (b. 1953) —
also known as Russell D. Feingold; Russ
Feingold —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., March 2,
1953.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1983-93; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1993-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Carol Howe Foster (b. 1884) —
also known as Carol H. Foster —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Sedgwick, Harvey
County, Kan., May 29,
1884.
Son of Rev. Festus Foster and Lillian (Howe) Foster.
Rhodes scholar; U.S. Consul in Vienna, 1919-24; Rotterdam, 1928-34; U.S. Consul General in Rotterdam, 1934; Sao Paulo, 1934-38; Cape Town, 1947.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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James William Fulbright (1905-1995) —
also known as J. William Fulbright —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Sumner, Chariton
County, Mo., April 9,
1905.
Son of Jay Fulbright and Roberta (Waugh) Fulbright.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1943-45; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1945-74; resigned 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1948,
1956.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary.
Died of a stroke, in
Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1995 (age 89 years, 306
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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Frank Hoyt Gailor (b. 1892) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Sewanee, Franklin
County, Tenn., May 9,
1892.
Son of Thomas Frank Gailor and Ellen Douglas (Cunningham) Gailor.
Rhodes scholar; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1921; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1923; Shelby
County Attorney, 1936-41; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1941-42; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1942-48.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Francis Good (b. 1893) —
also known as Paul F. Good —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Wahoo, Saunders
County, Neb., March 16,
1893.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Good and Jennie (Jensen) Good.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War I; lawyer;
director, First National Bank of
Wahoo; Nebraska
state attorney general, 1933-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Marshall Harlan (1899-1971) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 20,
1899.
Son of John Maynard Harlan and Elizabeth Palmer (Flagg) Harlan.
Rhodes scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1954-55; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1955-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
29, 1971 (age 72 years, 223
days).
Interment at Emmanuel
Church Cemetery, Weston, Conn.
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Robert Lee Humber (1898-1970) —
also known as Robert L. Humber —
of Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C., May 30,
1898.
Son of Robert Lee Humber and Lena Clyde (Davis) Humber.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1956;
member of North
Carolina state senate 5th District, 1959-64.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; United
World Federalists; American
Legion; Rotary; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Farm
Bureau; National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
Died November
10, 1970 (age 72 years, 164
days).
Interment at Cherry
Hill Cemetery, Greenville, N.C.
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Bobby Jindal (b. 1971) —
also known as Piyush Amrit Jindal —
of Kenner, Jefferson
Parish, La.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., June 10,
1971.
Republican. Rhodes scholar; Governor of
Louisiana, 2008-; defeated, 2003; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 2005-08; resigned
2008.
Catholic.
Indian
subcontinent ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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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.
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, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Political Science Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 24,
2007 (age 93 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (1922-2012) —
also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach —
of Washington,
D.C.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
17, 1922.
Son of Edward
Lawrence Katzenbach and Marie
Hilson Katzenbach.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
Rhodes scholar; lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1965-66; general counsel for IBM,
1969-86; director, MCI Communications,
2002-04; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Skillman, Somerset
County, N.J., May 8,
2012 (age 90 years, 112
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elliott Harris Levitas (b. 1930) —
also known as Elliott H. Levitas —
of Georgia.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
26, 1930.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1965; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1975-85.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Harland deBaum Logan —
of New Hampshire.
Rhodes scholar; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1970.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 1970.
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James Kenneth Logan (b. 1929) —
also known as James K. Logan —
of Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Quenemo, Osage
County, Kan., August
21, 1929.
Son of John Lysle Logan and Esther Maurine (Price) Logan.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals
Judge Walter
Huxman, 1955-56; lawyer; law
professor; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1968; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1977-94; took senior
status 1994.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1998.
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Richard Green Lugar (b. 1932) —
also known as Richard G. Lugar —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 4,
1932.
Son of Marvin L. Lugar and Bertha (Green) Lugar.
Republican. Rhodes scholar; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1968-75; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1968,
1972;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1977-; defeated, 1974; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1996.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Beta
Theta Pi; Rotary; Blue Key.
Still living as of 2012.
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John Butlin Martin, Jr. (1909-1989) —
also known as John B. Martin, Jr. —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., October
3, 1909.
Son of John Butlin Martin and Althea (Winchester) Martin.
Republican. Rhodes scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1949-50; Michigan
state auditor general, 1951-54; defeated, 1954; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1952; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 1956; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1957-69; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 17th Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Rotary; Grange; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Farm
Bureau; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1989
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1934
to Helen Hickam. |
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Scott M. Matheson, Jr. (b. 1953) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, 1953.
Son of Scott
Milne Matheson (1929-1990).
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Attorney for Utah, 1993-97; candidate for Governor of
Utah, 2004.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2004.
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George Crews McGhee (1912-2005) —
also known as George C. McGhee —
of Texas.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., March 10,
1912.
Rhodes scholar; geologist;
oil
producer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Turkey, 1952-53; Germany, 1963-68; , 1968-69.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Loudoun Hospital
Center, Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., July 4,
2005 (age 93 years, 116
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Thomas McMillen (b. 1952) —
also known as C. Thomas McMillen; Tom
McMillen —
of Crofton, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., May 26,
1952.
Democrat. Rhodes scholar; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1987-93; defeated,
1992.
Catholic.
Professional basketball
player, National Basketball
Association, 1975-86.
Still living as of 2009.
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Larry Lee Pressler (b. 1942) —
also known as Larry Pressler —
of Humboldt, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., March 29,
1942.
Republican. Rhodes scholar; served in the U.S. Army during the
Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97; defeated, 1996.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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David Dean Rusk (1909-1994) —
also known as Dean Rusk —
Born in Cherokee
County, Ga., February
9, 1909.
Rhodes scholar; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1961-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1969.
Died of congestive
heart failure, in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., December
20, 1994 (age 85 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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David Hackett Souter (b. 1939) —
also known as David H. Souter —
of Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
17, 1939.
Son of Joseph Alexander Souter and Helen (Hackett) Souter.
Rhodes scholar; lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1976-78; superior court judge
in New Hampshire, 1978-83; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1983-90; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1990; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1990-.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Edwards Stevenson (1900-1985) —
also known as William E. Stevenson —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1900.
Won Olympic
gold medal in 1600 meter relay, 1924; Rhodes scholar; president
of Oberlin College, 1946-61; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1961-64.
Died in 1985
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benson Ellison Lane Timmons III (1916-1997) —
also known as Benson E. L. Timmons; Lane
Timmons —
of Florida.
Born in Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla., 1916.
Rhodes scholar; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, 1963-67.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of a stroke he
suffered while recovering from pneumonia,
at Southampton Hospital,
Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 11,
1997 (age about 80
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Bruce Vitter (b. 1961) —
also known as David Vitter; "Diaper
Dave" —
of Metairie, Jefferson
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 3,
1961.
Son of Albert Leopold Vitter and Audrey Malvina (St. Raymond) Vitter.
Republican. Rhodes scholar; lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1992-99; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1999-2005; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 2005-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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George Thomas Washington (1908-1971) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, Ohio, June 24,
1908.
Son of William Morrow Washington and Janet Margaret (Thomas)
Washington.
Rhodes scholar; lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-65.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died August
21, 1971 (age 63 years, 58
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Byron Raymond White (1917-2002) —
also known as Byron R. White;
"Whizzer" —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., June 8,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1960;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Professional football
player for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1938 and for the Detroit Lions
in 1940; lead the league in rushing both years; his $15,800 salary
was then the highest ever paid a player in the National Football
League.
Died, of complications from pneumonia,
in Denver,
Colo., April 15,
2002 (age 84 years, 311
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, Colo.
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Murat Willis Williams (1914-1994) —
also known as Murat W. Williams —
Born in Richmond,
Va., June 11,
1914.
Rhodes scholar; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1961.
Died March 31,
1994 (age 79 years, 293
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Thomas Episcopal Church, Orange, Va.
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Heather Wilson (b. 1960) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., December
30, 1960.
Republican. Rhodes scholar; cabinet secretary, New Mexico
Children, Youth and Families Department, 1995-98; director for
European Defense Policy and Arms Control, National Security Council,
1989-91; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico 1st District, 1998-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 2004,
2008.
Female.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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