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Robert Perkins Bass (1873-1960) —
also known as Robert P. Bass —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
1, 1873.
Farmer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1905-09; member of New
Hampshire state senate 15th District, 1909-10; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1911-13.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American
Forestry Association.
Died in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., July 29,
1960 (age 86 years, 332
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
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William McCormick Blair Jr. (1916-2015) —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
24, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
administrative and executive assistant to Adlai
E. Stevenson, 1950-55; U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, 1961-64; Philippines, 1964-67.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in New York, August
28, 2015 (age 98 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Cicero Jr. (b. 1935) —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
30, 1935.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 1st District,
1969-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 1972.
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Richard Crane (1882-1938) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westover, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
12, 1882.
Democrat. President, Crane Valve Company, Chicago, 1910-14; private
secretary to U.S. Secretary of State Robert
Lansing, 1915-19; U.S. Minister to Czechoslovakia, 1919-21; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1924
(alternate), 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); real estate
business.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died October
3, 1938 (age 56 years, 52
days).
Interment at Westover Plantation Cemetery, Charles City County, Va.
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Jesse Louis Jackson (b. 1941) —
also known as Jesse L. Jackson;
"Thunder" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., October
8, 1941.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1972;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1984,
1988;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1996.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Council on Foreign Relations; Omega
Psi Phi.
Civil rights leader; associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.;
recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 1989.
Still living as of 2021.
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Meyer Kestnbaum (1896-1960) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Hart,
Schaffner and Marx, clothing
manufacturers, from 1941; director, Chicago and North Western Railway;
chair, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55; special
assistant to Pres. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1955-60; accompanied Vice President Richard
M. Nixon on an official visit to Moscow, 1959.
Jewish.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his office,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
14, 1960 (age 64 years, 44
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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William Henry Luers (b. 1929) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., May 15,
1929.
U.S. Vice Consul in Naples, 1957-60; U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, 1978-82; Czechoslovakia, 1983-86.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Harting Percy (1919-2011) —
also known as Charles H. Percy —
of Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.; Wilmette, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., September
27, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; President
and CEO, Bell & Howell, 1949-63; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964,
1968,
1972;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1964; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1967-85; defeated, 1984.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died September
17, 2011 (age 91 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leland H. Rayson (1921-2001) —
of Tinley Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., August
23, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1960;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965-77 (at-large 1965-67, 9th
District 1967-77).
Methodist.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on Foreign Relations.
Died, of metastatic
melanoma, in Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., January
8, 2001 (age 79 years, 138
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Robert Rivkin (1919-1967) —
also known as William R. Rivkin —
of Illinois.
Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, 1919.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1962-65; Senegal, 1966-67, died in office 1967; Gambia, 1966-67, died in office 1967.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on Foreign Relations.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Dakar, Senegal,
March
19, 1967 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Pratt Shultz (1920-2021) —
also known as George P. Shultz —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
13, 1920.
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; survived an assassination
attempt in South America, August 1988; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1989.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American
Economic Association.
Died in Stanford, Santa Clara
County, Calif., February
6, 2021 (age 100 years,
55 days).
Interment at Dawes Cemetery, Cummington, Mass.
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James William Spain (1926-2008) —
also known as James W. Spain —
of Florida; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 22,
1926.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Karachi, 1951; U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, 1970-72; U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania, 1975-79; Turkey, 1980-81; Sri Lanka, 1985-89; Maldive Islands, 1985-89.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., January
2, 2008 (age 81 years, 164
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1835-1914) —
also known as Adlai E. Stevenson —
of Metamora, Woodford
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., October
23, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1875-77, 1879-81;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1884,
1892;
Vice
President of the United States, 1893-97; defeated, 1900;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1908.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Council on Foreign Relations; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1914 (age 78 years, 234
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900-1965) —
also known as Adlai E. Stevenson —
of Libertyville, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
5, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Illinois, 1949-53; candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1960;
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1961-65, died in office 1965.
Unitarian.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Stricken with a heart
attack, and died soon after, in St. George's Hospital,
London, England,
July
14, 1965 (age 65 years, 159
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (b. 1930) —
also known as Adlai E. Stevenson III —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
10, 1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member
of Illinois
state house of representatives at-large, 1965-67; Illinois
state treasurer, 1967-70; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1970-81; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1982, 1986.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Richard Salisbury Williamson (1949-2013) —
also known as Richard S. Williamson —
of Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., May 9,
1949.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1992; Illinois
Republican state chair, 1999-2001; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 2008.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died, from complications of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Evanston Hospital,
Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., December
8, 2013 (age 64 years, 213
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sidney Richard Yates (1909-2000) —
also known as Sidney R. Yates —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
27, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1949-63, 1965-99;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1964,
1996.
Jewish.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association.
Died, of kidney
failure and complications of pneumonia,
in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
5, 2000 (age 91 years, 39
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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