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Morton Isaac Abramowitz (b. 1933) —
also known as Morton I. Abramowitz —
of Massachusetts; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., January
20, 1933.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1963-66; U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, 1978-81; Turkey, 1989-91.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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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.
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; Guatemala, 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 (age 94 years, 348
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Werner Michael Blumenthal (b. 1926) —
also known as W. Michael Blumenthal —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Oranienburg, Germany,
January
3, 1926.
Democrat. President, Bendix International, 1967-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1984;
chairman, Burroughs
(1980-86), and Unisys
(1986-90); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 2008;
president, Berlin Jewish Museum.
Jewish.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American
Economic Association.
Still living as of 2020.
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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.
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 2020.
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Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) —
also known as Clifford P. Case —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin Park, Somerset
County, N.J., April
16, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1943-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1955-79; defeated in primary, 1978;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964,
1968;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 5,
1982 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
University
professor; President
of Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Association of University Professors; Council on Foreign
Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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; Phi
Kappa Psi.
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 (age 85 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mosswood
Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass.
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Clarence Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) —
also known as C. Douglas Dillon; Clarence Douglass
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;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1952
(alternate), 1968;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1953-57; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1961-65.
Scottish,
French,
Swedish,
and Jewish
ancestry. 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 (age 93 years, 142
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr.
(1916-2011) —
also known as Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
17, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; bank
director; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1953-75; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1964,
1968,
1972.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died in Harding Township, Morris
County, N.J., May 23,
2011 (age 95 years, 126
days).
Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Church Memorial Garden, Morristown, N.J.
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Samuel Hazard Gillespie Jr. (1910-2011) —
also known as S. Hazard Gillespie, Jr. —
of New York.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., July 12,
1910.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1959-61.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Council on Foreign Relations; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., March 7,
2011 (age 100 years,
238 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (1922-2012) —
also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach —
of North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
17, 1922.
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; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
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).
Cremated.
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George Frost Kennan (1904-2005) —
also known as George F. Kennan —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
16, 1904.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Tallinn, as of 1929; U.S. Consul in Berlin, as of 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1952; Yugoslavia, 1961; the government of the Soviet Union declared
him persona
non grata on October 3, 1952; received the 1956 Pulitzer
Prize in History for his book Russia Leaves the War;
received the 1968 Pulitzer
Prize in Biography for his Memoirs; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., March
17, 2005 (age 101 years,
29 days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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James Gordon Lowenstein (b. 1927) —
also known as James G. Lowenstein —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
6, 1927.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1977-81.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 1994.
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Donald Milford Payne (1934-2012) —
also known as Donald M. Payne —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., July 16,
1934.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 10th District, 1989-; defeated in
primary, 1980, 1986; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Council on Foreign Relations.
Died March 6,
2012 (age 77 years, 234
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald Thomas Regan (1918-2003) —
also known as Donald T. Regan; Don Regan —
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
21, 1918.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1981-85; White House Chief of Staff
for President Ronald
Reagan, 1985-87.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of cancer
and heart
failure, in a hospital
at Williamsburg,
Va., June 10,
2003 (age 84 years, 171
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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.
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 (age 86 years, 270
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Robert Guy Torricelli (b. 1951) —
also known as Robert G. Torricelli; "The
Torch" —
of New Milford, Bergen
County, N.J.; Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., August
27, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1983-97; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996
(delegation chair), 2000;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1997-2003.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Alexander Buel Trowbridge (1929-2006) —
also known as Alexander B. Trowbridge —
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., December
12, 1929.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
president, Esso Standard Oil Puerto
Rico; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68; vice-chairman, Allied Chemical
Corporation.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
27, 2006 (age 76 years, 136
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of A. Buel Trowbridge; married to Nancy Horst and Eleanor 'Ellie'
Hutzler. |
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