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Gordon, Lincoln, 1913-2009
Bio: Gordon Lincoln (b. September 10, 1913, New York, New York-d. December 19, 2009, Mitchellville, Maryland), educator, economist, diplomat, and government official, was a member of John F. Kennedy's Task Force on Immediate Latin American Problems…
Goodpaster, Andrew Jackson, 1915-2005
Bio: Andrew Jackson Goodpaster (b. February 12, 1915, Granite City, Illinois-d. May 16, 2005, Washington, D.C.), U.S. Army general. Goodpaster served as White House Staff Secretary and Defense Liaison Officer to President Dwight D. Eisenhower…
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998
Bio: (1909-1998) U.S. Senator, Arizona, 1953-1965, 1969-1987; Veteran; Advisory Committee, Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1948-1950; Phoenix City Council, 1949-1952; Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence; Committee on Armed…
Goldstein, E. Ernest, 1918-
Bio: E. Ernest Goldstein (b. 1918) was with the War Claims Commission from 1947 to 1950, was associate counsel to the Special Crime Committee in the U.S. Senate from 1950 to 1951, general counsel to the Antitrust Subcommittee in the U.S. House of…
Goldberg, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1908-1990
Bio: Arthur Joseph Goldberg was born August 8, 1908, in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest of eight children of Russian immigrants. Goldberg became a prominent labor lawyer, representing striking Chicago newspaper workers on behalf of the Congress of…
Ginsburgh, Robert N.
Bio: (1923-1992) Major General; Legislation and Liaison Directorate, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, D.C., 1951; Plans Officer, Headquarters, Allied Air Forces Southern Europe, 1955-1958; Deputy Director, Office of Public Services, Office…
Gardner, John William, 1912-2002
Bio: John William Gardner (1912-2002) was vice president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1949 to 1955, and president of the Carnegie Corporation from 1955 to 1965. He was a member of President Kennedy's Task Force on Education in 1960,…
Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995
Bio: James William Fulbright (b. April 9, 1905, Sumner, Mo.-d. Feb. 9, 1995, Washington, D.C.), graduated from the University of Arkansas, was a Rhodes scholar from Oxford University, England, and graduated from George Washington University law…
Freeman, Orville L. (Orville Lothrop), 1918-2003
Bio: (1918-2003) Marine, injured in WWII; Attorney; Secretary for Democratic-Farmer-Labor party, 1946-1948; Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair, 1948-1950; Campaign Manager for Hubert Humphrey in successful 1948 Senate race;…
Frantz, Joe B.
Bio: (1917-1993) Veteran, WWII, U.S. Navy; University of Texas history professor, 1949-1986; Director of the Texas State Historical Association; editor of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 1966-1967; Director of the LBJ Oral History Project,…
Fowler, Henry H. (Henry Hamill), 1908-2000
Bio: (1908-2000) Attorney; Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-39; Veteran, WWII; Assistant General Counsel, Office of Production Management and War Production Board, 1941-1944; Special Assistant to the Administrator of the Foreign Economic…
Forrestal, Michael V. (Michael Vincent), 1927-1989
Bio: (1927-1989) Attorney; Special Assistant to Averell Harriman, Director, Marshall Plan, 1958-1950; Assistant, National Security Council staff, 1961-1964; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, 1964-1965
Fleming, Robert H.
Bio: (1912-1984) Journalist; Midwest Bureau Chief, Newsweek Magazine, 1953-1957; Correspondent, 1957-1961, Chief, Washington Bureau, ABC News, 1961-1965; Deputy Press Secretary for LBJ, 1966-1968; Assistant Director, U.S. Intelligence Agency,…
Fitt, Alfred B. (Alfred Bradley), 1923-1992
Bio: Alfred Bradley Fitt (1923-1992) was Deputy Secretary of the Army for Manpower from 1961 to 1963, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civil Rights from 1963 to 1964, general counsel for the Department of the Army from 1964 to 1967, and…
Fisher, Ovie Clark
Bio: (1903-1994) Attorney; Rancher; Author; County Attorney, Tom Green County, Texas, 1931-1935; Member, Texas State House of Representatives, 1935-1937; District Attorney, 51st judicial district, 1937-1943; U.S. Congressman, Texas, 1943-1974
Fauntroy, Walter Edward, 1933
Bio: Walter Edward Fauntroy (b. February 6, 1933, Washington, D.C.), was a Delegate from the District of Columbia. He attended Washington, D.C., public schools, graduating from Dunbar High School in 1952. He earned his B.A. from Virginia Union…
Ellender, Allen Joseph, 1890-1972
Bio: Allen Joseph Ellender (b. Sept. 24, 1890, Montegut, La.-d. July 27, 1972, Bethesda, Md.), a U.S. Senator from Louisiana, graduated from the Tulane University law school and was admitted to the bar in 1913. He served as a sergeant in the…
Eisenhower, Milton Stover, 1899-1985
Bio: Milton Stover Eisenhower (b. September 15, 1899, d. May 2, 1985) was the youngest brother of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He served as an adviser to every U.S. president from Calvin Coolidge through Richard Nixon. He began working for…
Edwards, India, 1895-1990
Bio: India H. Thomas Gillespie was born on June 16, 1895 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of John A. and India H. Thomas Gillespie. From 1918 to 1936 Edwards was the Society Editor for the Chicago Tribune. On March 6, 1920 she married John F.…
Dungan, Ralph Anthony, Jr., 1923-2013
Bio: Ralph Anthony Dungan (b. April 22, 1923, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-d. October 5, 2013, St. John Parish, Barbados) was a Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy from 1961 to 1963 and to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1963 to 1964. He…
Dillon, C. Douglas (Clarence Douglas), 1909-2003
Bio: Clarence Douglas Dillon, born while his parents were traveling in Geneva, Switzerland on August 21, 1909, pursued a varied career of investment banking, public service and diplomacy, including service in three presidential administrations. In…