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Celler, Emanuel, 1888-1981
Bio: Emanuel Celler (1881-1981) was an attorney; a delegate and member, Platform Committee of Democratic National Conventions, 1942-1964; and a U.S. Congressman, New York, 1923-1973.
Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-
Bio: Anthony J. Celebrezze (1910-1998) was an attorney; WWII veteran, U.S. Navy; member, President's Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1959-1962; Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1962-1965; and Judge, 6th Circuit Court of…
Cater, Douglass, 1923-1995
Bio: Silas Douglass Cater (1923-1995) was a Washington editor for Reporter magazine from 1950 to 1963, and national affairs editor from 1963 to 1964. He was Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army in 1951, and Special Assistant to President…
Castro, Nash, 1920-
Bio: Nash Castro (b. 1920) served for 30 years with the National Park Service, from 1939 to 1969, including his service as Director of the National Capital Parks, Washington, D.C. He also served for 21 years as the Executive Director of the Palisades…
Carpenter, Liz, 1920-
Bio: Elizabeth Sutherland Carpenter (b. 1920) operated the Carpenter News Bureau with her husband, Leslie Carpenter, representing national newspapers from 1945 to 1961. She was an executive assistant to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to…
Carpenter, Leslie, 1922-1974
Bio: Leslie Carpenter (1922-1974) was a journalist who operated the Carpenter News Bureau with his wife, Elizabeth S. Carpenter, representing national newspapers from 1945 to 1961. He was also a syndicated Washington correspondent from 1944…
Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
Bio: Joseph A. Califano was trained as an attorney at Harvard Law School and practiced law with private firms as well as with the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy. He served as Special Assistant to the General Counsel of…
Cain, James C. (James Clarence), 1913-1992
Bio: James Clarence Cain (1913-1992) was a friend of Lyndon B. Johnson, and his personal physician beginning in 1946. He worked for the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota from 1940 to 1941, 1946 to 1948, and 1966 to 1970.
Burney, Cecil Edward, 1914-1989
Bio: Cecil Edward Burney (b. October 6, 1914, Riesel, Texas-d. June 11, 1989, Corpus Christi, Texas), lawyer. He was admitted to the Texas State Bar in 1938 and commenced practice in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was a partner at Wood, Burney,…
Burleson, Omar Truman, 1906-1991
Bio: Omar Truman Burleson (b. March 19, 1906, Anson, Tex.-d. May 14, 1991, Abilene, Tex.) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas. He served as county attorney of Jones County, Texas from 1931 to 1934 and as Jones County judge from 1934 to…
Bundy, William P. (William Putnam), 1917-2000
Bio: William Putnam Bundy (1917-2000) served on the Central Intelligence Agency's National Board of Estimates from 1951 to 1961, was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for international security affairs from 1961 to 1963, and was Assistant…
Bundy, McGeorge, 1919-1996
Bio: McGeorge Bundy (1919-1996) was the national security adviser to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1949 Bundy became a lecturer of government on the Harvard University faculty. He quickly rose to become the dean of the College…
Bryant, C. Farris
Bio: Attorney; Member, then Speaker, Florida House of Representatives, 1942-1956; Veteran, WWII, U.S. Navy; Governor of Florida, 1961-1965; U.S. National Security Council; Director, Office of Emergency Planning, 1966-1967.
Bruce, David Kirkpatrick Este, 1898-1977
Bio: David K. E. Bruce was born in Baltimore, Maryland on February 12, 1898. During the Truman Administration, he served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 1947 to 1948; Chief of the Economic Cooperation Administration to France, May 1948 to 1949;…
Brownstein, Philip N. (Philip Nathan), 1917-1999
Bio: Philip Nathan Brownstein (1917-1999) worked for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) from 1935 to 1944, and he worked for the Veterans Administration (VA) from 1946 to 1963. He was director of the loan guaranty service at the VA from 1956 to…
Brooks, Robert Max, 1906-1982
Bio: Robert Max Brooks (b. December 23, 1906, Malvern, Arkansas-d. September 9, 1982, Austin, Texas) was an architect from Austin, Texas who worked on several prominent government projects including the Federal Building in Austin, Texas, the Lyndon…
Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992
Bio: Willy Brandt (b. Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm, December 18, 1913, Lubeck, Germany-d. October 8, 1992, Unkel, Germany), German statesman and politician. He was mayor of Berlin from 1957 to 1966, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (commonly…
Boyd, Alan S. (Alan Stephenson), 1922-
Bio: Alan Stephenson Boyd (b. 1922) was a member and Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, from 1961 to 1965, Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation from 1965 to 1967, and Secretary of the Department of Transportation from 1967 to 1969.…
Bowles, Chester Bliss, 1901-1986
Bio: Chester Bliss Bowles (b. April 5, 1901, Springfield, Massachusetts-d. May 25, 1986, Essex, Connecticut), government official and Congressman. He graduated from Choate School in 1919 and Yale University in 1924. He worked as a businessman in…
Bowdler, William G.
Bio: William G. Bowdler worked in the State Department, and as a Organization of American State delegate, from 1950 to 1956, and again 1960 to 1963. He was a White House Latin American adviser, 1965-1968. He served as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador,…
Boutin, Bernard Louis, 1923-2011
Bio: Bernard Louis Boutin (b. 1923), businessman, New Hampshire political figure, and government official was mayor of Laconia, New Hampshire, from 1955 to 1959, and a John F. Kennedy campaign worker in 1960. He was Deputy Administrator for the…