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Hayden, Carl Trumbull, 1877-1972
Bio: Carl Trumbull Hayden (b. Oct. 2, 1877, Hayden's Ferry, Ariz.-d. Jan. 25, 1972, Mesa, Ariz.), a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Arizona, attended Stanford Junior University and held a number of local political posts before his election…
Harte, Houston, 1893-1972
Bio: Editor, Snyder Daily News, 1952-1954; President, San Antonio Standard, 1956-1962; Vice President, Express Publishing Company, 1962-1966, President, 1966-1972; Chairman of the Board, Harte-Hanks Newspapers, 1971-1972
Harris, Patricia, 1924-1985
Bio: Patricia Roberts Harris was born Patricia Roberts on May 31, 1924, in Mattoon, Illinois. On September 1, 1955, she married Attorney William Harris. She graduated summa cum laude from Howard University in 1945 and received a doctorate in…
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Bio: (1891-1986) Chairman of the Board, Union Pacific Railroad, 1932-1942; Chairman, business advisory council, Deparment of Commerce, 1937-1939; Governor, New York, 1954-1958; Ambassador at Large, 1965-1968; Under Secretary of State for Political…
Harding, Bertrand M. (Bertrand Morrison), 1919-2002
Bio: Bertrand Morrison Harding (1919-2002) was an analyst for atomic weapons program at the Atomic Energy Commission from 1950 to 1953, assistant to the Deputy Commissioner at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 1953 to 1954, Assistant…
Hardesty, Robert L. (Robert Louis), 1931-
Bio: Robert Louis Hardesty (b. 1931) was special assistant to Postmaster General John Gronouski from 1964 to 1965, Staff Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1972, and Press Secretary to the Governor of Texas from 1973 to 1976.
Hardeman, D. Barnard, Jr., 1914-1981
Bio: D. Barnard Hardeman, Jr., (b. August 16, 1914, Goliad, Texas-d. December 3, 1981, San Antonio, Texas), Texas politician, political scholar, journalist and teacher. He graduated from the University of Texas and the University of Texas Law…
Halperin, Samuel, 1930-
Bio: Samuel W. Halperin (b. 1930) was a specialist and director of the legislative services branch at the U.S. Office of Education from 1961 to 1964, and was Assistant Commissioner of Education for Legislation at the Department of Health,…
Guthrie, Eugene H.
Bio: Physician; Professor; Chief, Chronic Diseases Division, U.S. Public Health Service, 1962-1965; Staff Director, Surgeon General's Advisory Committee, 1963; Associate Surgeon General, 1967-1968; member, Medical Planning and Advisory Council,…
Gruening, Ernest, 1887-1974
Bio: (1887-1974) Physician; Field Artillery Corps, 1918; Editor, The Nation, 1920-1923, New York Post, 1932-1933; Director, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the Interior, 1934-1939; Governor of Alaska, 1939-1953; U.S.…
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,…