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Cochran, Jacqueline, 1910-1980

Bio: Jacqueline Cochran was a cosmetics executive and world-famous aviatrix. After briefly studying to be a nurse, Cochran obtained a job in a beauty parlor in Pensacola, Florida. About 1935, she founded her own company, Jacqueline Cochran…

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Clapp, Norman M.

Bio: Norman M. Clapp (1914-1998) was staff assistant to Senator Robert LaFollette, Wisconsin, 1935-1942; Executive Director, Democratic Party of Wisconsin, Western Wisconsin, 1959-1960; Administrator, Rural Electric Administration, Department of…

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Casparis, John Brooks, 1908-2013

Bio: John Brooks Casparis, also known as Johnny and J. B. (b. June 29, 1908, Johnson City, Texas-d. January 1, 2013, Austin, Texas), was a high school debate partner and classmate of Lyndon B. Johnson. He graduated from Johnson City High School in…

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Carey, William D. (William Daniel), 1916-1998

Bio: William Daniel Carey (1916-1998) worked for the Bureau of the Budget in the Executive Office of the President from 1942 to 1969, and served as Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget from 1960 to 1969.

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Cannon, William Bernard, 1920-2006

Bio: William Bernard Cannon (b. November 10, 1920, Cascade, Iowa-d. July 1, 2006, Davis, California), professor and university administrator. He attended the University of Chicago in 1941, but left to serve in the United States Army from 1943 to…

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Cabot, John M. (John Moors), 1901-1981

Bio: John M. Cabot was born on December 11, 1901, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During his career, Cabot was a United States Ambassador to five nations between 1954 and 1965, spending much time in Latin America. During his forty-one year career in the…

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Burkley, George G. (George Gregory), 1902-1991

Bio: George Gregory Burkley was born August 29, 1902, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He received his commission as a lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy in 1941, and later advanced through the grades to vice admiral in 1964. He served as the…

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Brzezinski, Zbigniew K., 1928-

Bio: Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski was born on March 28, 1928 in Warsaw, Poland. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1958. In 1960 Brzezinski moved to Columbia University, where he was an associate professor of public law and government, and…

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Brown, Harold, 1927-

Bio: Harold Brown was born on September 10, 1927 in New York, New York. He received an A.B. (1945), an A.M. (1946) and a Ph.D. (1949) from Columbia University. He was a research scientist at Columbia University from 1945 to 1950 and lecturer in…

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