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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
H. Gardner Ackley
Economist
30-Jun-1915 12-Feb-1998 US Ambassador to Italy, 1968-69
Irving Bernstein
Historian
15-Nov-1916 25-Sep-2001 Labor historian
John Birch
Religion
28-May-1918 25-Aug-1945 Missionary to China killed during WW2
John Blatnik
Politician
17-Aug-1911 17-Dec-1991 Congressman from Minnesota, 1947-75
Tom Braden
Columnist
22-Feb-1917 3-Apr-2009 Crossfire, Eight Is Enough
Norman O. Brown
Historian
25-Sep-1913 2-Oct-2002 Life Against Death
David K. E. Bruce
Diplomat
12-Feb-1898 5-Dec-1977 US Ambassador to England, France, Germany
Ralph Bunche
Diplomat
4-Aug-1904 9-Dec-1971 UN Mediator in Palestine 1948
James Burnham
Author
22-Nov-1905 28-Jul-1987 The Managerial Revolution
William Casey
Spy
13-Mar-1913 29-Jan-1987 CIA Director, 1981-87
Julia Child
Chef
15-Aug-1912 13-Aug-2004 Haute cuisine with a unique voice
Emilio Daddario
Politician
24-Sep-1918 6-Jul-2010 Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-71
Nicholas L. Deak
Business
8-Oct-1905 18-Nov-1985 Deak-Perera
Allen W. Dulles
Spy
7-Apr-1893 29-Jan-1969 CIA Director, 1953-61
Richard Ellmann
Critic
15-Mar-1918 13-May-1987 James Joyce
John W. Gardner
Administrator
8-Oct-1912 16-Feb-2002 Founder of Common Cause
Felix Gilbert
Historian
21-May-1905 14-Feb-1991 To the Farewell Address
Arthur J. Goldberg
Judge
8-Aug-1908 19-Jan-1990 Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65
Philip L. Graham
Publisher
18-Jul-1915 3-Aug-1963 Washington Post publisher, 1947-63
Sebastian de Grazia
Author
11-Aug-1917 31-Dec-2000 Machiavelli in Hell
Virginia Hall
Spy
6-Apr-1906 14-Jul-1982 American spy
Sterling Hayden
Actor
26-Mar-1916 23-May-1986 Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove
Richard Helms
Government
30-Mar-1913 22-Oct-2002 CIA Director, 1966-73
Charles W. Hostler
Diplomat
12-Dec-1919 28-Sep-2014 US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1989-93
Nathan Juran
Film Director
1-Sep-1907 23-Oct-2002 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Cresson H. Kearny
Inventor
7-Jan-1914 18-Dec-2003 Patriot, inventor, survivalist idol
Charles P. Kindleberger
Economist
12-Oct-1910 7-Jul-2003 The World in Depression
Lewis Leary
Educator
18-Apr-1906 1-May-1990 That Rascal Freneau
Edwin M. Martin
Government
21-May-1908 12-Jan-2002 US Ambassador to Argentina, 1964-68
Robert H. McWilliams
Judge
27-Apr-1916 10-Apr-2013 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1970-84
Paul Mellon
Philanthropist
11-Jun-1907 1-Feb-1999 Yale Center for British Art benefactor
Jo Mielziner
Designer
19-Mar-1901 15-Mar-1976 Broadway stage designer
Henry S. Morgan
Business
24-Oct-1900 8-Feb-1982 Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
Julian M. Niemczyk
Military
26-Aug-1920 16-Sep-2009 US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1986-89
Howard H. Quint
Historian
3-Jan-1917 23-Jun-1981 The Forging of American Socialism
Kermit Roosevelt
Relative
10-Oct-1889 4-Jun-1943 Theodore Roosevelt's son
Kermit Roosevelt, Jr.
Government
16-Feb-1916 8-Jun-2000 1953 Iran coup
Elmo Roper
Business
31-Jul-1900 30-Apr-1971 American pollster
Walt Rostow
Government
7-Oct-1916 13-Feb-2003 National Security Advisor, 1966-69
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Historian
15-Oct-1917 28-Feb-2007 The Age of Roosevelt
Carl E. Schorske
Historian
15-Mar-1915 13-Sep-2015 Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture
John K. Singlaub
Military
10-Jul-1921   US Army general, CIA operative
William Spoelhof
Educator
8-Dec-1909 3-Dec-2008 President of Calvin College, 1951-76
William H. Standley
Military
18-Dec-1872 25-Oct-1963 US Chief of Naval Operations, 1933-37
Bruce Sundlun
Politician
19-Jan-1920 21-Jul-2011 Governor of Rhode Island, 1991-95
Paul H. Todd, Jr.
Politician
22-Sep-1921 18-Nov-2008 Congressman from Michigan, 1965-67
Peter Viertel
Novelist
16-Nov-1920 4-Nov-2007 White Hunter, Black Heart


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