ORGANIZATION

Invitation-only social club for Washington journalists, founded in 1885. Hosts an annual dinner attended by the President of the United States.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Clifford K. Berryman	Cartoonist	2-Apr-1869	11-Dec-1949	Political cartoonist
Tom Brazaitis	Columnist	8-Aug-1940	30-Mar-2005	Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist
David Broder	Journalist	11-Sep-1929		Washington Post reporter
Jack Germond	Columnist	c. 1928		Fat Man in a Middle Seat
Georgie Anne Geyer	Journalist	2-Apr-1935		Foreign correspondent turned columnist
Al Hunt	Journalist	1-Jan-1942		Wall Street Journal editor
Carl Leubsdorf	Journalist	17-Mar-1938		Dallas Morning News
Robert Novak	Columnist	26-Feb-1931		Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame
Susan Page	Journalist	12-Feb-1951		USA Today Washington bureau chief
Tim Russert	Talk Show Host	7-May-1950	13-Jun-2008	Meet the Press
William Safire	Columnist	17-Dec-1929		NYT columnist and language maven
Mark Shields	Columnist	25-May-1937		Shields and Brooks
John Philip Sousa	Composer	6-Nov-1854	6-Mar-1932	Stars and Stripes Forever
Jerald F. ter Horst	Government	11-Jul-1922		Gerald Ford's short-term press secretary
Helen Thomas	Journalist	4-Aug-1920		White House reporter since 1961

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