Memorial service held at the Kennedy Center on June 18, 2008.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Madeleine Albright |
Diplomat |
15-May-1937 |
|
Bill Clinton's Secretary of State |
| David Axelrod |
Government |
22-Feb-1955 |
|
NBC talking head |
| Paul Begala |
Government |
12-May-1961 |
|
Helped get Clinton elected |
| Carl Bernstein |
Journalist |
14-Feb-1944 |
|
Broke the Watergate story |
| Wolf Blitzer |
Journalist |
22-Mar-1948 |
|
The Situation Room |
| Michael Bloomberg |
Politician |
14-Feb-1942 |
|
Mayor of New York City, 2002-13 |
| Ben Bradlee |
Editor |
26-Aug-1921 |
21-Oct-2014 |
Editor of The Washington Post, 1965-91 |
| Bill Bradley |
Politician |
28-Jul-1943 |
|
US Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97 |
| Tom Brokaw |
Journalist |
6-Feb-1940 |
|
Former anchor, NBC Nightly News |
| Campbell Brown |
Journalist |
14-Jun-1968 |
|
CNN anchor |
| Margaret Carlson |
Columnist |
c. 1944 |
|
Time columnist |
| James Carville |
Government |
25-Oct-1944 |
|
Clinton campaign strategist |
| Bill Clinton |
Head of State |
19-Aug-1946 |
|
42nd US President, 1993-2001 |
| Hillary Clinton |
Politician |
26-Oct-1947 |
|
US Secretary of State, 2009-13 |
| Katie Couric |
Talk Show Host |
7-Jan-1957 |
|
CBS Evening News |
| Mario Cuomo |
Politician |
15-Jun-1932 |
1-Jan-2015 |
Governor of New York, 1983-95 |
| Ann Curry |
Journalist |
19-Nov-1956 |
|
Dateline NBC Co-Host |
| E. J. Dionne |
Journalist |
23-Apr-1952 |
|
The Washington Post |
| Chris Dodd |
Politician |
27-May-1944 |
|
US Senator from Connecticut, 1981-2011 |
| Bob Dole |
Politician |
22-Jul-1923 |
|
US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96 |
| Phil Donahue |
Talk Show Host |
21-Dec-1935 |
|
The Phil Donahue Show |
| Maureen Dowd |
Columnist |
14-Jan-1952 |
|
New York Times columnist |
| Newt Gingrich |
Politician |
17-Jun-1943 |
|
Speaker of the House, 1995-99 |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin |
Historian |
4-Jan-1943 |
|
Team of Rivals |
| Alan Greenspan |
Economist |
6-Mar-1926 |
|
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 |
| David Gregory |
Journalist |
24-Aug-1970 |
|
Former host of NBC's Meet the Press |
| Bryant Gumbel |
Talk Show Host |
29-Sep-1948 |
|
The Today Show |
| Brit Hume |
Journalist |
22-Jun-1943 |
|
Fox News DC correspondent |
| Al Hunt |
Journalist |
1-Jan-1942 |
|
Wall Street Journal editor |
| Gwen Ifill |
Journalist |
29-Sep-1955 |
|
Washington Week, Lehrer News Hour |
| Jeffrey R. Immelt |
Business |
19-Feb-1956 |
|
CEO of General Electric |
| Vernon Jordan |
Business |
15-Aug-1935 |
|
Advisor to Bill Clinton |
| Pete King |
Politician |
5-Apr-1944 |
|
Congressman, New York 3rd |
| Ted Koppel |
Journalist |
8-Feb-1940 |
|
Nightline |
| Matt Lauer |
Talk Show Host |
30-Dec-1957 |
|
Today Show host |
| Joseph Lieberman |
Politician |
24-Feb-1942 |
|
Former US Senator from Connecticut |
| Mary Matalin |
Politician |
19-Aug-1953 |
|
Political creature |
| Chris Matthews |
Talk Show Host |
17-Dec-1945 |
|
Hardball with Chris Matthews |
| Terry McAuliffe |
Politician |
9-Feb-1957 |
|
Governor of Virginia |
| John McCain |
Politician |
29-Aug-1936 |
|
US Senator from Arizona |
| Mike McCurry |
Government |
21-Dec-1954 |
|
White House Press Secretary, 1994-98 |
| Andrea Mitchell |
Journalist |
30-Oct-1946 |
|
NBC Foreign Affairs Correspondent |
| Barack Obama |
Head of State |
4-Aug-1961 |
|
44th President of the United States |
| David A. Paterson |
Politician |
20-May-1954 |
|
Governor of New York, 2008-11 |
| Nancy Pelosi |
Politician |
26-Mar-1940 |
|
Speaker of the House, 2007-11 |
| Dan Rather |
Journalist |
31-Oct-1931 |
|
Former CBS Anchorman |
| Harry Reid |
Politician |
2-Dec-1939 |
|
US Senate Minority Leader |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Government |
14-Nov-1954 |
|
US Secretary of State, 2005-09 |
| Tim Russert |
Talk Show Host |
7-May-1950 |
13-Jun-2008 |
Meet the Press |
| Diane Sawyer |
Journalist |
22-Dec-1945 |
|
Good Morning America |
| Joe Scarborough |
Pundit |
9-Apr-1963 |
|
Co-Host, Morning Joe |
| Dan Senor |
Government |
6-Nov-1971 |
|
Senor Strategies LLC |
| Maria Shriver |
Journalist |
6-Nov-1955 |
|
Married to Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| Bruce Springsteen |
Musician |
23-Sep-1949 |
|
The Boss |
| Meredith Vieira |
Game Show Host |
30-Dec-1953 |
|
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
| Barbara Walters |
Journalist |
25-Sep-1929 |
|
20/20, The View |
| Jack Welch |
Business |
19-Nov-1935 |
|
CEO of GE, 1981-2001 |
| George Will |
Columnist |
4-May-1941 |
|
Conservative pundit, baseball lover |
| Brian Williams |
Journalist |
5-May-1959 |
|
Exaggerating newscaster |
| Bob Woodruff |
Journalist |
18-Aug-1961 |
|
Co-Anchor, World News Tonight |
| Bob Woodward |
Journalist |
26-Mar-1943 |
|
Broke the Watergate story |
