| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John F. Akers |
Business |
28-Dec-1934 |
22-Aug-2014 |
CEO of IBM, 1986-93 |
| Michael Armacost |
Diplomat |
15-Apr-1937 |
|
US Ambassador to Japan, 1989-93 |
| Samuel Armacost |
Business |
Mar-1939 |
|
Chairman of SRI International |
| Robert Ballard |
Archaeologist |
30-Jun-1942 |
|
Discovered the wreck of the Titanic |
| Donald R. Beall |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of Rockwell, 1988-98 |
| Riley P. Bechtel |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Bechtel |
| Stephen D. Bechtel |
Business |
24-Sep-1900 |
14-Mar-1989 |
Ran Bechtel from 1936-60 |
| Nicholas F. Brady |
Government |
11-Apr-1930 |
|
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1988-93 |
| H. Monroe Browne |
Diplomat |
9-May-1917 |
13-Jun-2006 |
US Ambassador to New Zealand, 1981-85 |
| Jimmy Buffett |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Dec-1946 |
|
Margaritaville |
| George H.W. Bush |
Head of State |
12-Jun-1924 |
|
41st US President, 1989-93 |
| George W. Bush |
Head of State |
6-Jul-1946 |
|
43rd US President, 2001-09 |
| William Casey |
Spy |
13-Mar-1913 |
29-Jan-1987 |
CIA Director, 1981-87 |
| Dick Cheney |
Politician |
30-Jan-1941 |
|
US Vice President, 2001-09 |
| Christopher DeMuth |
Activist |
5-Aug-1946 |
|
American Enterprise Institute |
| Kenneth T. Derr |
Business |
4-Aug-1936 |
|
CEO of Chevron, 1989-99 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1890 |
28-Mar-1969 |
34th US President, 1953-61 |
| William T. Esrey |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of Sprint, 1988-2003 |
| Leonard K. Firestone |
Business |
10-Jun-1907 |
24-Dec-1996 |
US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974-77 |
| Donald Fisher |
Business |
3-Sep-1928 |
27-Sep-2009 |
Co-Founder of The Gap |
| Malcolm Forbes |
Business |
19-Aug-1919 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Forbes publisher, Faberge collector |
| Gerald Ford |
Head of State |
14-Jul-1913 |
26-Dec-2006 |
38th US President, 1974-77 |
| Evan Griffith Galbraith |
Business |
2-Jul-1928 |
21-Jan-2008 |
US Ambassador to France, 1981-85 |
| David Gergen |
Columnist |
9-May-1942 |
|
Advisor to Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton |
| Newt Gingrich |
Politician |
17-Jun-1943 |
|
Speaker of the House, 1995-99 |
| Sam Ginn |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of Airtouch Communications, 1993-99 |
| Harry J. Gray |
Business |
18-Nov-1919 |
8-Jul-2009 |
CEO of United Technologies, 1972-86 |
| Alan Greenspan |
Economist |
6-Mar-1926 |
|
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 |
| John H. Hager |
Politician |
28-Aug-1936 |
|
Lt. Governor of Virginia, 1998-2002 |
| Alexander Haig |
Government |
2-Dec-1924 |
20-Feb-2010 |
US Secretary of State, 1981-82 |
| S. I. Hayakawa |
Politician |
19-Jul-1906 |
27-Feb-1992 |
Semanticist and US Senator |
| Harold J. Haynes |
Business |
29-Sep-1925 |
8-Jul-2009 |
CEO of Standard Oil of California, 1974-81 |
| William Randolph Hearst |
Business |
29-Apr-1863 |
14-Aug-1951 |
Newspaper magnate |
| Stanley Hiller, Jr. |
Inventor |
15-Nov-1924 |
20-Apr-2006 |
Helicopter designer |
| Herbert Hoover |
Head of State |
10-Aug-1874 |
20-Oct-1964 |
31st US President, 1929-33 |
| David C. Jones |
Military |
9-Jul-1921 |
10-Aug-2013 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1978-82 |
| Robert L. Joss |
Educator |
c. 1941 |
|
Dean, Stanford Business School |
| Jack Kemp |
Politician |
13-Jul-1935 |
2-May-2009 |
American politican, football player |
| Henry Kissinger |
Government |
27-May-1923 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1973-77 |
| Herbert G. Klein |
Journalist |
1-Apr-1918 |
2-Jul-2009 |
White House Communications Director, 1969-73 |
| Andrew S. B. Knight |
Journalist |
1-Nov-1939 |
|
Editor of The Economist, 1974-86 |
| Richard Kovacevich |
Business |
30-Oct-1943 |
|
CEO of Wells Fargo, 1998-2007 |
| Art Linkletter |
TV Personality |
17-Jul-1912 |
26-May-2010 |
Kids Say the Darndest Things |
| Vernon R. Loucks, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
CEO of Baxter International, 1980-99 |
| John Major |
Politician |
29-Mar-1943 |
|
UK Prime Minister, 1990-97 |
| Harold M. Messmer, Jr. |
Business |
20-Feb-1946 |
|
CEO of Robert Half International |
| Henry S. Morgan |
Business |
24-Oct-1900 |
8-Feb-1982 |
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley |
| David C. Mulford |
Business |
1937 |
|
US Ambassador to India, 2004-09 |
| George Murphy |
Actor |
4-Jul-1902 |
3-May-1992 |
Actor and US Senator from California |
| Richard M. Nixon |
Head of State |
9-Jan-1913 |
22-Apr-1994 |
37th US President, 1969-74 |
| Robert Novak |
Columnist |
26-Feb-1931 |
18-Aug-2009 |
Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame |
| Sean O'Keefe |
Administrator |
27-Jan-1956 |
|
NASA Administrator, 2001-05 |
| David J. O'Reilly |
Business |
1947 |
|
CEO of Chevron, 2005-09 |
| John Ong |
Diplomat |
29-Sep-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Norway, 2002-05 |
| Mark C. Pigott |
Business |
1954 |
|
CEO of PACCAR |
| Colin Powell |
Government |
5-Apr-1937 |
|
US Secretary of State, 2001-05 |
| Larry Pressler |
Politician |
29-Mar-1942 |
|
US Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97 |
| Ronald Reagan |
Head of State |
6-Feb-1911 |
5-Jun-2004 |
40th US President, 1981-89 |
| Carl E. Reichardt |
Business |
c. 1934 |
|
CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1983-94 |
| Steven B. Sample |
Educator |
29-Nov-1940 |
|
President, University of Southern California |
| Glenn Seaborg |
Physicist |
19-Apr-1912 |
25-Feb-1999 |
Co-Discoverer of Plutonium |
| Alvin V. Shoemaker |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Chairman of First Boston, 1983-89 |
| George Shultz |
Government |
13-Dec-1920 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1982-89 |
| Lowell Thomas |
Journalist |
6-Apr-1892 |
29-Aug-1981 |
With Lawrence in Arabia |
| Fred L. Turner |
Business |
6-Jan-1933 |
7-Jan-2013 |
CEO of McDonald's, 1974-87 |
| William Webster |
Government |
6-Mar-1924 |
|
FBI Director 1978-87, CIA Director 1987-91 |
| Albert C. Wedemeyer |
Military |
9-Jul-1897 |
17-Dec-1989 |
Victory Program |
| Caspar Weinberger |
Government |
18-Aug-1917 |
28-Mar-2006 |
Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush |
| Walter E. Williams |
Economist |
31-Mar-1936 |
|
Conservative economist |
| Herman Wouk |
Novelist |
27-May-1915 |
|
The Caine Mutiny |
