ORGANIZATION

Founded 1995.

"The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) is a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt, nonprofit, educational organization committed to academic freedom, excellence and accountability at America's colleges and universities."

Official Website:
http://www.goacta.org/

Location:
Washington, DC

Founding Date:
1995

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jacques Barzun	Historian	30-Nov-1907	25-Oct-2012	From Dawn to Decadence
Saul Bellow	Novelist	10-Jun-1915	5-Apr-2005	The Adventures of Augie March
William Bennett	Government	31-Jul-1943		Former Drug Czar and gambling man
Lynne Cheney	First Lady	14-Aug-1941		Wife of US Vice President Dick Cheney
Ward Connerly	Activist	15-Jun-1939		Connerly & Associates
Edward Cox	Attorney	2-Oct-1946		Nixon's son-in-law
Georgie Anne Geyer	Journalist	2-Apr-1935		Foreign correspondent turned columnist
C. Boyden Gray	Government	6-Feb-1943		Conservative activist, lobbyist
Gertrude Himmelfarb	Historian	8-Aug-1922		Victorian Minds
Judith Richards Hope	Attorney	c. 1940		Pinstripes and Pearls
Max Kampelman	Diplomat	7-Nov-1920	25-Jan-2013	US Ambassador to the CSCE
Irving Kristol	Columnist	22-Jan-1920	18-Sep-2009	Influential neocon
Richard Lamm	Politician	12-Sep-1935		Governor of Colorado, 1975-87
Leslie Lenkowsky	Government	30-Mar-1946		Philanthropic Studies
Joseph Lieberman	Politician	24-Feb-1942		Former US Senator from Connecticut
Hans Mark	Physicist	17-Jun-1929		US Air Force Secretary, 1979-81
Jerry L. Martin	Educator	?		American Council of Trustees & Alumni
Ed Meese	Government	2-Dec-1931		US Attorney General, 1985-88
Philip Merrill	Publisher	28-Apr-1934	10-Jun-2006	Capital Gazette Communications
Marty Peretz	Publisher	c. 1937		Co-Owner, The New Republic
James R. Schlesinger	Government	15-Feb-1929	27-Mar-2014	Served Nixon, Ford, Carter
Laurence H. Silberman	Judge	12-Oct-1935		US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1975-77

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