ORGANIZATION

Founded 1907.

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

Founding Date:
1907

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William Clark, Jr.	Diplomat	12-Oct-1930		US Ambassador to India, 1989-92
William H. Gleysteen	Politician	8-May-1926	6-Dec-2002	US Ambassador to South Korea, 1978-81
Evan G. Greenberg	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Ace Limited
Maurice R. Greenberg	Business	4-May-1925		CEO of American International Group, 1967-2005
Jacob Heilbrunn	Journalist	c. 1965		They Knew They Were Right
Robert S. Ingersoll	Diplomat	28-Jan-1914	22-Aug-2010	CEO of Borg-Warner, 1958-72
Merit E. Janow	Educator	13-May-1958		Professor of Int'l Affairs, Columbia University
Fred H. Langhammer	Business	13-Jan-1944		CEO of Estιe Lauder, 2000-04
Deryck Maughan	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Citigroup International, 1998-2002
Harrison McCain	Business	3-Nov-1927	18-Mar-2004	Frozen french fry billionaire
James S. McDonald	Business	26-Jan-1953	12-Sep-2009	CEO of Rockefeller & Co.
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.	Business	23-Feb-1943		CEO of Pfizer, 2001-06
Ruben Mettler	Business	23-Feb-1924	23-May-2006	CEO of TRW, 1969-77
Ian Nish	Scholar	3-Jun-1926		Japanese Foreign Policy specialist
William G. Parrett	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Deloitte Touche Tomatsu, 2003-07
Peter G. Peterson	Business	5-Jun-1926		Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations
Wilbur Ross	Business	28-Nov-1937		Private equity, W. L. Ross & Co.
Robert A. Scalapino	Scholar	19-Oct-1919	31-Oct-2011	Longtime Asia scholar at Berkeley
Elmer Sperry	Inventor	12-Oct-1860	10-Jun-1930	Gyroscopic compass
Paul Volcker	Economist	5-Sep-1927		Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87
Thomas J. Watson	Business	17-Feb-1874	19-Jun-1956	Led IBM into the computer era

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