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ORGANIZATION

Founded 1907.

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

Founding Date:
1907

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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