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Anthony Boyce Akers (1914-1976) —
also known as Anthony B. Akers —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born near Charlotte, Atascosa
County, Tex., October
19, 1914.
Son of Ambrose B. Akers and Margaret (Long) Akers.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1954, 1956, 1958;
U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1961-63.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover
County, N.C., April 1,
1976 (age 61 years, 165
days).
Interment at Berkeley
Chapel Churchyard, Middletown, R.I.
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Diego Cortes Asencio (b. 1931) —
also known as Diego C. Asencio —
of Florida.
Born in Almeria, Spain,
July
15, 1931.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1977; Brazil, 1983-86.
Spanish
ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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Elaine Bloom (b. 1937) —
of Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
16, 1937.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 106th District, 1974-78,
1986-2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,
1976
(alternate), 1992,
1996;
candidate in primary for Florida
state senate 36th District, 1978; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 22nd District, 2000.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, League
of Women Voters; Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2000.
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Frances D. Cook (b. 1945) —
of Florida.
Born in 1945.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, 1980; Cameroon, 1989; Oman, 1995-99.
Female.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2001.
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) —
also known as Thomas E. Dewey —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March 24,
1902.
Son of George
Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New
York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1940;
Governor
of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1952,
1956.
Episcopalian.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Phi Mu
Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel, Bal
Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 16,
1971 (age 68 years, 357
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Nephew of Edmond
O. Dewey; son of George
Martin Dewey and Annie (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16,
1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (c.1903-1970; grandniece of Jefferson
Finis Davis). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Herbert
Brownell, Jr. — Charles
C. Wing — Martin
T. Manton — Herman
Methfessel |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M.
Stolberg, Fighting
Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E.
Dewey — Barry K. Beyer, Thomas
E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political Leadership (out of
print) — Richard Norton Smith, Thomas
E. Dewey and His Times (out of print) |
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Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (1930-2011) —
also known as Lawrence Eagleburger; Larry Eagleburger;
"The Eagle" —
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August 1,
1930.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1977-81; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1992-93; director, Phillips Petroleum
corporation, 1993-2000.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the University of Virginia Medical
Center, Charlottesville,
Va., June 4,
2011 (age 80 years, 307
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dante Bruno Fascell (1917-1998) —
also known as Dante B. Fascell —
of Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Bridgehampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 9,
1917.
Son of Charles A. Fascell and Mary (Gullotti) Fascell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-93 (4th District 1955-67, 12th
District 1967-73, 15th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-93);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation vice-chair).
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Lions; American Bar
Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Military
Order of the World Wars; Jaycees;
Kappa
Sigma.
Received Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1998.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
28, 1998 (age 81 years, 264
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
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Foy David Kohler (1908-1990) —
also known as Foy D. Kohler —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Oakwood, Paulding
County, Ohio, February
15, 1908.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Athens, 1938; U.S. Consul in Moscow, 1947; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1962-66.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Delta
Upsilon.
Died in Jupiter, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
23, 1990 (age 82 years, 311
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Harting Percy (b. 1919) —
also known as Charles H. Percy —
of Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.; Wilmette, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., September
27, 1919.
Son of Edward H. Percy and Elizabeth (Harting) Percy.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; President
and CEO, Bell & Howell, 1949-63; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964,
1972;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1964; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1967-85; defeated, 1984.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Leland H. Rayson (1921-2001) —
of Tinley Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., August
23, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1960;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965-77.
Methodist.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on Foreign Relations.
Died, of metastatic
melanoma, in Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., January
8, 2001 (age 79 years, 138
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James William Spain (b. 1926) —
also known as James W. Spain —
of Florida; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 22,
1926.
Son of Patrick Joseph Spain and Mary Ellen (Forristal) Spain.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Karachi, 1951; U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania, 1975-79; Turkey, 1980-81; Sri Lanka, 1985-89; Maldive Islands, 1985-89.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 1991.
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