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Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) —
also known as Dean Acheson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 11,
1893.
Son of Edward Campion Acheson (1858-1934; Episcopal bishop of
Connecticut) and Eleanor Gertrude (Gooderham) Acheson (1870-1958).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1949-53.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Council on Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer
Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation:
My Years In The State Department.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, over his desk in his study,
Sandy Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 1971 (age 78 years, 184
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Michael Hayden Armacost (b. 1937) —
also known as Michael Armacost —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April 15,
1937.
Son of George H. Armacost and Verda Gay (Hayden) Armacost.
College
professor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1982-84; Japan, 1989.
Methodist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) —
also known as David K. E. Bruce —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
12, 1898.
Son of William
Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; farmer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, 1926; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1940-43; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1949-52; Germany, 1957-59; Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison to China, 1973-74.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1976.
Died, as a result of a heart
attack, in Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1977 (age 79 years, 296
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Henry Alfred Byroade (1913-1993) —
also known as Henry A. Byroade —
of Woodburn, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Maumee Township, Allen
County, Ind., July 24,
1913.
General in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, 1955-56; South Africa, 1956-59; Afghanistan, 1959-62; Burma, 1963-68; Philippines, 1969-73; Pakistan, 1973-77.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died, several months after cancer
surgery, of cardiopulmonary
arrest, at Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
31, 1993 (age 80 years, 160
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Linda Chavez —
of Maryland.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1986.
Female.
Member, Federalist
Society; Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 1986.
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John Conyers, Jr. (b. 1929) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 16,
1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1965-2003 (1st District 1965-93,
14th District 1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1972,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy in Washington, 1984;
candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1989.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on Foreign Relations; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Philip Kingsland Crowe (1908-1976) —
also known as Philip K. Crowe —
of Easton, Talbot
County, Md.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
7, 1908.
Son of Earl R. Crowe and Kathleen McClellan (Higgins) Crowe.
Newspaper
reporter; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Ceylon, 1953-56; South Africa, 1959-61; Norway, 1969-73; Denmark, 1973-75.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in 1976
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William J. Crowe, Jr. (1925-2007) —
of Virginia.
Born in La Grange, Oldham
County, Ky., January
2, 1925.
Son of William J. Crowe, Sr.
Admiral, U.S. Navy; Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1985-89;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1994-97.
Member, Freemasons;
Council on Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 2007 (age 82 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Rust Macpherson Deming (b. 1941) —
also known as Rust M. Deming —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in 1941.
Son of Olcott
Hawthorne Deming and Louise Macpherson Deming.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, 2000-03.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2007.
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Allen Welsh Dulles (1893-1969) —
also known as Allen W. Dulles;
"Spymaster" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April 7,
1893.
Son of Allen Macy Dulles and Edith (Foster) Dulles.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940;
director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 1953-61; member, President's Commission
on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died, from influenza
and pneumonia,
in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
28, 1969 (age 75 years, 296
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. (1924-2010) —
also known as Alexander M. Haig, Jr. —
Born in Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
2, 1924.
Son of Alexander Meigs Haig, Sr. and Regina Anne (Murphy) Haig.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; target of an assassination
attempt in Belgium, June 25, 1979; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1981-82; candidate for Republican nomination
for President, 1988;
host, World Business Review television
news show.
Catholic.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died, from an infection,
at John Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., February
20, 2010 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913-2007) —
also known as Philip M. Kaiser —
of New York; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 12,
1913.
Son of Morris Kazas and Temma (Sloven) Kazas.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1961-64; Mauritania, 1961-64; Hungary, 1977-80; Austria, 1980-81.
Ukrainian
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American
Political Science Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 24,
2007 (age 93 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jeane Jordan Kirkpatrick (1926-2006) —
also known as Jeane J. Kirkpatrick; Jeane Duane
Jordan —
Born in Duncan, Stephens
County, Okla., November
19, 1926.
Daughter of Welcher F. Jordan and Leona (Kile) Jordan.
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1981-85.
Female.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1985.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
7, 2006 (age 80 years, 18
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Walter Landau (b. 1920) —
also known as George W. Landau —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born March 4,
1920.
Son of J. A. Landau and Jeannette (Klausner) Landau.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1972-77; Chile, 1977-82; Venezuela, 1982-85.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Thomas Lynn (b. 1927) —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
27, 1927.
Son of Frederick Robert Lynn and Dorthea Estelle (Petersen) Lynn.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1973-75.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles McCurdy Mathias, Jr. (1922-2010) —
also known as Charles McC. Mathias; Mac
Mathias —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., July 24,
1922.
Son of Charles
McCurdy Mathias and Theresa McElfresh (Trail) Mathias.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1956
(alternate), 1972;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1959-61; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1961-69; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1969-87.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., January
25, 2010 (age 87 years, 185
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
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Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) —
also known as Robert T. Matsui —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
17, 1941.
Son of Yasuji Matsui and Alice (Nagata) Matsui.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93,
5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Council on Foreign Relations.
Died, of pneumonia
and myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
1, 2005 (age 63 years, 106
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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Covey Thomas Oliver (1913-2007) —
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., 1913.
University
professor; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1964-66.
Member, American
Society for International Law; Council on Foreign
Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died, of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, near Easton, Talbot
County, Md., February
22, 2007 (age about 93
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Sumner Welles (1892-1961) —
also known as Sumner Welles —
of Oxon Hill, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
14, 1892.
Son of Benjamin J. Welles (1857-1935) and Frances Wyeth (Swan) Welles
(1863-1911).
Democrat. U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 1936,
1940;
U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1937-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
Died September
24, 1961 (age 68 years, 345
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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