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  George Whelan Anderson, Jr. (1906-1992) — also known as George W. Anderson, Jr. — of Washington, D.C. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., December 15, 1906. Son of George W. Anderson and Clara (Green) Anderson. U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, 1961-63; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1963-66. Catholic. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Knights of Columbus. Died, of congestive heart failure, in the Arleigh Burke Pavilion nursing home, McLean, Fairfax County, Va., March 20, 1992 (age 85 years, 96 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Anderson and Clara (Green) Anderson; married, October 3, 1933, to Muriel Buttling (died 1947); married, May 15, 1948, to Mary Lee Lamar Sample.
  Robert Anderson (1922-1996) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 6, 1922. Son of Andrew Anderson and Martha Campbell (Winn) Anderson. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1946-47; U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1959-61; U.S. Ambassador to Dahomey, 1972-74; Morocco, 1976-78; Dominican Republic, 1982-85. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, of congestive heart failure, at Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, Va., April 5, 1996 (age 74 years, 90 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, February 16, 1950, to Elena Fenoaltea.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Gerald L. Baliles (b. 1940) — of Charlottesville, Va. Born in Patrick County, Va., July 8, 1940. Lawyer; Governor of Virginia, 1986-90. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Bar Association. Still living as of 2009.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  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.
  Relatives: Son of William Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce; brother of James Bruce; married, May 29, 1926, to Ailsa Mellon (1901-1969; divorced 1945; daughter of Andrew William Mellon); married, April 23, 1945, to Evangeline Bell. See Bruce-Mellon family of Maryland.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Wilber Marion Brucker (1894-1968) — also known as Wilber M. Brucker — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., June 23, 1894. Son of Ferdinand Brucker and Robertha H. Brucker. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; Michigan state attorney general, 1928-30; appointed 1928; Governor of Michigan, 1931-32; defeated, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1964 (alternate); candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1936; U.S. Secretary of the Army. Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Kiwanis; Elks; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Delta Sigma Rho; Sigma Delta Kappa; Phi Gamma Delta; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Moose; Odd Fellows. Suffered an apparent heart attack after attending an Economic Club luncheon, and died soon after, in the emergency room at Harper Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 28, 1968 (age 74 years, 127 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Ferdinand Brucker and Robertha H. Brucker; married 1923 to Clara Hantel; father of Wilber Marion Brucker, Jr.. See Brucker family of Michigan.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  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.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Frank Charles Carlucci III (b. 1930) — also known as Frank C. Carlucci — of Pennsylvania. Born in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa., October 18, 1930. U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1975-78; U.S. National Security Advisor, 1986-87; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1987-89. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2009.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Selden Chapin (1899-1963) — of Erie, Erie County, Pa.; Washington, D.C. Born in Erie, Erie County, Pa., September 19, 1899. Son of Frederic L. Chapin and Grace (Selden) Chapin. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Hankow, 1925-26; U.S. Consul in Montevideo, 1940; U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1947-49; U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands, 1949-53; Panama, 1953-55; Iran, 1955-58; Peru, 1960. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died March 26, 1963 (age 63 years, 188 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Frederic L. Chapin and Grace (Selden) Chapin; married, March 30, 1927, to Mary Paul Noyes (1902-1984); father of Frederic Lincoln Chapin.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Marion V. Creekmore, Jr. (b. 1939) — of Virginia. Born in 1939. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, 1989-92; Maldive Islands, 1989-92. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 1992.
  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.
  Relatives: Married, June 21, 1937, to Irene Pettus.
  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.
  Relatives: Married 1954 to Shirley Grinel.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Norman Hezekiah Davis (1878-1944) — also known as Norman Davis — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tenn.; Alexandria, Va. Born in Bedford County, Tenn., August 9, 1878. Son of Machin Hezekiah Davis and Christina Lee (Shofner) Davis. Democrat. Banker; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1919-20; Undersecretary of State, 1920-21; U.S. delegate to international conferences; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928; U.S. Ambassador to , 1933-38; chairman, American Red Cross, 1938-44, and also of International Red Cross, 1939-44. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Hot Springs, Bath County, Va., July 2, 1944 (age 65 years, 328 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Tullahoma, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of Machin Hezekiah Davis and Christina Lee (Shofner) Davis; brother of Ewin Lamar Davis; married, October 23, 1898, to McPherson 'Mackie' Paschall (1877-1942).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C., February 25, 1888. Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944; U.S. Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949; U.S. Secretary of State, 1953-59. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Council on Foreign Relations. Received the Medal of Freedom in 1959. Died of cancer and pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., May 24, 1959 (age 71 years, 88 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Grandson of John Watson Foster; brother of Allen Welsh Dulles. See Dulles-Foster-Lansing family of New York.
  Cross-reference: Edward Corsi
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  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.
  Relatives: Married, April 23, 1966, to Marlene Ann Heinemann.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Henry Hammill Fowler (1908-2000) — also known as Henry H. Fowler; Joe Fowler — of Alexandria, Va. Born in Roanoke, Va., September 5, 1908. Son of Mack Johnson Fowler and Bertha (Browning) Fowler. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1956, 1960 (alternate); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-69. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Pi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar Association; Americans for Democratic Action. Died, of pneumonia, in a nursing home at Falls Church, Va., January 3, 2000 (age 91 years, 120 days). Interment at Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
  Relatives: Married, October 19, 1938, to Trudye Pamela Hathcote (1910-2008).
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Married 1950 to Patricia Fox.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Alexander M. Haig: Inner Circles : How America Changed the World (1994) — Caveat (1984)
  Robert Michael Kimmitt (b. 1947) — also known as Robert M. Kimmitt — of Arlington, Arlington County, Va. Born in Logan, Cache County, Utah, December 19, 1947. Son of Joseph Stanley Kimmitt (1918-2004) and Eunice (Wegener) Kimmitt. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1991-93; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 2006. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Married to Holly Sutherland.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  George Crews McGhee (1912-2005) — also known as George C. McGhee — of Texas. Born in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., March 10, 1912. Rhodes scholar; geologist; oil producer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1952-53; Germany, 1963-68; , 1968-69. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on Foreign Relations. Died, from pneumonia, in Loudoun Hospital Center, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va., July 4, 2005 (age 93 years, 116 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1939 to Cecilia DeGolyer.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books by George C. McGhee: On the Frontline in the Cold War : An Ambassador Reports (1997) — The Ambassador: True Diplomacy With Fictional Names, and Some Identified Fictional Deeds (2001) — Diplomacy for the Future (1987)
  Fiction by George C. McGhee: Dance of the Billions : A Novel About Texas, Houston and Oil (1990)
  William Thornton Pryce (1932-2006) — also known as William T. Pryce — of Pennsylvania; Alexandria, Va. Born in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., July 19, 1932. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1993-96. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, of pancreatic cancer, in Alexandria, Va., July 11, 2006 (age 73 years, 357 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1958 to Joan MacClurg.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Donald Thomas Regan (1918-2003) — also known as Donald T. Regan; Don Regan — Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., December 21, 1918. Son of William F. Regan and Kathleen (Ahern) Regan. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1981-85; White House Chief of Staff for President Ronald Reagan, 1985-87. Irish ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Pi Kappa Alpha. Died, of cancer and heart failure, in a hospital at Williamsburg, Va., June 10, 2003 (age 84 years, 171 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married 1942 to Ann G. Buchanan.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Elliot Lee Richardson (1920-1999) — also known as Elliot L. Richardson — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 20, 1920. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1959-61; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1965-67; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1967-69; defeated in primary, 1962; resigned 1969; U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1970-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1973; U.S. Attorney General, 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1975-76; , 1977-80; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1976-77; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1984. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Council on Foreign Relations. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999. Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 31, 1999 (age 79 years, 164 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married 1952 to Anne Francis Hazard.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books by Elliot Richardson: Reflections of a Radical Moderate (2000) — The creative balance: Government, politics, and the individual in America's third century (1976)
  William Robert Rivkin (1919-1967) — also known as William R. Rivkin — of Illinois. Born in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1919. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1962-65; Senegal, 1966-67, died in office 1967; Gambia, 1966-67, died in office 1967. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on Foreign Relations. Died, of a heart attack, in Dakar, Senegal, March 19, 1967 (age about 47 years). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Charles Spittal Robb (b. 1939) — also known as Charles S. Robb; Chuck Robb — of McLean, Fairfax County, Va. Born in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., June 26, 1939. Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1978-82; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1980, 1996 (delegation chair), 2000; Governor of Virginia, 1982-86; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1989-2001; defeated, 2000. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Trilateral Commission. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Married 1968 to Lynda Bird Johnson (daughter of Lyndon Baines Johnson).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Cyrus Roberts Vance (1917-2002) — also known as Cyrus R. Vance — Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., March 27, 1917. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Secretary of State, 1977-80. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Trilateral Commission. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969. Died, of Alzheimer's disease, at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 12, 2002 (age 84 years, 291 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: First cousin of John William Davis. See Davis-Vance family of West Virginia.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about Cyrus Vance: David S. McLellan, Cyrus Vance

 

 


 
   
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