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Garza, Reynaldo G.

Bio: (1915-2004) First Mexican American federal judge; Veteran, WWII, U.S. Air Force; Attorney; City Commissioner, Brownsville, Texas, 1947-1950; Judge, Southern District Court, 1961-1979, Chief Judge, 1974-1979; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth…

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Gammon, Samuel Rhea, III, 1924

Bio: Samuel Rhea Gammon (b. January 22, 1924, Sherman, Texas). He received a B.A. from Texas A&M University in 1946, an M.A. in 1948, and his Ph.D. in 1953, from Princeton University. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 and 1950 to 1952. He…

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Fulcher, George Gordon, 1909-1973

Bio: George Gordon Fulcher (b. August 24, 1909, Naples, Texas-d. June 24, 1973, Austin, Texas) was a Texas newspaper publisher and editor, chairman of the Texas Water Quality Board, and an associate of Lyndon B. Johnson. He was a resident of…

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Fox, Sanford L., 1919-1996

Bio: Sanford L. Fox (1919-1996) was Chief of the Social Entertainments Office for the White House from 1961 to 1964. He was in charge of one of the four departments under Jacqueline Kennedy's Social Secretary; first Letitia Baldridge and later Nancy…

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Fox, Lawrence

Bio: (1923- ) Bureau of the Budget, 1945-1949; International Economist, Department of Commerce, 1949-1961; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Policy, 1968-1970; Professor

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Flynt, Ralph C. M. (Ralph Comer Michael), 1904-1993

Bio: Ralph C. M. Flynt (b. 1904) was Director of General and Liberal Education at the U.S. Office of Education from 1952 to 1953, Assistant Commissioner of Education from 1959 to 1962, and Associate Commissioner of Education from 1963 to 1969.

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Finletter, Thomas Knight, 1893-1980

Bio: (1893-1980) Attorney; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, 1941-1944; Chairman, President's Air Policy Commission, 1947-1948; Secretary of the Air Force, 1950-U.S. Ambassador to NATO, 1961-1965

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Finch, Robert H., 1925-

Bio: (1925-1995) Lawyer; veteran; administrative assistant to Vice President Richard Nixon 1958-1960; campaign manager to Nixon in 1960 presidential election; lieutenant governor of California 1967-1969; Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare…

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Ferguson, Glenn

Bio: (1930-2008) Author; Director, VISTA, 1964-1966; U.S. Ambassador to Kenya; President, University of Connecticut, 1973-1978; President, Radio Free Liberty-Radio Europe, 1978-1982; President, Lincoln Center, 1983; President, American University…

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Fenn, Dan H. (Dan Huntington), 1923-

Bio: Dan Huntington Fenn (b. 1923), educator and government official, was a faculty member of the Harvard Business School from 1955 to 1961. During 1961, he was also Special Assistant to Senator Benjamin Smith of Massachusetts. He was the staff…

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Feldman, Myer, 1914-2007

Bio: Myer Feldman, also Mike Feldman, (b. Jun 22, 1914, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-d. March 1, 2007, Bethesda, Maryland) held the post of Deputy Special Counsel to the President throughout the Kennedy administration. He served with Assistant…

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Feild, John G., 1922-2006

Bio: John G. Feild was born in 1922. In 1959, he became a legislative assistant to Senator Philip A. Hart from Michigan. He aided in the campaign to elect John F. Kennedy for president, and served as the executive director of the President’s…

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Faulk, John Henry

Bio: (1913-1990) Long-time acquaintance of LBJ; Radio humorist and storyteller, 1946-1957; Blacklisted and accused of communism by Senator Joseph McCarthy’s AWARE organization; Cast member of television show Hee-Haw, 1975-1980; Playwright

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Evers, Charles, 1922-

Bio: (1922- ) Civil rights activist; Brother of Medger Evers; Veteran, WWII, U.S. Army; Mayor, Fayette, Mississippi; Field Director, NAACP

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