- Aaron Wildavsky
Aaron Wildavsky (31 May1930 - 4 September1993) was an American political scientist known for his pioneering work in public policy, government budgeting, and risk management. A native of Brooklyn in New York, Wildavsky was the son of two Ukrainian immigrants. After graduating from Brooklyn College, he served in the U.S. Army and then won a Fulbright Fellowship to the University of Sydney for 1954-55. - David S. C. Chu
David S. C. Chu is the United States Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) responsible as the senior policy advisor on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits, and overseeing the state of military readiness. Appointed on June 1, 2001, Chu is one of the least publicly recognized of the civilians appointed to The Pentagon under President George W. Bush. Dr. Chu received a Bachelor of Arts Degree, magna cum laude, … - Stewart Alsop
Stewart Johonnot Oliver Alsop (May 17, 1914 - May 26, 1974) was an American newspaper columnist and political analyst. Born and raised in Avon, Connecticut, Alsop attended Groton School and Yale University. After graduating from Yale in 1936, Alsop moved to New York City, where he worked as an editor for the publishing house of Doubleday, Doran. After the United States entered World War II, Alsop joined the British Army, … - Albert O. Hirschman
Albert Otto Hirschman (b. April 71915, in Berlin, Germany) is an influential American economist who has authored several books on political economy and political ideology. Among his most important contributions were two simple but intellectually powerful schemata. The first describes the three basic possible responses to decline in firms or polities: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty. The second describes the basic arguments made by conservatives: perversity, futility and jeopardy. - Calvin Trillin
Calvin (Bud) Marshall Trillin (born in Kansas City, Missouri, December 5, 1935) is an American journalist, humorist, and novelist. He is best known for his humorous writings about food and eating, but he has also written much serious journalism, comic verse, and several books of fiction. Trillin attended public schools in Kansas City and went on to Yale University, … - Lloyd Cutler
Lloyd Norton Cutler (November 10, 1917-May 8, 2005) was an American attorney who served as White House Counsel during the Democratic administrations of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Cutler was born in New York City. His father was a trial lawyer. Cutler graduated from Yale University in 1936 at the age of 18, with a bachelor's degree in history and economics. Three years later, he graduated magna cum laude from Yale Law School. - James Gadsden
James Gadsden (May 15, 1788 - December 25, 1858). Namesake of the Gadsden Purchase, in which the United States purchased from Mexico the land that became the southern portion of Arizona and New Mexico. He was born in 1788 in Charleston, South Carolina, the grandson of American Revolutionary patriot Christopher Gadsden. He received his bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1806. After a career as a US Army officer, … - Stephen Vincent Benét
Stephen Vincent Benét was an American author, poet, short story writer and novelist. He is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, "John Brown's Body" (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and for two short stories, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and "By the Waters of Babylon". Benet's fantasy short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" won an O. Henry Award, … - Stanley Forman Reed
Stanley Forman Reed was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1938 to 1957. Reed was born in Mason County, Kentucky, to John Reed, a wealthy physician, and Frances Forman. He received B.A. degrees from both Kentucky Wesleyan College in 1902 and from Yale University in 1906. He studied law at the University of Virginia (where he was a member of St. Elmo Hall), Columbia University, and later studied in France, but he did not obtain a law degree. - Lowell P. Weicker Jr.
Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr. (born May 16, 1931) is an American politician who has served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Connecticut. Though a member of the Republican Party during his time in Congress, he later left the Republican Party and became one of the few independents to be elected as a state governor in the United States in recent years. Since his retirement from political office, he has moved more towards the Democratic Party. - William L. Langer
William Leonard Langer is the last to be edited by Langer. Peter N. Stearns and thirty other prominent historians edited the sixth edition, published in 2001. Stearns paid tribute to Langer's great achievement in the introduction to the new edition. Following America's involvement in World War II, William Langer was asked by the U.S. government to volunteer his skills with the new Office of Strategic Services (OSS). - Dickinson W. Richards
Dr. Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr. was an American physician and physiologist. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 with André Cournand and Werner Forssmann for the development of cardiac catheterization and the characterisation of a number of cardiac diseases. Richards was born in Orange, New Jersey. He was educated at the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, and entered Yale University in 1913. - Richard L. Walker
Richard Louis "Dixie" Walker was an American scholar, author, and ambassador to South Korea. He was married to the late Celeno Kenly Walker for 45 years and had three children. His Chinese name was 吳克 ("Wú Kè") and in Korean was transliterated as 리처드 워커 ("Richadeu Wokeo"). Walker was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He received his B.A. degree in 1944 from Drew University and his M.A. in 1947 and Ph. D. in 1950 from Yale University. - Rogers Morton
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton (September 19, 1914 - April 19, 1979) was a U.S. Republican political figure. Morton was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and graduated from Yale University in 1937 where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Wolf's Head Society. During World War II, Morton served in the United States Army reaching the rank of captain. He was elected to the U.S. Congress, serving the 1st Congressional district of Maryland from 1963 - 1971, … - Francis Burton Harrison
Francis Burton Harrison (December 18, 1873-November 21, 1957) was an American political figure. Harrison was born in New York City, the son of Burton Harrison, a lawyer who was the private secretary to Confederate president Jefferson Davis, and his wife, the former Constance Cary, who became well-known as a novelist and social arbiter under the name Constance Cary Harrison. He also was, through his mother, a great-grandson of Thomas Fairfax, … - Tibor Scitovsky
Tibor de Scitovsky also known as Tibor Scitovsky, (1910- June 1 2002) was an American economist who was best known for his writing on the nature of people's happiness in relation to consumption. He was Associate Professor and Professor of Economics at Stanford University from 1946 through 1958 and Eberle Professor of Economics from 1970 until his retirement in 1976, when he became Professor Emeritus. In honor of his deep contributions to economic analysis, … - Carl Hovland
Carl Iver Hovland (1912-1961) was a psychologist working primarily at Yale University and the US Army during World War II who studied attitude change and persuasion. He first reported the sleeper effect after studying the effects of the Frank Capra propaganda film "Why We Fight" on soldiers while at the Army. In later studies on this subject, Hovland collaborated with Irving Janis who would later become famous for his theory of groupthink. - Wager Swayne
Wager Swayne (November 10, 1834 - December 18, 1902) was the appointed military Governor of Alabama during the early days of Reconstruction, serving from 1867 to 1868. Swayne was born in Columbus, Ohio. He was the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Noah Haynes Swayne. He graduated from Yale University and became a lawyer in Ohio. He served in the United States Army during the Civil War. - Thomas Ewing Sherman
Fr. Thomas Ewing Sherman, S.J. (October 12, 1856 - April 29, 1933) was an American lawyer, educator, and Catholic priest. He was the fourth child and second son of Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman, (United States Military Academy 1840; LL.D. Dartmouth 1866, Yale 1876, Princeton 1878); who was the son of Judge Charles Robert and Mary (Hoyt) Sherman, of Lancaster, Ohio. - Jonathan Brewster Bingham
Jonathan Brewster Bingham (24 April 1914, New Haven, Connecticut - 3 July 1986, New York City) was an American politician and diplomat. He was the US delegate to the United Nations General Assemblies and was elected to Congress. His father was a Senator and explorer and his great grandfather, Hiram Bingham, Sr. was a missionary, who helped translate the Bible into Hawaiian. - Sandra Scarr
Sandra Wood Scarr (born August 1936) is an American psychology professor. Born in Maryland, her family followed her father, who was stationed at the United States Army's largest chemical weapon facility through much of her childhood. Scarr earned her Ph.D. in psychology in 1965 from Harvard University, where she majored in behavior genetics. Though she initially had a difficult time finding a job because she had a child, she eventually taught at the University of Maryland, … - Wint Smith
Wint Smith (October 7, 1892 - April 27, 1976) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in Mankato, Kansas, Smith attended the public schools and was graduated from the Mankato High School. During the First World War served in the United States Army as a combat Infantry officer from May 11, 1917, to September 4, 1919, with twenty-four months' service overseas. He was in the University of Kansas at Lawrence, A.B., 1920. He was in the Yale University Law School, LL.B., … - Jim Bacchus
James (Jim) Bacchus, born 21 June 1949 in Nashville, Tennessee, is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a former chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization. Bacchus graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1971, and later earned a masters degeree from Yale University in 1973. He served in the United States Army between 1971 and 1977. Bacchus subsequently earned his law degree from Florida State University in 1978. - Daniel Henry Chamberlain
Daniel Henry Chamberlain (June 23, 1835 - April 13, 1907) was a planter, lawyer, author and the Republican Governor of South Carolina from 1874 until 1877. Daniel H. Chamberlain was born in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, the ninth of ten children born to Eli Chamberlain and Achsah Forbes. In 1862, he graduated with honors from Yale University, where he was a member of the Skull and Bones Society. - Blanche Oelrichs
Blanche Oelrichs was an American poet, playwright, and theatre actress known by the pseudonym, "Michael Strange." Born Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs, she was the fourth and youngest child of mining heir Charles May Oelrichs and Blanche Pauline Emilie DeLoosey. At "Rosecliff"," her grandparents' opulent mansion in Newport, Rhode Island designed by renowned architect Stanford White, Blanche Oelrichs spent summers amidst the Astors, … - Ben Erdreich
Benjamin (Ben) Erdreich is a former United States congressman from Alabama. He was born December 9, 1938 in Birmingham, Alabama to an upper-middle class family. Erdreich attended Yale University, earning his law degree. After graduating from college, he spent two years in the United States Army, beforing setting up a private law practice. He also spent one year 1963 as the editor of the Alabama Law Review. - Randy Brock
Randolph D. "Randy" Brock (born September 28, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Republican. Served as Vermont Auditor of Accounts for the U.S. state of Vermont from 2005 to 2007. Brock served in the United States Army, attaining the rank of Captain. He saw action in the Vietnam War, earning a Bronze Star and an Army Commendation Medal. Brock holds a B.A. from Middlebury College and a M.A. from Yale University. - Emmet O'Neal
Emmet O’Neal (April 14, 1887 - July 18, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, O’Neal attended the public schools. He was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1907, from Yale University in 1908, and from the law department of the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1910. He was admitted to the bar in 1910 and commenced practice in Louisville. - Donald J. Irwin
Donald Jay Irwin (born September 7, 1926) is a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Born of American parents in Argentina, Irwin came to the United States in 1945 to attend Yale University. He entered the United States Army and served with the Joint Brazil-United States Military Commission in Rio de Janeiro. He reentered Yale University and graduated in 1951 and also from Yale Law School in 1954. He was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Connecticut. - Edward Tylor Miller
Edward Tylor Miller (February 1, 1895-January 20, 1968), a republican, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the Maryland's 1st congressional district from 1947 to 1959. Miller was born in Woodside, Montgomery County, Maryland. He attended Sidwell Friends School of Washington, D.C., and graduated from Yale University in 1916. - John T. Downey
John T. 'Jack' Downey was a 1951 Yale University graduate who joined the Central Intelligence Agency soon after graduation and became one of two CIA officers (the other was Richard G. Fecteau, a Boston University graduate) who survived the shoot-down of their mission over the People's Republic of China in November 1952, were captured, and spent approximately the next two decades in Chinese prisons before release. - Robert J. Huber
Robert James Huber (August 29, 1922 - April 23, 2001) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Huber was born in Detroit, Michigan, where he attended the public schools. He attended the University of Detroit 1935-1937, and graduated from Culver Military Academy, 1939. He received a B.S. from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in 1943. He served in the United States Army, 1943-1946. - Mark W. Hannaford
Mark Warren Hannaford (February 7, 1925 - June 2, 1985) was a U.S. Representative from California. Born in Woodrow, Colorado, Hannaford attended public schools in Anderson, Indiana. B.A., Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1950. M.A., same university, 1956. He attended Yale University under John Hay Fellowship from 1961 to 1962. He served as associate professor of political science, Long Beach (California) City College from 1966 to 1975. - James A. Shanley
James Andrew Shanley (April 1, 1896 - April 4, 1965) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Shanley attended the public schools. Graduate of Battery Commander School at Fort Sill, Arkansas, in 1917. During the First World War served as a lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Field Artillery, United States Army, in 1917 and 1918. He was graduated from Yale University, in 1920. He taught mathematics at Carlton Academy, Summit, New Jersey, … - Alfred N. Phillips
Alfred Noroton Phillips (April 23, 1894 - January 18, 1970) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Born in Darien, Connecticut, Phillips attended the public schools, Betts Academy, Stamford, Connecticut, and Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut. He was graduated from Yale University in 1917. During the First World War served as a first lieutenant in the Field Artillery, United States Army, in 1917 and 1918, with overseas service. - John B. Hollister
John Baker Hollister (November 7, 1890 - January 4, 1979) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hollister attended the public schools and St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire. He was graduated from Yale University, in 1911. He attended the University of Munich, Germany, in 1911 and 1912, and was graduated from Harvard University Law School, in 1915. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Cincinnati, Ohio. - Harmar D. Denny Jr.
Lt. Col. Harmar Denny Denny, Jr. was a pilot and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Harmar D. Denny, Jr., was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. He was the great-grandson of Congressman Harmar Denny. He attended St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, in 1904, graduated from Yale University in 1908, and from the law school of the University of Pittsburgh in 1911. - Peter McRobbie
Peter McRobbie (born January 31, 1943) is a Scottish-born, American-based character actor. McRobbie has more than 60 movies and television series to his credit. The movies include "Spider-Man 2", "World Trade Center", "Sleepers", and "Bullets over Broadway". He is also a regular on the TV series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and the original "Law & Order" series. - Richard G. Zahn Sr.
Richard Zahn, CEO and President of Hersh, Inc. since 2003, leads a strong, experienced leadership team focused on executing Hersh, Inc.'s vision and strategy, thereby driving and exciting future of controlled expansion and growth. - Dr Robert Joseph Ursano MD
Robert J. Ursano , M.D. Robert J. Ursano , M.D. is Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. He is Director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress which has over six million dollars in research funding.
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