Vernon Eugene Clark is a retired admiral who served as the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) of the United States Navy. He retired on July 22,2005,making his tenure of five years the second-longest serving CNO behind Arleigh Burke. He currently sits on the board of directors of Raytheon and SRI International. In November 2009,he was selected along with former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Togo West by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to lead the military investigation into the Fort Hood massacre.
The White House Fellows program is a non-partisan federal fellowship established via executive order by President Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964. The fellowship is one of America’s most prestigious programs for leadership and public service,offering exceptional Americans first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government. The fellowship was founded based upon a suggestion from John W. Gardner,then the president of Carnegie Corporation and later the sixth secretary of health,education,and welfare.
John Francis Lehman Jr. is an American private equity investor and writer who was secretary of the Navy (1981–1987) during the Reagan administration in which he promoted the creation of a 600-ship navy.
Paul Henry Nitze was an American businessman and government official who served as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense,U.S. Secretary of the Navy,and Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department. He is best known for being the principal author of NSC 68 and the co-founder of Team B. He helped shape U.S. Cold War defense policy over the course of numerous presidential administrations.
Paul Robert Ignatius is an American government official who served as Secretary of the Navy between 1967 and 1969 and was the Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Lyndon Johnson Administration.
George Whelan Anderson Jr. was an admiral in the United States Navy and a diplomat. Serving as the Chief of Naval Operations between 1961 and 1963,he was in charge of the US blockade of Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
William James Crowe Jr. was a United States Navy admiral and diplomat who served as the 11th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush,and as the ambassador to the United Kingdom and Chair of the Intelligence Oversight Board under President Bill Clinton.
Carlisle Albert Herman Trost was a United States Navy officer who served as the 23rd Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from July 1,1986,to June 29,1990. He oversaw the Navy during the end of the Cold War,and the preparations for the Gulf War of 1991. He retired from active naval service on July 1,1990,following completion of a four-year term as CNO.
The United States Naval Institute (USNI) is a private non-profit military association that offers independent,nonpartisan forums for debate of national security issues. In addition to publishing magazines and books,the Naval Institute holds several annual conferences. The Naval Institute is based in Annapolis,Maryland.
William Graham Claytor Jr. was an American attorney,United States Navy officer,and railroad,transportation and defense administrator for the United States government,working under the administrations of three US presidents.
Andrew Lindsay Lewis Jr.,generally known as Drew Lewis,was an American businessman and politician from the state of Pennsylvania. He was United States Secretary of Transportation in the first portion of the administration of U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan,and is best known for presiding over the firing of the striking U.S. air traffic controllers in 1981.
John William Middendorf II is a former Republican United States diplomat and Secretary of the Navy.
James Lemuel Holloway III was a United States Navy admiral and naval aviator who was decorated for his actions during World War II,the Korean War,and the Vietnam War. After the Vietnam War,he was posted to The Pentagon,where he established the Navy's Nuclear Powered Carrier Program. He served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1974 until 1978. After retiring from the Navy,Holloway served as President of the Naval Historical Foundation from 1980–1998 and served another ten years as its chairman until his retirement in 2008 when he became chairman emeritus. He was the author of Aircraft Carriers at War:A Personal Retrospective of Korea,Vietnam,and the Soviet Confrontation published in 2007 by the Naval Institute Press.
Henry Lawrence Garrett III served as the 68th Secretary of the Navy from May 15,1989,to June 26,1992,in the administration of George H. W. Bush. Before leading the Department of the Navy,he served as General Counsel of the Department of Defense.
James Joseph Carey is a retired American Rear Admiral,United States Navy served from 1962 to 1994,born and raised in Berlin,Green Lake County,Wisconsin.
Charles Graves Untermeyer,known as Chase Untermeyer,is a former United States ambassador to Qatar. He was given a recess appointment by U.S. President George W. Bush and assumed the position on August 2,2004. After three years,he was succeeded by Joseph LeBaron.
William Scott Gould is a former United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Gould is also an elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
James Daniel Howard was Special Assistant to President of the United States Ronald Reagan from July 1986 to February 1988,United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs from February 1988 to May 1989 and Under Secretary of the Navy from 1989 to 1993.
William Banks Bader was an American diplomat who served as the assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs from 1999 to 2001.
