Marjorie "Midge" Rendell is an American attorney and jurist serving as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a former First Lady of Pennsylvania. In 2003,she was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women".
Patricia Ann McGowan Wald was an American lawyer and jurist who served as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1986 until 1991. She was the Court's first female chief judge and its first woman to be elevated,having been appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. From 1999 to 2001,Wald was a Justice of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler was an American attorney and judge who served as the first U.S. Secretary of Education from 1979 to 1981. She previously served as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1968 to 1979.
Philip Lader,is a former US Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s and former chairman of WPP plc,the global advertising/communications services firm.
Deborah Louise Cook is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,based in Akron,Ohio. She served as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1995 to 2003.
Robert Harlan Henry is a former United States Circuit Judge and politician from Oklahoma,and was the 17th President of Oklahoma City University. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Henry formerly served as the Attorney General of Oklahoma from 1986 to 1991,before resigning early in his second term to become the dean of the Oklahoma City University School of Law,where he remained until 1994. President Bill Clinton appointed Henry as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit,a position he held until he resigned in 2010 to return to Oklahoma City University as president. He retired as President of Oklahoma City University in 2018,and has since worked as an attorney specializing in mediation,moot courts,and appellate advocacy.
Gladys Kessler was a United States district judge of the District Court for the District of Columbia.
Rosemary Shankman Pooler was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Jane Richards Roth is an American attorney and jurist serving as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Debra Ann Livingston is an American lawyer who serves as the Chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Irene Hirano Inouye was the founding President of the U.S.-Japan Council,a position she held ever since she helped create the organization in 2009 until her death. Hirano Inouye focused on building positive relations between the United States and Japan,and was also a leader in philanthropy,community engagement,and advancing social causes. She served on a number of prominent non-profit boards,and was chair of the Ford Foundation's board of trustees. She previously served as president and founding chief executive officer of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles from 1988 to 2008,which is affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution.
Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Emily Newell Blair was an American writer,suffragist,feminist,national Democratic Party political leader,and a founder of the League of Women Voters.
Susan Vail Berresford is an American foundation executive. She was the president of the Ford Foundation from 1996-2007. Since November 2008 she has worked as a philanthropy consultant out of the offices of The New York Community Trust.
Barbara Hackman Franklin is an American government official,corporate director,and business executive. She served as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1992 to 1993 to President George H. W. Bush,during which she led a presidential mission to China.
Harris–Stowe State University (HSSU) is a public historically black university in St. Louis,Missouri. The university offers 50 majors,minors,and certificate programs in education,business,and arts &sciences. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. It is immediately east of the Saint Louis University campus. The school enrolled 1,098 students in 2023.
Ida L. Castro is an American attorney and government official who served as Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from October 23,1998,to August 13,2001.
Cheryl Ann Krause is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Dorothy Shoemaker McDiarmid was a teacher,real estate broker,Quaker activist,and Virginia legislator for nearly 26 years.
Josie Ward Heath is an American politician,community activist and educator who currently serves as a member of the Colorado State Land Board. She studied at East Oregon State College and graduated in 1959 with a degree in education,followed by a Master of Science in 1960 from the University of Wisconsin. She married Rollie Heath,and they lived in West Germany for 4 years while her husband worked for the military. Upon return to the U.S. the family moved to Boulder,where Josie began her involvement in community organizations and politics.
