Jack French Kemp was an American politician and a professional football player. A member of the Republican Party from New York,he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993,having previously served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1989. He was the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee in the 1996 election,as the running mate of Bob Dole;they lost to incumbent president Bill Clinton and vice president Al Gore. Kemp had previously contended for the presidential nomination in the 1988 Republican primaries.
The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to transportation. The secretary is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States,and is fourteenth in the presidential line of succession.
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford Dole is an American attorney,author,and politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2003 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party,she previously served in five presidential administrations,including as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1987 and as U.S. Secretary of Labor under Reagan's successor,George H. W. Bush,from 1989 until 1990. Dole then left government to serve as president of the American Red Cross from 1991 to 1999;she departed from that position to seek the Republican nomination in the 2000 presidential election but eventually withdrew from the race.
James Addison Baker III is an American attorney,diplomat and statesman. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 10th White House Chief of Staff and 67th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan and the 61st U.S. Secretary of State before returning as the 16th White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush.
John William Snow is an American economist,attorney,and businessman who is the former CEO of CSX Corporation and served as the 73rd United States secretary of the treasury under U.S. President George W. Bush. He replaced Secretary Paul H. O'Neill on February 3,2003 and was succeeded by Henry Paulson on July 3,2006. Snow submitted a letter of resignation on May 30,2006,effective "after an orderly transition period for my successor." Snow announced on June 29,2006 that he had completed his last day on the job;Robert M. Kimmitt served as acting secretary until Paulson was sworn in. Snow has since worked as chairman of Cerberus Capital Management.
Samuel Knox Skinner is an American politician,lawyer,and businessman. Skinner served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. Prior to the Bush administration,Skinner served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois under President Gerald R. Ford from 1975-1977,succeeding James R. Thompson.
Benjamin Richard Civiletti was an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney General during the Carter administration,from 1979 to 1981. The first Italian American to lead the U.S. Department of Justice,he previously served as the Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division. Later he was a senior partner in the Baltimore-based law firm of Venable LLP. He specialized in commercial litigation and internal investigations working at Venable LLP.
Alan Stephenson Boyd was an American attorney and transportation executive who led several large corporations and also served the U.S. Government in various transportation-related positions. He was the first United States Secretary of Transportation,appointed by Lyndon Johnson. Additionally,he served in executive positions with the Civil Aeronautics Board,the U.S. Department of Commerce,and was a president of Amtrak.
The Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) is a unit of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT). It was created in 2005 to advance transportation science,technology,and analysis,as well as improve the coordination of transportation research within the department and throughout the transportation community.
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.
From August 16 to August 19,1976,voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1976 United States presidential election. The major candidates were incumbent President Gerald Ford and former Governor of California Ronald Reagan. After a series of primary elections and caucuses,neither secured a majority of the delegates before the convention.
From January 29 to June 4,1996,voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1996 United States presidential election. Senator Bob Dole of Kansas,the former Senate majority leader,was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1996 Republican National Convention held from August 12 to 15,1996,in San Diego,California;Dole resigned from the Senate in June 1996 once he became the presumptive nominee to concentrate on his presidential campaign.
Mari Maseng Will is a Republican adviser who has worked for President Ronald Reagan,Senator Robert Dole and Governor Rick Perry. She was also an adviser to Scott Walker's presidential campaign.
Rebecca Gernhardt Cox is an American business executive and former Director of the Office of Public Liaison during the administration of President Ronald Reagan.
Roman Popadiuk is an American diplomat of Ukrainian descent. Popadiuk served as the first United States Ambassador to Ukraine under George H. W. Bush,from 1992 to 1993. From 2015 until 2017,he was a principal at Morgan,Lewis &Bockius LLP's subsidiary Morgan Lewis Consulting,and prior to 2015 he was the principal at Bingham Consulting. Since late 2018 Popadiuk has been the president of the Diplomacy Center Foundation which oversees the development of the National Museum of American Diplomacy.
The L. Welch Pogue Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aviation was created by Aviation Week &Space Technology to be presented to an individual who is "considered a visionary and a preeminent leader of contemporary aviation."
Cynthia L. Quarterman is an American lawyer and engineer,former Director of the Minerals Management Service and Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration from 2009 until her resignation on October 4,2014.
The Eno Center for Transportation is a non-profit,independent organization based in Washington,D.C.,with the mission to shape public debate on critical multimodal transportation issues and to build an innovative network of transportation professionals. The Center was created and endowed in Westport,Connecticut,by William Phelps Eno,a pioneer in the field of traffic control.
Alfred S. Regnery is an American conservative lawyer,former magazine publisher,and writer.
