Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in University Park,Texas,with a satellite campus in Taos County,New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17,1911,by the Methodist Episcopal Church,South—now part of the United Methodist Church—in partnership with Dallas civic leaders. However,it is nonsectarian in its teaching and enrolls students of all religious affiliations. It is classified among "R-2:Doctoral Universities –High Research Activity".
Paula Jon Dobriansky is an American diplomat,public official,and foreign policy expert who served as Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs (2001–2009) and the President's Envoy to Northern Ireland (2007–2009). A specialist in Central/East European affairs and the former Soviet Union,trans-Atlantic relations,and political-military affairs,Dobriansky held key senior roles in the administrations of five U.S. presidents.
John Thomas Schieffer is an American diplomat and entrepreneur who served as U.S. Ambassador to Australia from 2001 to 2005 and as U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 2005 to 2009.
Ray Lee Hunt is an American billionaire heir and businessman.
Melvin Floyd Sembler was an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Italy (2001–2005),and Ambassador to Australia and Nauru (1989–1993). He has also served as chairman of the board of the Sembler Company,which develops and manages shopping centers,and co-founder of Straight,Inc.,a controversial drug-treatment center. Sembler was the chairman of the Scooter Libby Legal Defense Trust,and was a co-chair of the Florida Finance Committee for Mitt Romney.
Pamela Pitzer Willeford is American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein between 2003 and 2006. She is also notable as being the sole eyewitness of the 2006 hunting incident where then-United States Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot attorney Harry Whittington in the face and chest.
Craig Roberts Stapleton is an American diplomat and businessman. He served as Ambassador to France and the Czech Republic during the administrations of President George W. Bush.
Alan Watson Steelman is an American businessman from Dallas who served as a Republican congressman from Texas between 1973 and 1977.
The George W. Bush Presidential Center,which opened on April 25,2013,is a complex that includes former United States President George W. Bush's presidential library and museum,the George W. Bush Policy Institute,and the offices of the George W. Bush Foundation. It is located on the campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in University Park,Texas,near Dallas. It will be the future resting place of George W. Bush,the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009),and his wife Laura Bush.
Robert W. Jordan is an American lawyer and diplomat. He served as the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2002 to 2003,under President George W. Bush.
The John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies' is an American think tank based in Dallas,Texas,and now associated with Southern Methodist University. The primary mission of the Tower Center is to promote the study of politics and international affairs and to stimulate an interest in ethical public service among undergraduates. The Tower Center is an academic center where all parties and views are heard in a marketplace of ideas,and the Center pursues its mission in a non partisan manner.
Kenneth A. Hersh is an American businessman and financier. He is the former chairman and CEO of NGP Energy Capital Management (NGP),a private equity firm based in Texas. He is the CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas.
Calvin Howard Wilkins Jr. was an American businessman and political fundraiser who served as United States Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Cary McIlwaine Maguire was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was noted for his involvement with Southern Methodist University,whose ethics center bears his name.
Edwin L. Cox was an American businessman.
Robert H. Dedman Sr. (1926–2002) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder and past chairman of ClubCorp.
Thomas Fleetwood Stephenson is an American businessman and a former Ambassador to Portugal.
Ray Willets Washburne is an American businessman,political fundraiser,and government official. He served as President and CEO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation from 2017 to 2019 and as a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board from 2019 to 2020.
Kenneth Suggeet George II is an American businessman,politician and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay from September 2,2019 to January 20,2021.
