Denver is a consolidated city and county,the capital,and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census,a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. It is the principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood metropolitan statistical area,the most populous metropolitan statistical area in Colorado and the first city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.
Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White was an American lawyer,jurist,and professional football player who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1962 until 1993. By his retirement,he was its only sitting Democrat and the last-living member of the progressive Warren Court.
Highlands Ranch is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Douglas County,Colorado,United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood,CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Highlands Ranch CDP was 105,631 at the 2020 census,making it the most populous unincorporated community in the State of Colorado. The Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District provides services to the community,which lies in ZIP Codes 80126,80129,80130,and 80163.
Philip Aloysius Hart was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat,he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death from cancer in Washington,D.C. in 1976. He was known as the "Conscience of the Senate". The Hart Senate Office Building is named in his honor.
Robert James Nicholson is an attorney,real estate developer,and a former Republican National Committee chairman. He was the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from January 26,2005,until October 1,2007.
The 1972 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7,1972,to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 93rd United States Congress. This was the first election held after the 1970 United States redistricting cycle. It coincided with the landslide reelection victory of President Richard M. Nixon. Nixon's Republican Party managed to gain a net of twelve House of Representatives seats from the Democratic Party,although the Democrats retained a majority.
Edward Prentiss Costigan was a Democratic Party politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1931 to 1937. He was a founding member of the Progressive Party in Colorado in 1912.
Jefferson Caffery was an American diplomat. He served as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador (1926–1928),Colombia (1928–1933),Cuba (1934–1937),Brazil (1937–1944),France (1944–1949),and Egypt (1949–1955).
Rashid Ismail Khalidi is a Palestinian-American historian of the Middle East and the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He served as editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies from 2002 until 2020,when he became co-editor with Sherene Seikaly.
Laurence Curtis was an American attorney and Republican Party politician from Massachusetts.
Charles "Chas" W. Freeman Jr. is an American retired diplomat and writer. He served in the United States Foreign Service,the State and Defense Departments in many different capacities over the course of thirty years. Most notably,he worked as the main interpreter for Richard Nixon during his 1972 China visit and served as the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989 to 1992,where he dealt with the Gulf War.
David Maclain Hale is an American diplomat and career ambassador,who previously served as the United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. He is currently a Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow at the Wilson Center,on detail from the Department of State.
Rick Francona is an author,commentator and media military analyst. He is a retired United States Air Force intelligence officer with experience in the Middle East,including tours of duty with the National Security Agency,the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency. He was under contract to NBC News and appeared regularly on NBC,MSNBC and CNBC,as well as Radio Canada and other media. In 2013,he became a military analyst with CNN.
James Mark Wilcox was a U.S. Representative from Florida. He is remembered as the author of the Wilcox Municipal Bankruptcy Act,which became law in 1934,a bill which initially allowed a city in his district,West Palm Beach,to adjust its bonded indebtedness and avoid bankruptcy. It was later invoked to help New York City avoid bankruptcy in 1972.
Francis Joseph Ricciardone Jr. is a former President of the American University in Cairo. Ambassador Ricciardone was the United States ambassador to Turkey between 2011 and 2014. Previously he was Deputy Ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul,Afghanistan. He was also on leave from the U.S. Department of State as a guest scholar at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He has served as U.S. Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt (2005–2008),the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Palau (2002–2005). As a career member of the Senior Foreign Service,he received U.S. government and other organization awards for his work in foreign policy and program management,political reporting and analysis,and peacekeeping.
Robert Halsey Pelletreau Jr. is an American former diplomat who was United States Ambassador to Bahrain (1979–1980),Tunisia (1987–1991),and Egypt (1991–1993),as well as the former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. He currently sits on the U.S. Advisory Council of the Israel Policy Forum. He is also a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations.
Philip H. Gordon is an American diplomat and foreign policy professional. Since March 21,2022,he has served as Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States,Kamala Harris. Earlier in his career,he was Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (2009–2011) and Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East,North Africa,and the Persian Gulf Region (2013–2015) during the presidency of Barack Obama.
Grenville Temple Emmet was an American attorney and diplomat. He practiced law with Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as United States Ambassador to the Netherlands and Austria.
Howard Jenkins Jr. was an American lawyer,professor of law,and civil servant. Appointed by President John F. Kennedy,he was the first African American to serve on the National Labor Relations Board where he served for 20 years under six presidents. Following the passage of the Landrum-Griffin Act,Jenkins served as the Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Management Reports where he was the highest-ranking African American lawyer working in the federal government.
Philip Jacob Weiser is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the 39th Attorney General of Colorado since 2019. He is the Hatfield Professor of Law and Telecommunications,executive director and Founder of the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law,Technology,and Entrepreneurship,and Dean Emeritus at the University of Colorado Law School. He previously served in the Obama and Clinton Administrations in the White House and Justice Department. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected Attorney General for the State of Colorado in the 2018 election,defeating Republican George Brauchler on November 6,2018. He was re-elected in 2022.
