Richard Ben-Veniste is an American lawyer. He first rose to prominence as a special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal. He has also been a member of the 9/11 Commission. He is known for his pointed questions and criticisms of members of both the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. In 2017,he became a CNN Legal Analyst.
Matthew Kipling Fong was an American Republican politician who served as the 30th California State Treasurer. He was a government appointee,finance industry director,and consultant after retiring from the Air Force Reserve.
Leonie Helen Milhomme Brinkema is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Nancy Sharon Kissinger is an American philanthropist and socialite,and the wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The couple married on March 30,1974,in Arlington,Virginia.
Mortimer Leo Downey III was the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation from 1993 to 2001,making him the longest-serving person to ever hold the post. Downey was originally appointed to the position at the beginning of the Clinton administration,and additionally served as Acting Secretary of Transportation for the first four days of the Bush administration,from January 21,2001 to January 24,2001. Prior to his service as Deputy Secretary of Transportation,he was executive director and chief financial officer of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA),where he was instrumental in creating and successfully orchestrating the critically,complex and much needed multi-agency capital plan and subsequent updates. During the Carter Administration,from 1977 to 1981,Downey served in the Department of Transportation as Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs. Prior to that appointment,Downey was the first transportation program analyst for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget. He also held various positions at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Lotfollah "Lotfi" Mansouri was an Iranian-born opera director and manager. He was an opera director from about 1960 onwards,and is best known for being the General Director of the Canadian Opera Company and of the San Francisco Opera from 1988 through 2001. In 1992 he became a Chevalier of France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,and the subject of a 1998 biography.
Alexander Semeonovitch Liberman was a Ukrainian-American magazine editor,publisher,painter,photographer,and sculptor. He held senior artistic positions during his 32 years at CondéNast Publications.
Milton Moore Snodgrass,(1931–),American author.
JoséBenjamín Quintero was a Panamanian theatre director,producer and pedagogue best known for his interpretations of the works of Eugene O'Neill.
Robert William Ray is an American lawyer. As the successor to Ken Starr as the head of the Office of the Independent Counsel he investigated and issued the final reports on the Whitewater controversy,the White House travel office controversy,and the White House FBI files controversy. Before that he was Deputy Independent Counsel investigating former Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy and before that Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Stella Pevsner was an American author of children's books and works of young adult literature published since the late 1960s.
Nelson Glueck was an American rabbi,academic and archaeologist. He served as president of Hebrew Union College from 1947 until his death,and his pioneering work in biblical archaeology resulted in the discovery of 1,500 ancient sites.
Malinda Elliott Cramer was a founder of the Church of Divine Science,a healer,and an important figure in the early New Thought movement.
Constance Frye "Connie" Martinson is an American writer and television personality. Since its 1979 debut,she has hosted the syndicated television show Connie Martinson Talks Books,which airs on public television. A member of the National Book Critics Circle and PEN,she writes a column for the free weekly paper Beverly Hills Courier.
Thomas Chastain was an American author of crime fiction. He is best known for his bestseller Who Killed the Robins Family? And Where and When and Why and How Did They Die? as well as the sequel to that work. He was born January 17,1921 and died in September 1994. He served as the president of Mystery Writers of America in 1989. He was also known as Nick Carter and Thomas Chastain,Jr.
Mary M. Duggan was an American children's book author.
Tamara Wilcox [a/k/a Tamara Horrocks,Tamara Wilcox-Smith] was a costume designer,actress,and theatrical producer and director.
Lewis Frumkes is an American educator,humorist and writer. He was born in Brooklyn,New York and attended a number of institutions such as New York University,Trinity College,Columbia University,and Pace University. He earned his B.A. and master's degree in English and philosophy from New York University
Jennifer Zeng is a Chinese-born human rights activist and author,best known for her practice of Falun Gong,the subsequent government suppression of the movement,and the book she wrote about her experience regarding Falun Gong:Witnessing History:One Chinese Woman's Fight for Freedom and Falun Gong.
Clifford Lee Stanley was the United States Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness,having resigned that office in 2011.
