Records of the Office of the Public Liaison (Clinton Administration), 1993 - 2001. Alexis Herman's Files , ca. 1993 - ca. 1996
Related Entities
There are 49 Entities related to this resource.
Ladner, Joyce Ann, 1943-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hz25ng (person)
Sociologist Joyce Ladner was born in Battles, Mississippi, on October 12, 1943. She attended Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, where she earned her B.A. in sociology in 1964 and went on to Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, to earn a Ph.D. in 1968.At school, she also became involved in the civil rights movement. After earning her Ph.D., Ladner went on to teach at colleges in Illinois; Washington, D.C.; Connecticut; and Tanzania. Ladner published her first book in 1971,Tomorro...
Richardson, Gloria, 1922-2021
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65z4cj8 (person)
Gloria Richardson was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended Howard University and was active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Richardson participated in the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and in 1962, she organized and lead the Cambridge Movement in Maryland. This movement was a years-long series of sit-ins in movie theaters, bowling alleys, and restaurants to desegregate them, and promoted voter registration and equal job opportunities. The Movement w...
Herman, Alexis M. (Alexis Margaret), 1947-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j49jbp (person)
Alexis Margaret Herman (born July 16, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 23rd U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton. Herman was the first African-American to hold the position. Prior to serving as Secretary, she was Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, she graduated from Heart of Mary High School there before attending Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin and Spring Hill Coll...
Thurman, Karen L. (Karen Loveland), 1951-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kt7h24 (person)
Karen L. Thurman (born January 12, 1951) is an American teacher and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 5th Congressional district from 1993 to 2003. Born Karen Loveland in Rapid City, South Dakota, she grew up in Florida, receiving her associate’s degree from Santa Fe Community College in Stark, Florida and BA from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. After graduation, she worked as a middle sch...
Furse, Elizabeth, 1936-2021
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qs5nm3 (person)
Elizabeth Furse (October 13, 1936 – April 18, 2021) was a Kenya Colony-born American small business owner, professor, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999, representing Oregon's 1st congressional district. Furse was the first naturalized U.S. citizen born in Africa to win election to the United States Congress. Born in Nairobi, Kenya Colony, she grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. In 1955, she left South Afri...
Fowler, Tillie K. (Tillie Kidd), 1942-2005
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x06gxc (person)
Tillie Kidd Fowler (December 23, 1942 – March 2, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served in the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. Born in Milledgeville, Georgia, she graduated from Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1960 before earning her undergraduate degree from Emory University, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, in 1964. She earned a law degree from the Emory ...
Patrick, Deval, 1956-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jj7pjd (person)
Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician, civil rights lawyer, author, and businessman who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was the first African American Governor of Massachusetts. A Democrat, Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was briefly a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. ...
Frazer, Victor O., 1943-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qk87hv (person)
Victor O. Frazer (born May 24, 1943) is an American lawyer and former politician, having served as the 3rd elected Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. He attended Fisk University and the Howard University Law School. He was admitted to the bar in New York, Maryland, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Frazer was one of 1...
Fattah, Chaka, 1956-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gg1jcx (person)
Chaka Fattah (born Arthur Davenport; November 21, 1956) is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 2016, and he was succeeded by fellow Democrat Dwight Evans. He previously served in the Pennsylvania Senate and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Fattah grew up in Philadelphia, attending Overbrook High School and the Community College of Philadelphia. He i...
Moseley-Braun, Carol, 1947-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6165791 (person)
Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun (born August 16, 1947), is an American diplomat, politician and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. Prior to her Senate tenure, Moseley Braun was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979 to 1988 and served as Cook County Recorder of Deeds from 1988 to 1992. She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992 after defeating Senator Alan Dixon in a Democratic primary. Moseley Braun ser...
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, 1937-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s002hh (person)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (born June 13, 1937) is an American politician serving as a non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives, representing the District of Columbia. As a non-voting member, Norton may serve on committees, introduce legislation, as well as speak on the House floor; however, she is not permitted to vote on the final passage of any legislation. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Eleanor K. Holmes was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Vela (née...
Wilder, Lawrence Douglas, 1931-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64z6000 (person)
Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African-American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction era, and the first elected African-American governor. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Wilder graduated from Virginia Union University and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He established a legal practice in Richmond after graduating fr...
Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion), 1935-2021
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62628fd (person)
Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr. (August 15, 1935 – March 1, 2021) was an American business executive and civil rights activist who worked for Civil Rights Movement organizations before being chosen by President Bill Clinton as his close adviser. Born in Atlanta, Jordan grew up with his family in the segregated societal cosmos of Atlanta. An honors graduate of David T. Howard High School, he matriculated to DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, graduating in 1957, the only black student in a cla...
Watt, Melvin L. (Melvin Luther), 1945-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qv6vw7 (person)
Melvin Luther Watt (born August 26, 1945) is an American politician who was Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency from 2014 to 2019. He was appointed by President Barack Obama. He is a former United States Representative for North Carolina's 12th congressional district, from 1993 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party. After attending segregated schools in Mecklenburg County, Watt attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a busi...
Scott, Bobby, 1947-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67x73f1 (person)
Robert Cortez Scott (born April 30, 1947) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the dean of Virginia's congressional delegation. The district serves most of the majority-black precincts of Hampton Roads, including all of the independent cities of Franklin, Newport News (where he resides) and Portsmouth, parts of the independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Norfolk and Suffolk an...
Reynolds, Mel, 1952-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wn24pt (person)
Melvin Reynolds (born January 8, 1952) is an American politician from Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995. He resigned in October 1995 after a jury convicted him of sexual assault charges related to sex with an underage campaign worker. Reynolds and his twin brother, Marvin Jerry Reynolds, were born in Mound Bayou, Mississippi to Reverend J. J. Reynolds and Essie Mae Prather. Reynolds moved to Chicago as a child...
Meek, Carrie P. (Carrie Pittman), 1926-2021
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r031p5 (person)
Carrie Pittman Meek (April 29, 1926 - November 28, 2021) was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Florida. She served in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003, representing Florida's 17th congressional district. Meek was born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida. She graduated from Lincoln High School. She remained in north Florida for college and graduated from Florida A&M University (then known as Florida A&M College for Negroes) in 1946. At this time, African...
McKinney, Cynthia, 1955-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dk65z9 (person)
Cynthia Ann McKinney (born March 17, 1955) is an American politician and activist who is an assistant professor at North South University, Bangladesh. As a member of the Democratic Party, she served six terms in the United States House of Representatives. She was the first black woman elected to represent Georgia in the House. She left the Democratic Party and ran in 2008 as the presidential candidate of the Green Party of the United States. In the 1992 election, McKinney was elected in Georg...
Johnson, Eddie Bernice, 1935-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j98qcj (person)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (born December 3, 1935) is an American politician from the state of Texas, currently representing Texas's 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Johnson is a member of the Democratic Party. Born and raised in Waco, Texas, Johnson grew up wanting to work in medicine. She left Texas, which had segregated schools, and attended Saint Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana, where she received a diploma in nursing in 1956. She transferred to ...
Hastings, Alcee L. (Alcee Lamar), 1936-2021
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kb3zr4 (person)
Alcee Lamar Hastings (September 5, 1936 - April 6, 2021) was the U.S. Representative for Florida's 20th congressional district. The district includes most of the majority-black precincts in and around Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. A Democrat, Hastings served as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida until his impeachment and removal for accepting bribes. Born in Altamonte Springs, Florida, Hastings was educated at Howard ...
Clyburn, James, 1940-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vm4n1m (person)
James Enos Clyburn (born July 21, 1940) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina. He has served as House Majority Whip since 2019. He is a two-time Majority Whip, having previously served in the post from 2007 to 2011, and served as House Assistant Minority Leader from 2011 to 2019. Currently in his 15th term as a congressman, Clyburn has served as U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 6th congressional district since 1993. ...
Brown, Corrine, 1946-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tv5g7q (person)
Corrine Brown (born November 11, 1946) is an American former politician and convicted felon, who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida from 1993 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party. After a court-ordered redistricting significantly changed her district, and a federal indictment for corruption, Brown was defeated in the 2016 Democratic primary by Al Lawson, who went on to win Brown's former seat. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Brown earned a bachelor...
Bishop, Sanford, Jr., 1947-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bw86bw (person)
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. (born February 4, 1947) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 2nd congressional district, serving since 1993. He became the dean of Georgia's congressional delegation following the death of John Lewis. As a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, he belongs to the conservative faction of the Democratic Party. His district is located in the southwestern part of the state and includes Albany, Thomasville, and most of Columbus and Macon. Bi...
Blackwell, Lucien, 1931-2003
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6485267 (person)
Lucien Edward Blackwell (August 1, 1931 – January 24, 2003) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1973 to 1975, Philadelphia City Council from 1975 to 1991, and the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995. Born in Whitsett, Fayette County, Pennsylvania on August 1, 1931, he attended West Philadelphia High School for a period before dropping out and taking a job as a dockworker. In 1953, he was drafted in...
Franks, Gary, 1953-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61k28wq (person)
Gary Alvin Franks (born February 9, 1953) is an American politician who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut for six years, from 1991 until 1997. He is the first African-American elected to the U.S. Congress from Connecticut, the first modern black conservative elected to Congress, and the first black Republican elected in sixty years. Franks ran for the United States Senate in 1998, losing to incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Dodd. Franks was born in Water...
Payne, Donald M. (Donald Milford), 1934-2012
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xq7w6j (person)
Donald Milford Payne (July 16, 1934 – March 6, 2012) was an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district from 1989 to 2012. He was a member of the Democratic Party. The district encompassed most of the city of Newark, parts of Jersey City and Elizabeth, and some suburban communities in Essex and Union counties. He was the first African American to represent New Jersey in Congress. Born in Newark, Payne was a 1952 graduate of Barringer High S...
Mfume, Kweisi, 1948-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62g8cpt (person)
Kweisi Mfume (born Frizzell Gerald Gray; October 24, 1948) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 7th congressional district, first serving from 1987 to 1996 and again since 2020. He first left his seat to become the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a position he held from 1996 to 2004. In 2006, he ran for the U.S. Senate seat that was being vacated by Paul Sarbanes, narrowly losing the Democratic primar...
Flake, Floyd H. (Floyd Harold), 1945-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6873644 (person)
Floyd Harold Flake (born January 30, 1945) is the senior pastor of the 23,000 member Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral in Jamaica, Queens, New York, and former president of Wilberforce University. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1987 to 1997. Born in Los Angeles, California, Flake grew up in Houston, Texas as one of fifteen children of Robert Flake, Sr. and Rosie Lee Johnson-Flake. During his childhood, he was influenced by h...
Espy, Mike, 1953-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d5256s (person)
Alphonso Michael Espy (born November 30, 1953) is an American politician who served as the 25th United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1993 to 1994. He was both the first African American and first person from the Deep South to hold the position. A member of the Democratic Party, Espy previously served as the U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district from 1987 to 1993. In March 2018, Espy announced his candidacy for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Th...
Wheat, Alan, 1951-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65t4mcj (person)
Alan Dupree Wheat (born October 16, 1951, San Antonio, Texas) is an American politician from the state of Missouri. His father was James Wheat, an officer and civil engineer in the U.S. Air Force. His mother Emogene (Jean) Wheat was a teacher. Since his father served in the USAF, he grew up in air bases and went to schools in Wichita, Kansas, and Seville in Spain. In 1968, he graduated from Airline High School in Bossier City, Louisiana. Wheat was hired by the Department of Housing and Urban ...
Towns, Edolphus, 1934-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hn60p8 (person)
Edolphus "Ed" Towns, Jr. (born July 21, 1934) is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2013. A Democrat from New York, Towns was Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from 2009 to 2011. During his 30 years in Congress, Towns represented districts based in Brooklyn: first New York's 11th congressional district, from 1983 to 1993, and then the 10th district from 1993 to 2013. On April 16, 2012, Towns announced he woul...
Owens, Major, 1936-2013
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nd6rf2 (person)
Major Robert Odell Owens (June 28, 1936 – October 21, 2013) was an American politician and librarian who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007, representing the New York's 11th and then 12th Congressional district. He was first elected to replace retiring Representative Shirley Chisholm. Owens shepherded the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 through the House. He retired at the end of his term in January 2007 and was succeeded by Yvette Clarke. Owens was...
Hall, Katie, 1938-2012
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sk570m (person)
Katie Beatrice Hall (April 3, 1938 – February 20, 2012) was an American educator in Gary, Indiana, and a politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1982 to 1985. When Hall was sworn into federal office on November 2, 1982, she became the first black woman from Indiana elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Hall represented Indiana's 1st Congressional District in the final months the 97th Congress and an entire two-year term in the 98th Congress from 1983 to 1985. She...
Savage, Gus, 1925-2015
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69707tp (person)
Augustus Alexander "Gus" Savage (October 30, 1925 – October 31, 2015) was an entrepreneur, publisher and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois. Savage was born in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Roosevelt University in Chicago. He served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946 and then worked as a journalist from 1954 to 1979, owning a chain of weekly community newspapers in the Chicago area including the South End Citizen. The Chicago Citiz...
Gray, William H., III, 1941-2013
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62p5sjx (person)
William Herbert Gray III (August 20, 1941 – July 1, 2013) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who represented Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1979 to 1991. He also served as chairman of the House Committee on the Budget from 1985 to 1989 and House Majority Whip from 1989 to 1991. He resigned from Congress in September of that year to become president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund, a position he held until 2004. Born in Ba...
Rangel, Charles B., 1930-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w48mmt (person)
Charles Bernard Rangel (born June 11, 1930) is an American politician who was a U.S. representative for districts in New York from 1971 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-longest serving incumbent member of the House of Representatives at the time of his retirement, serving continuously since 1971. As its most senior member, he was also the Dean of New York's congressional delegation. Rangel was the first African-American Chair of the influential House Ways and Means Co...
Collins, Cardiss, 1931-2013
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d32nwv (person)
Cardiss Hortense Collins (née Robertson; September 24, 1931 – February 3, 2013) was an American politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the fourth African-American woman in Congress and the first to represent the Midwest. Collins was elected to Congress in the June 5, 1973 special election to replace her husband, George, who had died in the December 8, 1972 United Airlines Flight 553 plane cras...
Cousin, Ertharin, 1957-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s57gc2 (person)
Ertharin Cousin is a Visiting Scholar at the Center on Food Security and the Environment. She is also a distinguished fellow of global agriculture at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She previously served as executive director of the World Food Programme from 2012 until 2017. In this role, Cousin led the world’s largest humanitarian organization with 14,000 staff serving 80 million vulnerable people across 75 countries. Cousin possesses more than 30 years of national and international n...
Lane, David J., 1960-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c35kvd (person)
David J. Lane (born 1960) is an American diplomat. He notably served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, serving in Rome, Italy, and chief of the United States Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome. Before that he held several positions in the U.S. federal government and with philanthropic organizations, including being President and Chief Executive Officer of the ONE Campaign. Growing up in Indialantic, Florida, Lane received a Bachelor of Arts degree fro...
Yzaguirre, Raul Humberto, 1939-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61n9bc5 (person)
Raul Humberto Yzaguirre (born July 22, 1939) is an American civil rights activist and diplomat. He served as the president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza from 1974 to 2004 and as U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic from November 2010 to May 2013. A native of San Juan, Texas, Yzaguirre served four years in the U.S. Air Force’s Medical Corps after graduating from high school in 1958. In 1963, he enrolled at the University of Maryland on the G.I. Bill and planned to study medi...
Schultz, Eric T., 1959-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v22v45 (person)
Eric T. Schultz (born 1959) is a retired American diplomat. He notably served as U.S. Ambassador to Zambia (2014-2017). After graduating with honors from Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota in 1982 and completing an M.A. in International Studies at Denver University in 1987, Schultz entered the Foreign Service. His first posting was as General Services Officer in Antananarivo, Madagascar from 1987 to 1989. Next, he served as Vice Consul and General Services Officer in Paris, France from 1...
Patterson, Anne Woods, 1949-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qp6x31 (person)
Anne Woods Patterson (born October 4, 1949) is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. She served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from 2013 to 2017. She previously served as U.S. Ambassador to Egypt (2011-2013), U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (2007-2010), acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2005), U.S. Ambassador to Colombia (2000-2003), and U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador (1997-2000). Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Patterson attended The Hoc...
Pasi, Geeta, 1962-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vf7ntb (person)
Ms. Geeta Pasi, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, has served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary since October 22, 2018. Ms. Pasi served as U.S. Ambassador to Chad from 2016-2018 and as U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti from 2011 to 2014. She previously served as the Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments in the Bureau of Human Resources at the Department of State. Ms. Pasi was also the Director of the Office of East African Affairs in the Bureau of African Af...
Martínez, Vilma Socorro, 1943-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61w7w0h (person)
Vilma Socorro Martínez (born October 17, 1943) is an American lawyer, civil rights activist and diplomat who formerly served as the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina (2009-2013). Vilma Socorro Martínez was born to Marina and Salvador Martínez, a Mexican American couple living in San Antonio, Texas. She studied at the University of Texas at Austin. After receiving her bachelor's degree, Martínez went on to Columbia Law School and graduated in 1967. Vilma Socorro Martínez then joined the NAACP Le...
Kennard, William Earl, 1957-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s182gf (person)
William Earl Kennard (born January 19, 1957) is an American attorney who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union (2009–13) and chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (1997–2001). Mr. Kennard currently is non-executive chairman and co-founder of Velocitas Partners LLC, an asset management firm and is also a member of the Operating Executive Board of Staple Street Capital, a private equity firm. He serves on the boards of directors of AT&T, Inc., MetLife, Inc. and Duke ...
Beyer, Donald Sternoff, 1950-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j75611 (person)
Congressman Don Beyer is serving his third term as the U.S. Representative from Virginia’s 8th District, representing Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church, and parts of Fairfax County. He serves on the House Committees on Ways and Means and Science Space and Technology, and is a Co-Chair of the New Democrat Coalition's Climate Change Task Force. He was the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1998, and was Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein under President Obama. Rep. Beyer’s ...
Aponte, Mari Carmen, 1946-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kt7fw2 (person)
Mari Carmen Aponte is a Washington DC-based attorney who was named acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs on May 5, 2016, serving until January 20, 2017. Before this post, she served as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, a position she first held from August 2010 until December 2011 and then from June 14, 2012, until December 2015. Born in 1946 and raised in the Santurce district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Aponte earned a B.A. in Political Science at Rosemont College i...
Rooney, Dan, 1932-2017
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6230qgf (person)
Daniel Milton Rooney (July 20, 1932 – April 13, 2017) was an American executive and diplomat best known for his association with the Pittsburgh Steelers, an American football team in the National Football League (NFL), and son of the Steelers' founder, Art Rooney. He held various roles within the organization, most notably as president, owner and chairman. Rooney implemented a philosophy and management style that emphasized open, practical and efficient management. The Steelers were very succ...
Rush, Bobby L. (Bobby Lee), 1946-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w616569m (person)
United States Representative Bobby L. Rush is a transcendent and influential American leader who keeps his legislative and policy interests focused on the needs of his constituents in the 1st Congressional District of Illinois, with an emphasis on the most vulnerable and the communities that feel left behind. He believes deeply in the redemptive power of the human spirit and in human ingenuity and tenacity. In office since 1993, Rush stands on the shoulders of a long line of patriots and public ...
