Dillis Charles Knapp papers circa 1920-1981

Drinan, Robert Frederick, 1920-2007

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Robert Frederick Drinan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 15, 1920, to James John and Ann Mary (Flanagan) Drinan. He graduated from Hyde Park High School in 1938 and entered Boston College the same year. He earned his B.A. from Boston College in 1942, later that year entering the Society of Jesus, though he was not ordained until 1953. In the intervening years, Drinan pursued a legal education and earned a M.A. from Boston College in 1947 as well as two law degrees from Georgetown U...

Blatnik, John Anton, 1911-1991

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John Anton Blatnik (August 17, 1911 – December 17, 1991) was a United States Congressman from Minnesota. He was a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), which is affiliated with the Democratic Party. Blatnik graduated from Winona State College in 1935 after which he became an educational advisor for the Superior National Forest Civilian Conservation Corps (1935-1937), taught chemistry at Chisholm High School (1937-1939), and served as Saint Louis County Assistant Superin...

Mikva, Abner J. (Abner Joseph), 1926-2016

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Abner Joseph Mikva (January 21, 1926 – July 4, 2016) was an American politician, federal judge, lawyer and law professor. A member of the Democratic Party, he notably served as the U.S. Representative from Illinois's 2nd (1969-1973) and 10th (1975-1979) congressional districts and as Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1979 to 1994, serving as Chief Judge from 1991 to 1994. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he attended the local public schools the...

Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986

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Jacob Koppel Javits (May 18, 1904 – March 7, 1986) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Javits served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing New York's 21st congressional district from 1947 to 1954, as the 58th Attorney General of New York from 1955 to 1957, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from 1957 until 1981. After graduating from New York University School of Law, he established a law practice in New York City. During World War II, he serv...

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

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Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents separated two weeks after his birth, and his mother took him to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to live with her parents. On February 1, 1916, approximately two years after her divorce was final, Dorothy King married Gerald R. Ford, a Grand Rapids paint salesman. The Fords began calling her son Gerald ...

McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012

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George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American politician, historian, U.S. representative, U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election. McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he was a renowned debater. He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Forces upon the country's entry into World War II and as a B-24 Liberator pilot flew 35 missions over German-occupied Europe from a base in Italy. Among the medals besto...

Kawamoto, Shigeo, 1913-1983

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Cooper, John Sherman, 1901-1991

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Lawyer, politician, U.S. senator, and ambassador. From the description of Letters, 1951-1977. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49211527 Judge, U.S. Senator, Ambassador Cooper was born in Somerset, Ky. and educated in the city's public schools. He was a gifted athlete and president of his senior class. In 1918 he entered Centre College and transferred to Yale University after one year. In 1923 he entered Harvard Law School, but qu...

Gravel, Mike, 1930-.....

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Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel served two terms, from 1969 to 1980, as a United States Senator from Alaska. A native of Massachusetts, he came to Anchorage, Alaska, in 1956, entered the real estate business, and in 1962 was first elected to the Alaska State House of Representatives from District 8, Spenard (Anchorage). From the description of Mike Gravel Papers, 1957-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 314196813 ...

Pacific Northwest Trade Association

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Goodell, Charles E. (Charles Ellsworth), 1926-1987

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Charles Ellsworth Goodell (1926-1987), lawyer, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from upstate New York, 1959-1968, and U.S. Senator, 1968-1971. Although at first he was a conservative Republican, he adopted increasingly liberal views on public policy. After being defeated in his bid to return to the Senate because of his opposition to the Vietnam War, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. and served as chairman of the Presidential Clemency Board which reviewed applications for cle...

Kennedy, Edward Moore, 1932-2009

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Edward Moore Kennedy (b. Feb. 22, 1932, Boston, Mass.-d. Aug. 25, 2009), graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in government in 1956, and received his LL.B. from the University of Virginia in 1959. He served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953. He was elected democratic senator from Massachusetts in 1962, served until his death in August 2009. He was the Assistant District Attorney for Suffolk County from 1961 to 1962, and sought the Democratic nomination for president in 1980....

Bayh, Birch, 1928-....

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The Patent and Trademark Act Amendments of 1980, introduced as the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act and commonly known as the Bayh-Dole Act, were enacted on December 12, 1980 (P.L. 96-517). The Bayh Dole Act established procedures through which universities, small businesses, and non-profit corporations could control intellectual property resulting from federally funded research. Co-sponsored by Senators Birch Bayh of Indiana and Robert Dole of Kansas, it was the culmination o...

Foley, Thomas S. (Thomas Stephen), 1929-2013

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Thomas Stephen Foley (March 6, 1929 – October 18, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Foley represented Washington's fifth district for thirty years (1965–1995). He was the first Speaker of the House since 1862 to be defeated in a re-election campaign. Born in Spokane, Washington, Foley attended Gonzaga University and pursued a legal career after graduating...

Sparkman and McLean Company (Seattle, Wash.)

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Liu, Jung-Chao, 1929-1999

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Pelly, Thomas M. (Thomas Minor), 1902-1973

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Washington state representative Thomas M. Pelly was elected to the 83rd Congress in 1952, and was re-elected to each succeeding Congress until 1972. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives of the first district. Congressman Pelly reached the seniority level of highest ranking Minority Member of both the Subcommittee on Fish and Wildlife Conservation and the busy House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. Of added importance is the fact that he wa...

Proxmire, William

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Dominick, Peter H. (Peter Hoyt), 1915-1981

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Peter Hoyt Dominick (b. July 7, 1915, Stamford, Conn.-d. March 18, 1981, Hobe Sound, Fla.), a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Colorado, graduated from Yale Law School in 1940 and entered the Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet, serving from 1942 to 1945. He practiced law in New York City and in Denver, Colorado, and served in the Colorado State House of Representatives from 1957 to 1961. He was elected as a Republican first to the U.S. Congress from 1961 to 1963, then to the U.S. Senat...

United World College of the Atlantic

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Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968

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Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also referred to by his initials RFK and occasionally by the nickname Bobby, was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He was the brother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Senator Edward Moore Kennedy. Kennedy and his brothers were born into a wealthy,...

Adams, Brock, 1927-2004

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Brockman "Brock" Adams (January 13, 1927 – September 10, 2004) was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Washington at Seattle, in 1949, and received a law degree from Harvard Law School, in 1952. Adams served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, and was admitted to the Washington state bar in 1952, opening a private practice in Seattle, Washington. He taught law at the American Institute of Banking from 1954 to 1960, and served as United States Attorney for the Western...

Tydings, Joseph D. (Joseph Davies), 1928-2018

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Lawyer and former United State Senator from Maryland. From the description of Joseph D. Tydings papers, 1930-1986 (bulk 1964-1970). (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22233155 Joseph Davies Tydings was born on May 4, 1928, in Asheville, North Carolina, to Thomas Cheeseborough and Eleanor Davies Cheeseborough. At the age of six, his mother divorced Cheeseborough; she later married Millard Tydings of Havre de Grace, Maryland, who adopted her s...

Pritchard, Joel M. (Joel McFee), 1925-1997

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Eagleton, Thomas F., 1929-2007

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Senator from Missouri. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Edward Wagenknecht, [no year] Aug. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863912 ...

Robison, Howard W. (Howard Winfield), 1915-1987

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Congressman. Howard W. Robison practiced law in Owego, N.Y., served as county attorney of Tioga County, N.Y. from 1946 until 1956 when he was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of W. Sterling Cole; he was reelected and served in the House of Representatives until his retirement in 1974. From the description of Howard Robison papers, [ca. 1956-1974]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record i...

Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983

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Jackson's tenure in the House was briefly interrupted by service in the U.S. Army. He enlisted in 1943, but was recalled by President Roosevelt to congressional service after basic training. Jackson was assigned to the Government Operations Committee's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, a position which quickly put him at the center of the un-American activities controversies and in the national spotlight. He won recognition ...

Hicks, Floyd V. (Floyd Verne), 1915-1992

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Magnuson, Warren G. (Warren Grant), 1905-1989

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Warren Grant Magnuson (b. April 12, 1905, Moorhead, Minn.-d. May 20, 1989, Seattle, Wash.), a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the State of Washington, graduated from the University of Washington law school in 1929 and served in several local and state-wide political posts until 1936 when he was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Congress. During the Second World War he served in the U.S. Navy attaining the rank of lieutenant commander. He was a member of the Senate from 1944 to 1981, se...

Rarick, John R., 1924-2009

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Harris, Fred R., 1930-....

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U.S. Senator from Oklahoma (1964-1973); b. Fred Roy Harris in Walters, Okla.; graduate of University of Oklahoma;lawyer and resident of Lawton, Okla.; served in state senate and as governor (1962); active in the U.S. Democratic Party; currently lives in New Mexico where is professor of political science at University of New Mexico. From the description of Papers, 1945-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971117 U.S. Senator from Oklahoma (1964-1973); b. Fred Roy Harris in ...

Hansen, Julia Butler, 1907-1988

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Julia Butler Hansen (June 14, 1907 – May 3, 1988), was an author, playwright, and politician. served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1960 to 1974. She was the second woman elected to Congress from Washington. Born Julia Caroline Butler in Portland, Oregon, she attended public school in Washington before moving on to Oregon State College from 1924 to 1926; while working as a dietician and swimming instructor, she graduated from the University of Washington in 193...

McCloskey, Paul N., 1927-

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United States representative from California, 1967-1983. From the description of Paul N. McCloskey papers, 1967-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871978 Biographical Chronology 1927 September 29 Born, Loma Linda, California 1945 1947 Se...

Council on Foreign Relations. Seattle Committee

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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002

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Herman E. Talmadge (1913- ), Georgia Governor (1947-1955) and U.S. Senator (1956-1980), born near McRae, Georgia. From the description of Herman E. Talmadge senatorial papers, 1945-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477028 Herman E. Talmadge (1913- ), Georgia Governor (1947-1955) and United States Senator (1956-1980) born near McRae, Georgia. T. Rogers Wade served as administrative assistant, fund raiser, and chairman of the 1980 U.S. senatorial campaign for Senator Talm...

Knapp, Dillis Charles

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Dillis Charles Knapp was executive director of Pacific Northwest Trade Association, 1947-1963. Earlier he worked as a representative of the American Friends Service Committee. He was associated with the Rotary Club of Seattle, Seattle Committee on Foreign Relations, Seattle Committee for the Atlantic Colleges, and The World Affairs Council of Seattle. From the guide to the Dillis Charles Knapp papers, circa 1920-1981, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collectio...

Gurney, Edward J. (Edward John), 1914-1996

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World Affairs Council of Seattle

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Fukui, Fumimasa, 1934-

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Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011

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Governor of the State of Oregon, 1959-1967. From the description of Selected speeches and other public statements 1959-1967. 1959-1967. (Willamette University). WorldCat record id: 21489565 Mark Odom Hatfield (b. 1922) served as an Oregon state representative from 1951 to 1955; Oregon state senator from 1955 to 1957; Oregon secretary of state from 1957 to 1959; governor of Oregon from 1959 to 1967; and U.S. senator from Oregon beginning 1967. From the description...

Church, Frank

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BIOGRAPHY United States Senator from Idaho. From the guide to the Frank Church Speech, 1960, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.) Rod Gramer was born in Boise in 1953 and graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in history in 1975. He was a journalist with the Idaho Statesman when he began research for a biography of Frank Church in 1978 with fell...

Liu, Tsung Fah

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Huntley, James Robert.

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American international affairs scholar; executive secretary and director, Atlantic Institute, 1960-1965; president, Atlantic Council of the United States, 1983-1985. From the description of James Robert Huntley papers, 1949-2010. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871802 Biographical/Historical Note American international affairs scholar; executive secretary and director, Atlantic Institute, 1960-1965; president, Atlantic ...

Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996

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Governor of Maine, U.S. senator, U.S. secretary of state, of Waterville, Me.; d. 1996. From the description of Christmas card, 1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70926049 United States senator from Maine. From the description of Address : at water symposium, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1966 June 15. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33841361 Politician, governor of Maine, U.S. senator from Maine, and U.S. Secretary of State; d....

Rotary Club of Seattle (Seattle, Wash.)

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Schweiker, Richard S. (Richard Schultz), 1926-

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United States congressman, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. From the description of Correspondence to Edward F. Fry, 1961. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 212908346 Richard Schultz Schweiker was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, in 1926. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the Pennsylvania State College in 1950. Following a ten-year career in manufacturing and sales, Schweiker was elected as a Senator t...