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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

ORGANIZATION

Founded in 1968 by an act of Congress.

Official Website:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/

Founding Date:
1968

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Madeleine Albright
Diplomat
15-May-1937   Bill Clinton's Secretary of State
Harriet C. Babbitt
Diplomat
13-Nov-1947   US Ambassador to OAS, 1993-97
Lawrence Bathgate
Attorney
17-May-1939   GOP activist
James Billington
Historian
1-Jun-1929   13th Librarian of Congress
Kai Bird
Historian
2-Sep-1951   American Prometheus
Julia Chang Bloch
Diplomat
1942   US Ambassador to Nepal, 1989
Avis Bohlen
Diplomat
20-Apr-1940   US Ambassador to Bulgaria, 1996-99
Mary Brown Bullock
Historian
1944   President of Agnes Scott College, 1995-2006
Carol A. Cartwright
Educator
c. 1941   President of Kent State University, 1991-2006
Robin Cook
Novelist
4-May-1940   Coma
Helene Cooper
Journalist
22-Apr-1966   NY Times editorial board
Anthony H. Cordesman
Government
2-Aug-1938   The Lessons of Modern War
Richard Darman
Government
10-May-1943 25-Jan-2008 Carlyle Group member, former OMB Director
Luigi R. Einaudi
Diplomat
1-Mar-1936   Secy. General of the OAS, 2004-05
Mel Estrin
Business
c. 1941   University Research Company
Barbara Hackman Franklin
Government
19-Mar-1940   US Secretary of Commerce, 1992-93
Aaron L. Friedberg
Government
16-Apr-1956   In the Shadow of the Garrison State
Kathryn S. Fuller
Administrator
c. 1946   World Wildlife Fund CEO, 1989-2005
Bruce S. Gelb
Diplomat
24-Feb-1927   US Ambassador to Belgium, 1991-93
Gordon D. Giffin
Diplomat
c. 1949   US Ambassador to Canada, 1997-2001
Tony Gillespie
Diplomat
22-Mar-1935 7-Mar-2008 US Ambassador to Chile, 1988-91
David Girard-diCarlo
Lobbyist
20-Jan-1943   Lobbyist, US Ambassador to Austria
Charles L. Glazer
Business
c. 1943   US Ambassador to El Salvador
Lincoln Gordon
Diplomat
10-Sep-1913 19-Dec-2009 US Ambassador to Brazil, 1961-66
Kathryn Walt Hall
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Austria, 1997-2001
Lee H. Hamilton
Politician
20-Apr-1931   9/11 Commission vice chairman
Jane Harman
Politician
28-Jun-1945   Congresswoman from California, 1993-2011
Anthony S. Harrington
Diplomat
9-Mar-1941   US Ambassador to Brazil, 2000-01
John N. Irwin III
Business
c. 1954   Arizona land baron
Darrell Issa
Politician
1-Nov-1953   Congressman, California 49th
Eli S. Jacobs
Baseball
5-Oct-1937   Former Baltimore Orioles owner
Josef Joffe
Editor
15-Mar-1944   Editor of Die Zeit
Sheldon Kamins
Business
c. 1948   Blum Frank & Kamins
Max Kampelman
Diplomat
7-Nov-1920 25-Jan-2013 US Ambassador to the CSCE
Dennis Kux
Diplomat
11-Aug-1931   US Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, 1986-89
James Langdon
Attorney
?   Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Michael O. Leavitt
Government
11-Feb-1951   US Secretary, Health and Human Services
Fred Malek
Government
22-Dec-1936   Thayer Capital Partners
James Mann
Author
18-Sep-1946   Rise of the Vulcans
John P. Manning
Business
c. 1949   Boston Capital REIT
Jeffrey A. Marcus
Business
13-Oct-1946   Cable TV magnate
J. W. Marriott, Jr.
Business
25-Mar-1932   Billionaire, CEO of Marriott
Harry C. McPherson
Attorney
22-Aug-1929 16-Feb-2012 White House Counsel to Johnson
David A. Metzner
Lobbyist
?   Lobbyist, American Continental Group
William Milam
Diplomat
24-Jul-1936   US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1998-2001
Rod Paige
Government
17-Jun-1933   US Secretary of Education, 2000-04
Michael Pinto-Duschinsky
Scholar
1943   Political scientist
Roger B. Porter
Educator
19-Jun-1946   Professor, Kennedy School of Government
Colin Powell
Government
5-Apr-1937   US Secretary of State, 2001-05
Susan Kaufman Purcell
Scholar
c. 1941   Center for Hemispheric Study
Mitchell B. Reiss
Government
?   Director of Policy Planning, 2003-05
James Reston, Jr.
Author
8-Mar-1941   The Conviction of Richard Nixon
Condoleezza Rice
Government
14-Nov-1954   US Secretary of State, 2005-09
Margaret Milner Richardson
Government
14-May-1943   IRS Commissioner, 1993-97
Nina Rosenwald
Philanthropist
?   Sears Roebuck heiress
George Shultz
Government
13-Dec-1920   US Secretary of State, 1982-89
Ron Silver
Actor
2-Jul-1946 15-Mar-2009 Wiseguy
Lawrence M. Small
Government
14-Sep-1941   Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 2000-07
Shawn H. Smeallie
Government
c. 1959   Lobbyist, American Continental Group
Margaret Spellings
Government
20-Nov-1957   Secretary of Education
Monteagle Stearns
Diplomat
5-Dec-1924   US Ambassador to Greece, 1981-85
Thomas F. Stephenson
Business
c. 1942   US Ambassador to Portugal
Anne Stevens
Business
c. 1948   CEO of Carpenter Technology
Raymond Tanter
Scholar
?   Iran Policy Committee founder
Shibley Telhami
Scholar
c. 1952   Middle East scholar
Peter Terpeluk, Jr.
Diplomat
18-Feb-1948 23-Aug-2011 US Ambassador to Luxembourg, 2002-05
Tommy Thompson
Government
19-Nov-1941   Governor of Wisconsin, 1987-2001
Roger Wallace
Business
?   Lobbyist, Investamex
George Weigel
Activist
1951   Ethics and Public Policy Center
Allen Weinstein
Historian
1-Sep-1937 18-Jun-2015 US National Archivist, 2005-08
Ruth Westheimer
Talk Show Host
4-Jun-1928   4'7" of concentrated sex
Faith Ryan Whittlesey
Diplomat
21-Feb-1939   Twice US Ambassador to Switzerland
Pete Wilson
Politician
23-Aug-1933   Governor of California, 1991-99
Herbert S. Winokur, Jr.
Business
c. 1942   Capricorn Holdings
Howard Wolpe
Government
2-Nov-1939 25-Oct-2011 Congressman from Michigan, 1979-83
Kenneth S. Yalowitz
Diplomat
28-May-1941   US Ambassador to Georgia, 1998-2001


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