Council for a Livable World

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Council for a Livable World

ORGANIZATION

"A Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization dedicated to reducing the danger of nuclear weapons". Founded 1962 by Leo Szilard, atomic physicist.

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

Founding Date:
1962

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Hans Bethe Physicist 2-Jul-1906 6-Mar-2005 Atomic scientist

Julian Bond Activist 14-Jan-1940 15-Aug-2015 NAACP Chairman, 1998-2010

Susan Clark Actor 8-Mar-1940 Katherine Papadapolis on Webster

John Densmore Drummer 1-Dec-1944 Drummer for The Doors

Robert Drinan Politician 15-Nov-1920 28-Jan-2007 Jesuit priest, Massachusetts Congressman

John Kenneth Galbraith Economist 15-Oct-1908 29-Apr-2006 Modern economics renegade

Dudley R. Herschbach Chemist 18-Jun-1932 Crossed molecular beam experiments

Douglas Hofstadter Author 15-Feb-1945 Godel, Escher, Bach

Charles Kimbrough Actor 23-May-1936 Jim Dial on Murphy Brown

Leon M. Lederman Physicist 15-Jul-1922 Researcher of neutrinos

Tom Lehrer Comic 9-Apr-1928 Comedic songwriter

Edward B. Lewis Scientist 20-May-1918 21-Jul-2004 Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate

Ellen Malcolm Activist 2-Feb-1947 Founder, EMILY's List

Claiborne Pell Politician 22-Nov-1918 1-Jan-2009 US Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97

Carl Sagan Astronomer 9-Nov-1934 20-Dec-1996 Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos

Adele Simmons Administrator 21-Jun-1941 President, MacArthur Foundation, 1989-99

Alan D. Solomont Business 1957 DNC National Finance Chairman, 1997

Lyman Spitzer, Jr. Astronomer 26-Jun-1914 31-Mar-1997 Father of space telescopes

Leo Szilard Physicist 11-Feb-1898 30-May-1964 Nuclear chain reaction

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