American Council of Trustees and Alumni

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American Council of Trustees and Alumni

ORGANIZATION

Founded 1995.

"The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) is a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt, nonprofit, educational organization committed to academic freedom, excellence and accountability at America's colleges and universities."

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

Location:
Washington, DC

Founding Date:
1995

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Jacques Barzun Historian 30-Nov-1907 25-Oct-2012 From Dawn to Decadence

Saul Bellow Novelist 10-Jun-1915 5-Apr-2005 The Adventures of Augie March

William Bennett Government 31-Jul-1943 Former Drug Czar and gambling man

Lynne Cheney First Lady 14-Aug-1941 Wife of US Vice President Dick Cheney

Ward Connerly Activist 15-Jun-1939 Connerly & Associates

Edward Cox Attorney 2-Oct-1946 Nixon's son-in-law

Georgie Anne Geyer Journalist 2-Apr-1935 Foreign correspondent turned columnist

C. Boyden Gray Government 6-Feb-1943 Conservative activist, lobbyist

Gertrude Himmelfarb Historian 8-Aug-1922 Victorian Minds

Judith Richards Hope Attorney c. 1940 Pinstripes and Pearls

Max Kampelman Diplomat 7-Nov-1920 25-Jan-2013 US Ambassador to the CSCE

Irving Kristol Columnist 22-Jan-1920 18-Sep-2009 Influential neocon

Richard Lamm Politician 12-Sep-1935 Governor of Colorado, 1975-87

Leslie Lenkowsky Government 30-Mar-1946 Philanthropic Studies

Joseph Lieberman Politician 24-Feb-1942 Former US Senator from Connecticut

Hans Mark Physicist 17-Jun-1929 US Air Force Secretary, 1979-81

Jerry L. Martin Educator ? American Council of Trustees & Alumni

Ed Meese Government 2-Dec-1931 US Attorney General, 1985-88

Philip Merrill Publisher 28-Apr-1934 10-Jun-2006 Capital Gazette Communications

Marty Peretz Publisher c. 1937 Co-Owner, The New Republic

James R. Schlesinger Government 15-Feb-1929 27-Mar-2014 Served Nixon, Ford, Carter

Laurence H. Silberman Judge 12-Oct-1935 US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1975-77

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