Jamestown Foundation

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Jamestown Foundation

ORGANIZATION

Formed 1984 by William Geimer, "to inform and educate policy makers and the broader policy community about events and trends in those societies which are strategically or tactically important to the United States and which frequently restrict access to such information."

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

Founding Date:
1984

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Zbigniew Brzezinski Government 28-Mar-1928 National Security Advisor, 1977-81

James H. Burnley IV Government 30-Jul-1948 US Secretary of Transportation, 1987-89

Dick Cheney Politician 30-Jan-1941 US Vice President, 2001-09

Tom Clancy Novelist 12-Apr-1947 1-Oct-2013 The Hunt for Red October

Midge Decter Journalist 25-Jul-1927 Neoconservative maven

Patrick W. Gross Business 15-May-1944 Co-Founder, American Management Systems

Henry Hyde Politician 18-Apr-1924 29-Nov-2007 Congressman from Illinois, 1975-2007

Robert H. Krieble Philanthropist 1916 8-May-1997 Loctite Corporation

John McCain Politician 29-Aug-1936 US Senator from Arizona

Sam Nunn Politician 8-Sep-1938 US Senator from Georgia, 1972-97

Alfred Regnery Publisher 21-Nov-1942 The American Spectator

Donald Rumsfeld Government 9-Jul-1932 US Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 and 2001-06

Michael Scheuer Spy c. 1952 Imperial Hubris

Jay Van Andel Business 3-Jun-1924 7-Dec-2004 Amway billionaire

Clayton K. Yeutter Government 10-Dec-1930 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1989-91

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