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Becton, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jun-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>FEMA Director, 1985-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/737/000031644/"><font size=-1>Omar Bradley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Feb-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Apr-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Army Chief of Staff</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/572/000055407/"><font size=-1>Smedley Butler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jul-1881</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jun-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Exposed the 1933 coup plot</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/030/000025952/"><font size=-1>Wesley Clark</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Dec-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/130/000349080/"><font size=-1>Martin E. Dempsey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Mar-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/928/000172412/"><font size=-1>Larry R. Ellis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Army Forces Command, 2001-04</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/285/000168778/"><font size=-1>Ronald R. Fogleman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Jan-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>USAF Chief of Staff, 1994-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/994/000028910/"><font size=-1>Lewis B. Hershey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Sep-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-May-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Director of Selective Service System</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/467/000167963/"><font size=-1>Oveta Culp Hobby</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Publisher</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Jan-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Aug-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Houston Post</i> President, 1955-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/701/000204089/"><font size=-1>Dave Hughes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Electronic bulletin boards</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/965/000095680/"><font size=-1>Lowell Jacoby</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Aug-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, 2002-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/248/000129858/"><font size=-1>David C. Jones</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jul-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1978-82</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000169338/"><font size=-1>George A. Joulwan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Nov-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Supreme Allied Commander, 1993-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/888/000170378/"><font size=-1>John P. Jumper</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>USAF Chief of Staff, 2001-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/602/000172086/"><font size=-1>Lyman L. Lemnitzer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Nov-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Supreme Allied Commander, 1963-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/593/000172077/"><font size=-1>John P. McConnell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Feb-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Nov-1986</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>USAF Chief of Staff, 1965-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/856/000169349/"><font size=-1>Carl E. Mundy, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jul-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>USMC Commandant, 1991-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/972/000024900/"><font size=-1>Chester W. Nimitz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Feb-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Feb-1966</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>WWII Commander of US Pacific Navy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/936/000180396/"><font size=-1>Raymond T. Odierno</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Army Chief of Staff</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/253/000171737/"><font size=-1>James B. Peake</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jun-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Secretary of Veterans Affairs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/896/000092620/"><font size=-1>John J. Pershing</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Sep-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jul-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>General of the Armies of the United States</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/649/000022583/"><font size=-1>Colin Powell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Apr-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Secretary of State, 2001-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/133/000349083/"><font size=-1>Dennis J. Reimer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jul-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Army Chief of Staff, 1995-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/592/000172076/"><font size=-1>John D. Ryan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Oct-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>USAF Chief of Staff, 1969-73</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/585/000172069/"><font size=-1>Michael E. Ryan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Dec-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>USAF Chief of Staff, 1997-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/000/000161514/"><font size=-1>Peter Schoomaker</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Feb-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Army Chief of Staff, 2003-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/306/000167802/"><font size=-1>C. R. Smith</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Sep-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Apr-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of American Airlines, 1934-68</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/598/000172082/"><font size=-1>Carl A. Spaatz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jun-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jul-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>USAF Chief of Staff, 1947-48</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/281/000174756/"><font size=-1>Raymond A. Spruance</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jul-1886</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Dec-1969</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Navy Admiral during WWII</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/495/000166994/"><font size=-1>Wesley B. Taylor</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President, Marshall Foundation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/623/000172107/"><font size=-1>Carlisle Trost</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Apr-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chief of Naval Operations, 1986-90</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/597/000172081/"><font size=-1>Nathan F. Twining</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Oct-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Mar-1982</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957-60</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/972/000054810/"><font size=-1>Millard E. Tydings</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Apr-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Feb-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Senator from Maryland, 1927-51</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/136/000349086/"><font size=-1>Carl E. Vuono</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Oct-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Army Chief of Staff, 1987-91</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/595/000172079/"><font size=-1>Thomas D. 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