White House Fellows

The White House Fellows program was established by President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964 . President Johnson articulated that the mission of the program was "to give the Fellows first hand, high-level experience with the workings of the federal government and to increase their sense of participation in national affairs." "President Johnson expected the Fellows to 'repay that privilege' when they left by 'continuing to work as private citizens on their public agendas'. He hoped that the Fellows would contribute to the nation as future leaders."

The webpage on the program explains it this way: White House Fellows typically spend a year working as full-time, paid special assistants to senior White House Staff, the Vice President, Cabinet Secretaries and other top-ranking government officials. Fellows also participate in an education program consisting of roundtable discussions with renowned leaders from the private and public sectors, and trips to study U.S. policy in action both domestically and internationally. Fellowships are awarded on a strictly non-partisan basis. cite web |url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/fellows/ |title=White House Fellowships:About the Program |accessdate=2008-06-29 |work= |publisher= |date=June 27, 2008

"The selection process is very competitive," notes [http://www.whitehouse.gov/fellows/about/faq.html the official FAQ] . "There can be as many as 1,000 applicants for the eleven to nineteen fellowships. The White House Fellows Program office processes the applications and former Fellows screen the applications to identify the most promising candidates. Approximately 100 of the most qualified applicants are selected to be interviewed by eight to ten regional panels, which are composed of prominent local citizens. Based on the results of the interviews, the regional panels and the Director select approximately thirty candidates to proceed as National finalists. The President's Commission on White House Fellowships then interviews the thirty candidates and recommends 11-19 outstanding candidates to the President for a one-year appointment as Fellows."

Alumni

* 1965-1966 Tom Johnson; Former Chairman/CEO, CNN
* 1966-1967 Jane Cahill Pfeiffer; Former Chairman, NBC
* 1966-1967 Samuel H. Howard; Senior Vice President, Financial Executives Institute; Chairman, Federation of American Hospitals; Member of Bipartisan Commission on Medicare under President Bill Clinton; Member of Commission on Social Security under President Ronald Reagan; former National Chairman, Easter Seals, Inc.
* 1967-1968 Timothy E. Wirth; President, United Nations Foundation; Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; former Senator, Colorado
* 1968-1969 Robert D. Haas; Chairman/CEO, Levi Strauss & Company
* 1969-1970 Michael H. Armacost; Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow, Asian-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University; former President, The Brookings Institution; former Ambassador to Japan and the Philippines; former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
* 1970-1971 Dana G. Mead; former Chairman/CEO, Tenneco, Inc.
* 1971-1972 Robert C. McFarlane; Chairman and CEO, Energy and Communications Solutions; former National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan; former Counselor to the U.S. Department of State; former Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to President Gerald Ford; former Military Assistant to Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft
* 1971-1972 Deanell R. Tacha; Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
* 1972-1973 Luis G. Nogales; President, Nogales Partners; former CEO, United Press International; former President, Univision
* 1972-1973 Colin L. Powell; Secretary, U.S. Department of State; Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; founding Chairman, America's Promise; General, U.S. Army (ret.)
* 1973-1974 Doris M. Meissner; Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute; former Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service
* 1973-1974 Peter M. Dawkins; Vice Chairman, CitiGroup Private Bank; former Chairman/CEO of Primerica Financial Services, Inc.; Heisman Trophy winner; Brigadier General, U.S. Army (ret.)
* 1973-1974 Frederick S. Benson III; President, U.S. - New Zealand Council; former Vice President, Weyerhaeuser Company
* 1974-1975 Roger B. Porter; Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Former Assistant for Economic and Domestic Policy to President Ronald Reagan.
* 1974-1975 Garrey E. Carruthers; President/CEO, Cimarron Health Plan; ormer Governor of New Mexico
* 1975-1976 Marshall N. Carter; former Chairman/CEO, State Street Bank & Trust Co.
* 1975-1976 Wesley K. Clark; Chairman/CEO, Wesley K. Clark & Associates; General, U.S. Army (ret.); former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
* 1975-1976 Dennis C. Blair; Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret.); President, Institute for Defense Analyses; former Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command
* 1976-1977 Lynn A. Schenk; former Chief Aide and Senior Counselor to former California Governor Gray Davis; former Congresswoman, California
* 1976-1977 Charles A. Ansbacher; Conductor, Boston Landmarks Orchestra
* 1997-1978 Nelson A. Diaz; Partner, Blank Rome LLP; former City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia; former General Counsel, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
* 1979-1980 Anne Cohn Donnelly; former Executive Director, National Commission for Prevention of Child Abuse
* 1979-1980 Marsha J. Evans; President/CEO of American Red Cross; former National Executive Director of the Girl Scouts of the USA; Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret.)
* 1980-1981 Joan Abrahamson; President, The Jefferson Institute; President, Jonas Salk Foundation
* 1980-1981 Thomas J. Campbell; former U.S. Congressman, California
* 1980-1981 Margaret M. McKeown; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
* 1981-1982 Joe L. Barton; U.S. Congressman, Texas
* 1981-1982 Myron E. Ullman; former CEO, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy; former Chairman/CEO, DFS Group, LTD; fFormer Chairman/CEO, R.H. Macy & Company; Chairman & CEO, J.C. Penney
* 1982-1983 William L. Roper; Dean, School of Medicine, Vice Chairman for Medical Affairs, and CEO, UNC Health Care System, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
* 1983-1984 Elaine L. Chao; Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor; former President/CEO, United Way of America; former Director, Peace Corps
* 1984-1985 Rick Stamberger; President and CEO, SmartBrief
* 1986-1987 Paul A. Gigot; Editor, Editorial page, "The Wall Street Journal"
* 1986-1987 William J. Lennox, Jr.; Lt. General, U.S. Army; Superintendent, United States Military Academy
* 1988-1989 Charles Patrick Garcia; Chairman, Board of Visitors, United States Air Force Academy; Hispanic American leader; former CEO, Sterling Financial Group of Companies; best-selling author of "A Message From Garcia"
* 1988-1989 Patrick M. Walsh; United States Navy Admiral, Vice Chief of Naval Operations
* 1990-1991 Samuel D. Brownback; U.S. Senator, Kansas
* 1993-1994 Paul Antony; Chief Medical Officer, PhRMA; Commander, U.S. Navy, Flight Surgeon, Electronic Attack Squadron VAQ-209 "Star Warriors"; Adjunct Faculty, George Washington University Medical Center, Dept of Microbiology, Immunology, & Tropical Medicine
* 1997-1998 Dr. Sanjay Gupta; CNN Senior Medical Correspondent
* 1997-1998 John Burchett; Former Chief of Staff to Governor Jennifer Granholm
* 1998-1999 Juan M. Garcia; District 32, Texas House of Representatives
* 2001-2002 Steve Poizner; California State Insurance Commissioner
* 2002-2003 Dr. Rajeev Venkayya, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Biodefense
* 2002-2003 Daniel Sullivan, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs
* 2002-2003 Richard Greco, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) 2004-06
* 2004-2005 Louis O'Neill, Ambassador to Moldova (OSCE Mission) 2006-2007
* 2005-2006 Eric Greitens, Lieutenant in the Navy Seals, Recipient of the Bronze Star, Chairman of the Center for Citizen Leadership and Public Speaker with the Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau

External links

* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/fellows/ White House Fellow website]