- 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 , theVice 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
* 1966-1967Jane Cahill Pfeiffer ; Former Chairman,NBC
* 1966-1967Samuel H. Howard ; Senior Vice President,Financial Executives Institute ; Chairman,Federation of American Hospitals ; Member ofBipartisan Commission on Medicare under PresidentBill Clinton ; Member ofCommission on Social Security under PresidentRonald Reagan ; former National Chairman,Easter Seals, Inc.
* 1967-1968Timothy E. Wirth ; President,United Nations Foundation ; Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; former Senator,Colorado
* 1968-1969Robert D. Haas ; Chairman/CEO,Levi Strauss & Company
* 1969-1970Michael H. Armacost ;Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow ,Asian-Pacific Research Center ,Stanford University ; former President,The Brookings Institution ; formerAmbassador toJapan and thePhilippines ; formerUndersecretary of State for Political Affairs
* 1970-1971Dana G. Mead ; former Chairman/CEO,Tenneco, Inc.
* 1971-1972Robert C. McFarlane ; Chairman and CEO,Energy and Communications Solutions ; former National Security Advisor to PresidentRonald Reagan ; former Counselor to theU.S. Department of State ; former Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to PresidentGerald Ford ; former Military Assistant toHenry Kissinger andBrent Scowcroft
* 1971-1972Deanell R. Tacha ;Judge ,United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
* 1972-1973Luis G. Nogales ; President,Nogales Partners ; former CEO,United Press International ; former President,Univision
* 1972-1973Colin L. Powell ; Secretary,U.S. Department of State ; Former Chairman,Joint Chiefs of Staff ; founding Chairman,America's Promise ; General,U.S. Army (ret.)
* 1973-1974Doris M. Meissner ;Senior Fellow ,Migration Policy Institute ; former Commissioner,Immigration and Naturalization Service
* 1973-1974Peter M. Dawkins ; Vice Chairman,CitiGroup Private Bank ; former Chairman/CEO ofPrimerica Financial Services , Inc.;Heisman Trophy winner;Brigadier General ,U.S. Army (ret.)
* 1973-1974Frederick S. Benson III ; President,U.S. - New Zealand Council ; former Vice President,Weyerhaeuser Company
* 1974-1975Roger B. Porter ;Professor ,John F. Kennedy School of Government ,Harvard University ; Former Assistant forEconomic and Domestic Policy to PresidentRonald Reagan .
* 1974-1975Garrey E. Carruthers ; President/CEO,Cimarron Health Plan ; ormerGovernor of New Mexico
* 1975-1976Marshall N. Carter ; former Chairman/CEO,State Street Bank & Trust Co.
* 1975-1976Wesley K. Clark ; Chairman/CEO,Wesley K. Clark & Associates ;General ,U.S. Army (ret.); formerSupreme Allied Commander ,Europe
* 1975-1976Dennis C. Blair ;Admiral ,U.S. Navy (ret.); President,Institute for Defense Analyses ; formerCommander in Chief ,U.S. Pacific Command
* 1976-1977Lynn A. Schenk ; former Chief Aide and Senior Counselor to formerCalifornia GovernorGray Davis ; formerCongresswoman , California
* 1976-1977Charles A. Ansbacher ; Conductor,Boston Landmarks Orchestra
* 1997-1978Nelson A. Diaz ; Partner,Blank Rome LLP ; formerCity Solicitor , City ofPhiladelphia ; formerGeneral Counsel ,U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
* 1979-1980Anne Cohn Donnelly ; former Executive Director,National Commission for Prevention of Child Abuse
* 1979-1980Marsha J. Evans ; President/CEO ofAmerican Red Cross ; former National Executive Director of theGirl Scouts of the USA ;Rear Admiral , U.S. Navy (ret.)
* 1980-1981Joan Abrahamson ; President,The Jefferson Institute ; President,Jonas Salk Foundation
* 1980-1981 Thomas J. Campbell; formerU.S. Congressman ,California
* 1980-1981Margaret M. McKeown ;Judge ,U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
* 1981-1982Joe L. Barton ;U.S. Congressman ,Texas
* 1981-1982Myron 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
* 1982-1983William L. Roper ; Dean,School of Medicine , Vice Chairman forMedical Affairs , and CEO,UNC Health Care System ,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
* 1983-1984Elaine L. Chao ; Secretary,U.S. Department of Labor ; former President/CEO,United Way of America ; former Director,Peace Corps
* 1984-1985Rick Stamberger ; President and CEO,SmartBrief
* 1986-1987Paul A. Gigot ; Editor,Editorial page , "The Wall Street Journal "
* 1986-1987William J. Lennox, Jr. ;Lt. General , U.S. Army; Superintendent,United States Military Academy
* 1988-1989Charles 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"
* 1988-1989Patrick M. Walsh ;United States Navy Admiral ,Vice Chief of Naval Operations
* 1990-1991Samuel D. Brownback ; U.S. Senator,Kansas
* 1993-1994Paul 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
* 1997-1998Dr. Sanjay Gupta ;CNN Senior MedicalCorrespondent
* 1997-1998 John Burchett; Former Chief of Staff to GovernorJennifer Granholm
* 1998-1999Juan M. Garcia ; District 32,Texas House of Representatives
* 2001-2002Steve 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
* 2004-2005Louis O'Neill , Ambassador to Moldova (OSCE Mission) 2006-2007
* 2005-2006Eric Greitens , Lieutenant in the Navy Seals, Recipient of theBronze Star , Chairman of theCenter for Citizen Leadership and Public Speaker with the Leading Authorities Speakers BureauExternal links
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/fellows/ White House Fellow website]
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