The members of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships are responsible for recommending a group of exceptional men and women to the President for selection as White House Fellows.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Michael Beschloss |
Historian |
30-Nov-1955 |
|
The Conquerors |
| Myrna Blyth |
Author |
c. 1939 |
|
Editor-in-Chief, Ladies' Home Journal |
| James E. Bostic, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
EVP at Georgia Pacific, 2001-05 |
| Ari Bousbib |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
President of Otis Elevator |
| Tom Brokaw |
Journalist |
6-Feb-1940 |
|
Former anchor, NBC Nightly News |
| José A. Cabranes |
Judge |
22-Dec-1940 |
|
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Wesley Clark |
Military |
23-Dec-1944 |
|
Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000 |
| Deirdre P. Connelly |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
President of US Operations, Eli Lilly |
| Tom Daschle |
Politician |
9-Dec-1947 |
|
US Senator from South Dakota, 1987-2005 |
| Ronald R. Davenport |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation |
| Midge Decter |
Journalist |
25-Jul-1927 |
|
Neoconservative maven |
| Donald Devine |
Government |
c. 1937 |
|
Director, Office of Personnel Management, 1981-85 |
| Nelson A. Diaz |
Judge |
c. 1947 |
|
Of Counsel, Cozen O'Connor |
| Archie W. Dunham |
Business |
1938 |
|
CEO of Conoco, 1996-2002 |
| Edwin Feulner |
Activist |
12-Aug-1941 |
|
Heritage Foundation founder |
| John W. Gardner |
Administrator |
8-Oct-1912 |
16-Feb-2002 |
Founder of Common Cause |
| Vartan Gregorian |
Educator |
8-Apr-1934 |
|
President of Carnegie Corporation |
| Steven Gunderson |
Politician |
10-May-1951 |
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1981-97 |
| Constance J. Horner |
Government |
24-Feb-1942 |
|
Former Civil Rights Commissioner |
| Nancy Kassebaum |
Politician |
29-Jul-1932 |
|
US Senator from Kansas, 1979-97 |
| Irving Kristol |
Columnist |
22-Jan-1920 |
18-Sep-2009 |
Influential neocon |
| Sammy Lee |
Diver |
1-Aug-1920 |
|
Olympic diver |
| Tom Leppert |
Politician |
22-Mar-1955 |
|
Mayor of Dallas |
| Maya Lin |
Artist |
5-Oct-1959 |
|
Designed Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
| John A. Love |
Politician |
29-Nov-1916 |
21-Jan-2002 |
Governor of Colorado, 1963-73 |
| James Thomas Lynn |
Government |
27-Feb-1927 |
6-Dec-2010 |
US HUD Secretary, 1973-75 |
| William McGurn |
Government |
4-Dec-1958 |
|
Chief speechwriter for Bush, 2005-08 |
| Dana G. Mead |
Business |
1936 |
|
Chairman of MIT Corporation |
| Rita Moreno |
Actor |
11-Dec-1931 |
|
West Side Story, Electric Company |
| Edwin Moses |
Track and Field |
31-Aug-1955 |
|
Olympic hurdler |
| George Muñoz |
Business |
1951 |
|
CEO of OPIC, 1997-2001 |
| Lloyd W. Newton |
Military |
26-Jun-1942 |
|
USAF General |
| Pierre M. Omidyar |
Business |
21-Jun-1967 |
|
Founder of eBay |
| Roger B. Porter |
Educator |
19-Jun-1946 |
|
Professor, Kennedy School of Government |
| George E. Reedy |
Government |
5-Aug-1917 |
21-Mar-1999 |
LBJ's press secretary |
| Sally Ride |
Astronaut |
26-May-1951 |
23-Jul-2012 |
First American woman in space |
| William L. Roper |
Government |
c. 1948 |
|
Director, Centers for Disease Control, 1990-93 |
| Paul Sarbanes |
Politician |
3-Feb-1933 |
|
US Senator from Maryland, 1977-2007 |
| Ruth J. Simmons |
Educator |
3-Jul-1945 |
|
President, Brown University |
| Mary Steenburgen |
Actor |
8-Feb-1953 |
|
Goin' South |
| James Stockdale |
Military |
23-Dec-1923 |
5-Jul-2005 |
H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President |
| Robert S. Strauss |
Diplomat |
19-Oct-1918 |
19-Mar-2014 |
US Ambassador to Russia, 1991-92 |
| Deanell Reece Tacha |
Judge |
26-Jan-1946 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Laurence Tribe |
Attorney |
10-Oct-1941 |
|
Harvard Law Professor |
| Amy Tuck |
Politician |
8-Jul-1963 |
|
Lt. Governor of Mississippi |
| Margaret Bush Wilson |
Activist |
30-Jan-1919 |
11-Aug-2009 |
NAACP Chairman, 1975-83 |
| William Julius Wilson |
Sociologist |
20-Dec-1935 |
|
Poverty in America's inner cities |