Hillary Rodham Clinton

Born 1947
Politician

Hillary Rodham Clinton, currently serving as the 67th Secretary of State, has spent her distinguished career as a public servant championing human rights and democracy. Her 1995 Beijing speech declared that “human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights,” a sentiment that inspired advocates of women’s rights worldwide. Clinton has also dedicated much attention to children’s rights, specifically toward improving adoption and foster care systems, providing health to care to children, and reducing teen pregnancy. She is the first First Lady to be elected to the Senate, has served on numerous Senate committees, and has collaborated with GU professor and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to launch an initiative that will provide training and organization to women leaders across the globe.

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John Newton Mitchell

September 15, 1913 - November 9, 1988
Attorney General

John Newton Mitchell was the U.S. Attorney General from 1969 to 1972, when he resigned to chair the committee for the reelection of President Nixon. He served in the US Navy during World War II and was a member of the American Bar Association.

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James William Fulbright

April 9, 1905 - February 10, 1995
Politician and Creator of the Fulbright Scholarship

Arkansas senator and educator James William Fulbright was a post-World War II internationalist who fought against an American retreat into isolationism. He served in the US Congress from 1945 to 1974, where he was the longest serving Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and also served as Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency. Senator Fulbright’s most significant legacy is the Fulbright program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, which was established to increase mutual understanding between the people of the US and other countries through the exchange of knowledge and skills. The Fulbright program distributes competitive, merit-based grants to students, scholars, teachers, professionals, artists, and scientists to travel on international exchange. The Fulbright program provides 8,000 grants annually, and it is quite prestigious in its design and awardees; 43 Fulbright scholars have gone on to earn the Nobel Prize, while 78 have gone on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Senator Fulbright received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993.

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