| |  Robert Perkins Bass (1873-1960) — also known asRobert P. Bass — of Peterborough,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,September1, 1873.Farmer;member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1905-09; member ofNewHampshire state senate 15th District, 1909-10;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1911-13.Member,Council on Foreign Relations;AmericanForestry Association.Died in Peterborough,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,July 29,1960 (age86 years, 332days).Interment atPineHill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H. | | William McCormick Blair Jr. (1916-2015) — of Illinois. Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October24, 1916.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;administrative and executive assistant toAdlaiE. Stevenson, 1950-55; U.S. Ambassador toDenmark, 1961-64;Philippines, 1964-67.Member,Council on Foreign Relations;PhiDelta Phi.Died in New York,August28, 2015 (age98 years, 308days).Burial location unknown. | | Frank Cicero Jr. (b. 1935) — of Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,November30, 1935.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention 1st District,1969-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1972.Presbyterian.Member,Order ofthe Coif;Council on Foreign Relations.Still living as of 1972. | | Richard Crane (1882-1938) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Westover, Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born inDenver,Colo.,August12, 1882.Democrat. President, Crane Valve Company, Chicago, 1910-14; privatesecretary to U.S. Secretary of StateRobertLansing, 1915-19; U.S. Minister toCzechoslovakia, 1919-21; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Virginia,1924(alternate),1928(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization);real estatebusiness.Member,Council on Foreign Relations. DiedOctober3, 1938 (age56 years, 52days).Interment atWestover Plantation Cemetery, Charles City County, Va.  | Jesse Louis Jackson (b. 1941) — also known asJesse L. Jackson;"Thunder" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,October8, 1941.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1972;speaker,1984,1988;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1984,1988;delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,1996.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Council on Foreign Relations;OmegaPsi Phi.Civil rights leader; associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.;recipient of theSpingarnMedal in 1989.Still living as of 2021.  | Meyer Kestnbaum (1896-1960) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1896.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Hart,Schaffner and Marx,clothingmanufacturers, from 1941; director, Chicago and North WesternRailway;chair, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55; specialassistant to Pres.DwightD. Eisenhower, 1955-60; accompanied Vice PresidentRichardM. Nixon on an official visit to Moscow, 1959.Jewish. Member,Council on Foreign Relations.Died, from aheartattack, in hisoffice,in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December14, 1960 (age64 years, 44days).Interment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | | William Henry Luers (b. 1929) — Born in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,May 15,1929.U.S. Vice Consul inNaples, 1957-60; U.S. Ambassador toVenezuela, 1978-82;Czechoslovakia, 1983-86.Episcopalian.Member,Council on Foreign Relations.Still living as of 2014. | | Charles Harting Percy (1919-2011) — also known asCharles H. Percy — of Kenilworth,CookCounty, Ill.; Wilmette,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,September27, 1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Presidentand CEO, Bell & Howell, 1949-63; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1960(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1964,1968,1972;candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1964;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1967-85; defeated, 1984.Member,Council on Foreign Relations;PhiDelta Phi;AlphaDelta Phi.DiedSeptember17, 2011 (age91 years, 355days).Burial location unknown. | | Leland H. Rayson (1921-2001) — of Tinley Park,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Oak Park,CookCounty, Ill.,August23, 1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1960;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1965-77 (at-large 1965-67, 9thDistrict 1967-77).Methodist.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;Council on Foreign Relations.Died, ofmetastaticmelanoma, in Stuart,MartinCounty, Fla.,January8, 2001 (age79 years, 138days).Burial location unknown. | | William Robert Rivkin (1919-1967) — also known asWilliam R. Rivkin — of Illinois. Born in Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa,1919.Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador toLuxembourg, 1962-65;Senegal, 1966-67, died in office 1967;Gambia, 1966-67, died in office 1967.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Council on Foreign Relations.Died, of aheartattack, in Dakar,Senegal,March19, 1967 (ageabout 47years).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | George Pratt Shultz (1920-2021) — also known asGeorge P. Shultz — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December13, 1920.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;economist;universityprofessor;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1969-70;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-74;U.S.Secretary of State, 1982-89; survived anassassinationattempt in South America, August 1988; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom, 1989.Episcopalian.Member,Council on Foreign Relations;AmericanEconomic Association.Died in Stanford,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,February6, 2021 (age100 years,55 days).Interment atDawes Cemetery, Cummington, Mass. | | James William Spain (1926-2008) — also known asJames W. Spain — of Florida;Washington,D.C.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,July 22,1926.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inKarachi, 1951; U.S. Consul General inIstanbul, 1970-72; U.S. Ambassador toTanzania, 1975-79;Turkey, 1980-81;Sri Lanka, 1985-89;Maldive Islands, 1985-89.Member,Council on Foreign Relations. Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,January2, 2008 (age81 years, 164days).Burial location unknown.  | Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1835-1914) — also known asAdlai E. Stevenson — of Metamora,WoodfordCounty, Ill.; Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.Born inChristianCounty, Ky.,October23, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois,1864;U.S.Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1875-77, 1879-81;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1884,1892;VicePresident of the United States, 1893-97; defeated, 1900;candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1908.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons;Council on Foreign Relations;PhiDelta Theta.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,June 14,1914 (age78 years, 234days).Interment atEvergreenMemorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.  | Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900-1965) — also known asAdlai E. Stevenson — of Libertyville,LakeCounty, Ill.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February5, 1900.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1948(member,CredentialsCommittee),1952,1956,1960;Governorof Illinois, 1949-53; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1952, 1956; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1960;U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1961-65, died in office 1965.Unitarian.Member,Council on Foreign Relations.While walking withMariettaTree, he was stricken with aheartattack, and died soon after, in St. George'sHospital,London,England,July14, 1965 (age65 years, 159days).Interment atEvergreenMemorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.| |  Relatives: SonofLewisGreen Stevenson and Helen Louise (Davis) Stevenson; married,December1, 1928, to Ellen Borden; father ofAdlaiEwing Stevenson III; grandson ofAdlaiEwing Stevenson andLetitiaStevenson; great-grandnephew ofSpeedSmith Fry; second great-grandnephew ofJohnSpeed Smith; fourth great-grandson ofJohnFry; fifth great-grandson ofJoshuaFry; first cousin twice removed ofJamesStevenson Ewing andWilliamGillespie Ewing; first cousin thrice removed ofJamesSpeed andGreenClay Smith; second cousin once removed of McLean Stevenson;second cousin twice removed ofWilliamChristian Bullitt (1856-1914),WilliamMarshall Bullitt andAlexanderScott Bullitt; second cousin five times removed ofRobertPryor Henry,JohnFlournoy Henry,GustavusAdolphus Henry andThomasStanhope Flournoy; third cousin once removed ofWilliamChristian Bullitt (1891-1967); third cousin thrice removed ofRobertGoodloe Harper Speed. | | | | Political families:Clayfamily of Kentucky;Bullittfamily;Fryfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamMcCormick Blair, Jr. —DanielWalker —JohnBrademas —JohnBartlow Martin | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Adlai Stevenson: JeffBroadwater,AdlaiStevenson and American Politics : The Odyssey of a Cold WarLiberal — Porter McKeever,AdlaiStevenson: His Life and Legacy — Scott Farris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Carl Albert Center (viaWikipedia) |
| | Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (b. 1930) — also known asAdlai E. Stevenson III — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October10, 1930.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; memberofIllinoisstate house of representatives at-large, 1965-67;Illinoisstate treasurer, 1967-70;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1970-81; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1972;candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1982, 1986.Member,Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2014. | | Richard Salisbury Williamson (1949-2013) — also known asRichard S. Williamson — of Kenilworth,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.,May 9,1949.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1992;IllinoisRepublican state chair, 1999-2001; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Illinois,2008.Member,Council on Foreign Relations. Died, from complications of acerebralhemorrhage, in EvanstonHospital,Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.,December8, 2013 (age64 years, 213days).Burial location unknown. | | Sidney Richard Yates (1909-2000) — also known asSidney R. Yates — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August27, 1909.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1949-63, 1965-99;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1962; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1964,1996.Jewish. Member,Council on Foreign Relations;American BarAssociation.Died, ofkidneyfailure and complications ofpneumonia,in SibleyHospital,Washington,D.C.,October5, 2000 (age91 years, 39days).Interment atMemorialPark Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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