John Cunningham Whitehead (b. April 2, 1922), is currently the chairman of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation (WTC Memorial Foundation), and former chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation until he resigned in May of 2006. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation ( LMDC) was formed after the September 11 attacks to plan the reconstruction of Lower Manhattan and distribute Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [1]
Born in Evanston, Illinois his family moved to Montclair, New Jersey when he was two years old. Evanston Illinois is an affluent suburban Chicago Municipality on Lake Michigan on the North Shore in Cook County, Illinois directly Montclair (mɒnʔ kɫeɚ or maŋ kleɚ is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. [2]
Whitehead graduated from Haverford College in 1943 and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, where he commanded one of the landing crafts at Omaha Beach, in the D-Day landing invasion of Normandy. Haverford College is a highly selective private, Coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Omaha Beach was the Code name for one of the principal landing points of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings D-Day may also refer to Decimal Day in the United Kingdom. D-Day is a term often used in Military parlance to denote Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. [3]
Later he joined the prestigious New York investment bank of Goldman Sachs, rising to become chairman over a total period at the firm of 38 years; retiring in 1984 as Co-Chairman and Senior Partner. The Goldman Sachs Group Inc, or simply Goldman Sachs ( is a large global Bank holding company that engages in Investment banking securities
He served as United States Deputy Secretary of State in Ronald Reagan's administration from 1985 to 1989 under George Schultz, and was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Reagan. The Deputy Secretary of State of the United States is the chief assistant to the Secretary of State who is responsible for foreign affairs. The United States Presidency of Ronald Reagan, also known as the Reagan Administration, was a Republican administration headed by George Pratt Shultz (born December 13 1920 served as the United States Secretary of Labor from 1969 to 1970 as the U The Presidential Citizens Medal is the second highest civilian award in the United States awarded by the President of the United States second only to the Presidential In 1996, he was the campaign chairman for Michael Benjamin who ran for a seat in New York's 8th congressional district. WikipediaPersondata --> Michael Benjamin (born November 1, 1969) was born Michael Benjamin Bonheur in New York City, New York's Eighth Congressional District district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City.
He is former Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the United Nations Association, and a former Chairman of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Harvard Board of Overseers. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is the most important of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks of the United States. The United Nations Associations are Non-governmental organizations that exist in various countries to enhance the relationship between the people of a member state and the The Andrew W Mellon Foundation of New York City and Princeton New Jersey in the United States, is a Private foundation with five core areas The Harvard Board of Overseers (more formally The Honorable and Reverend The Board of Overseers) is the second of Harvard University 's two governing boards He is a former director of the New York Stock Exchange and Chairman Emeritus of The Brookings Institution. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington D
He has a long association with the Rockefeller family, having held positions at various times with family-created institutions such as Rockefeller University, the Asia Society (where he is Chaiman Emeritus and Honorary Life Trustee), the Lincoln Center Theater and the WTC Memorial Foundation. The Rockefeller family, the renowned Cleveland family of John D The Rockefeller University is a private University which focuses primarily on basic research in the biomedical fields and offers graduate and postgraduate education The Asia Society is the leading global and pan-Asian organization whose mission is to strengthen relationships and promote understanding among the people leaders and institutions of In these organisations, and previously when he was for a time on the family's powerful Trust Committee, overseeing the family fortune and investments of the Rockefeller Group, the real estate firm that previously owned and managed Rockefeller Center, he became closely associated with David Rockefeller. The Rockefeller Group is a global private company based in New York City, primarily involved in real estate operations in the United States Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st streets in New York City. David Rockefeller Sr (born June 12, 1915) is a prominent American Banker, Statesman, Globalist and the current patriarch
As an alumnus of Haverford College in Pennsylvania, he has had the campus center and the chair of the philosophy department named after him. Haverford College is a highly selective private, Coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University is also named after him. He received an honorary LL.D. from Bates College in 2004. Doctor of Laws ( Latin: Legum Doctor, LLD) is a Doctorate -level Academic degree in Law. Bates College is a private liberal arts college located in Lewiston Maine, in the United States.
He also serves on the board of the International Rescue Committee, an international human rights organization. The International Rescue Committee (IRC is a leading non-sectarian non-governmental international relief and Humanitarian aid organization based in the United Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled In 1987, he was awarded the IRC's Freedom Award, along with Elie Weisel. Elie Wiesel (born Eliezer Wiesel on September 30 1928 in Sighetu Marmaţiei, Romania) is a Jewish writer professor political activist [4] Other recipients of the award have included Winston Churchill, Hubert Humphrey, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Lech Wałęsa, Hamid Karzai, Madeleine Albright, and Václav Havel. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr ( May 27, 1911 &ndash January 13, 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Hamid Karzai ( حامد کرزي, حامد کرزي) (born 24 December 1957) is the current President of Afghanistan, since December Madeleine Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová on May 15, 1937) was the first woman to become United States Secretary of State. Václav Havel, GCB, CC, ( (born October 5, 1936) is a Czech Playwright Writer and Politician Whitehead is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (DESA is a distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. He has been Chairman of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) since July, 2005. The Financial Services Volunteer Corps ("FSVC" was established in 1990 by John C He is also an Advisory Board member for the Partnership for a Secure America, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy. The Partnership for a Secure America ( PSA) is a Non-profit organization is a policy center in the United States.
Whitehead was married to the late pioneering television newswoman, Nancy Dickerson until her death; her son, John Dickerson, the writer, is one of his stepchildren. Nancy Dickerson ( January 19 1927 - October 18, 1997) was an American pioneering radio and television newswoman. John Dickerson may refer to John Dickerson (journalist (b 1968 American journalist John J In 2003, Mr. Whitehead dedicated the Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Community Service Center for Homeless Youth in Southeast Washington, D. C. with a generous gift to Covenant House. Covenant House is the largest privately-funded Childcare agency in the United States providing shelter and service to Homeless and Runaway youth
In 2005, Whitehead published a memoir A Life In Leadership: From D-Day to Ground Zero. [3]
In 2006, Whitehead was one of the most notable Republican donors to the campaign of Joseph Lieberman in his independent re-election campaign for the U. S. Senate. [5]
Notes
- ^ "Whitehead Resigns as LMDC Chairman" @ LMDC - Lower Manhattan. info - May 11, 2006
- ^ "John Whitehead" interview @ Harvard Business School (Adobe Acrobat *. Harvard Business School ( HBS) is a renowned Business school in the United States PDF document)
- ^ a b A Life In Leadership @ Basic Books
- ^ The IRC Freedom Award
- ^ Lightman, David. "GOP Gave Joe A Boost", Hartford Courant, March 19, 2007. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-03-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
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