Witness List

WITNESSES TO HISTORY: AMERICANPOSITIONS HELD DURING EISENHOWER’S PRESIDENTIAL YEARS
John G. AdamsAttorney for U.S. Army during McCarthy hearings
Ralph E. BeckerEisenhower Appointee to Board of the National Center for the Performing Arts (Kennedy Center), long-time Center Legal Counsel
Stephen BenedictCampaign Staff, White House Aide
Robert BowieState Dept. Official, Key Policy Advisor to Secretary of State Dulles
Herbert Brownell1952 Campaign Manager, Attorney-General
Warren E BurgerAttorney-General’s Office
George H.W. BushGOP Congressman from Texas
Dr. Joseph V. CharykAssistant Secretary of the Air Force, Missile
Development
Bob ClarkWhite House Reporter for International News Service (INS)
Ray ClineCIA Analyst
William ColbyCIA Operative in Post-War Europe
John ConnallyClose Texas Political Ally of Sen. Lyndon Johnson
Charles CorddryPentagon Reporter, Baltimore Sun
Walter CronkiteCBS TV Reporter
C. Douglas DillonAmbassador to France, Undersecretary of State
Robert DonovanWhite House Reporter, New York Herald Tribune
Father Avery Dulles, S.J.Son of Secretary of State Dulles
Dr. Eleanor Lansing DullesGerman Desk, U.S. State Dept.
David EisenhowerGrandson of President Eisenhower
Susan EisenhowerGranddaughter of President Eisenhower
Gen. John S.D. EisenhowerSon of President, White House Assistant to Gen. Goodpaster
Dr. William EwaldWhite House Aide
Rep. Gerald FordGOP Congressman from Michigan, early Eisenhower Supporter
Gen. Andrew GoodpasterStaff Secretary, White House Liaison with Pentagon
Arthur Grey“Citizens for Eisenhower” Campaign Official
Barbara Gunderson“Citizens for Eisenhower” volunteer in South Dakota, GOP National Committeewoman and Civil Service Commissioner
Najeeb HalabyAviation Pioneer, Defense Dept. Official
John HanesAide to Secretary of State Dulles
George HermanCBS TV News reporter
Patricia HermanWhite House Secretary
Lady Bird Johnson (audio only)Wife of Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D-TX)
Herb KleinNixon Campaign Media Advisor
Rep Melvin LairdGOP Congressman from Wisconsin, Eisenhower Supporter
Arthur LarsonLabor Dept. Undersecretary, Aide and Speechwriter for Eisenhower
Edward A. McCabeWhite House Aide, Legal Counsel
John (“Tex”) McCraryTV pioneer, Eisenhower Campaign Public Relation Advisor
E. Frederic MorrowWhite House Aide
Richard NixonVice-President
Bradley PattersonAssistant Secretary to Eisenhower Cabinet
Charles PercyProminent Businessman, Eisenhower Supporter
Adam Clayton Powell IVSon of Civil Rights Leader and Democratic Congressman, Rev. Adam Clayton
Powell, Jr. of Harlem, New York City
Maxwell RaabWhite House Aide
Ronald ReaganDemocratic Union Official, Ike supporter in 1952
George ReedyUnited Press reporter, LBJ Aide
James RestonNew York Times Reporter and Washington Bureau Chief
Elliot RichardsonLegislative Aide, U.S. Attorney
Chalmers RobertsChief Diplomat Reporter, Washington Post
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-NE)Son of key Ike Supporter in 1952 Campaign
William RogersAttorney-General’s Office
Kermit (“Kim”) RooseveltCIA Middle East Operations, Organizer of 1953 coup in Iran that restored the Shah to Power
Eugene RossidesTreasury Dept. Aide
Stanley Rumbough“Citizens for Eisenhower” Co-Founder and White House Aide
Dr. Raymond SaulnierEconomic Advisor to the President
Ray SchererNBC TV Reporter
Arthur M. Schlesinger, JrPulitzer Prize winning historian and influential advisor to liberal Democrats including presidential candidates Stevenson and Kennedy
Gen. Bernard SchrieverCommander, USAF’s ICBM Development Program
Dr. Glenn SeaborgNobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, Science Advisor to the President
Eileen ShanahanEconomics Reporter, New York Times
Rocco C. SicilianoAssistant Secretary, Dept. of Labor; Special Assistant to the President
Hugh SideyLife Magazine’s White
House Reporter
Mansfield SpragueDept. of Defense Official
Ted SorensenAide to JFK
Maurice StansTreasury Dept. Official
Harold StassenSpecial Assistant to President, Disarmament Specialist
John SteeleTime magazine reporter
Hans (“Tom”) TuchU.S. Embassy Staff, Moscow
Charls WalkerTreasury Dept. Official
Prof. W. Allen WallisEconomist, Advisor to President Eisenhower
Gen. Vernon WaltersWhite House Aide, President’s Translator
Abbott WashburnEisenhower campaign official, Deputy Director, US Information Agency
Langhorne Washburn“Eisenhower Bandwagon” Director, “Citizens for Eisenhower,” 1952
Campaigns vs. Sen. Taft and Gov. Stevenson
Mr. & Mrs. John Minor WisdomKey Eisenhower Campaign Supporters from Louisiana
John Minor WisdomEisenhower Appointee to the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, including all states in the so-called “Deep South”
Rep. James WrightDemocratic Congressman from Texas
Dr. Herbert YorkChief Scientist, Pentagon’s Advanced Research Project Agency, Nuclear Arms Advisor to the President Eisenhower and Author of Building Bombs, Talking Peace
 
WITNESSES TO HISTORY: BRITISH 
Field Marshall Lord CarverBritain’s NATO Representative
Sir David HuntAide to Prime Minister Churchill, British Diplomatic Corps
Sir Frank RobertsBritish Diplomatic Corps, NATO Representative
Edward HeathConservative M.P., Parliamentary Leader in Anthony Eden government
 
WITNESSES TO HISTORY: FRENCH 
Maurice DelarueProminent French Journalist, Foreign Affairs Expert
Pierre PflimlinFrench Overseas Minister
Christian PineauFrench Foreign Minister
 
WITNESSES TO HISTORY: WEST GERMAN
 
Gunter DiehlWest German Foreign Ministry Official
Professor Wilhelm GreweWest German Foreign Ministry Official, Advisor to the Chancellor
Dr. Erich MendeA Founder of West Germany’s Free Democratic Party (FDP), Deputy Chancellor in Adenauer’s Government
Dr. Horst OsterheldClose Associate of West German Chancellor Adenauer
Karl-Gunther von HaseForeign Ministry Official, West Germany
Heinz WeberTranslator for West German Chancellor
 
WITNESSES TO HISTORY: SOVIET UNION
 
Alexei AdzhubeiEditor of Pravda, son-in-law of Nikita Khrushchev
Georgi ArbatovFounder of USSR’s Institute of Canadian and American Studies, expert on Russian U.S.- Relations, advisor to Kremlin leadership
Georgy GrechkoSoviet Cosmonaut
Dr. Edward IvanianA Director of Institute of Canadian and American Studies, Member of Russian Academy of Sciences
Sergei KhrushchevRocket Engineer, Son of Nikita Khrushchev
Georgii KornienkoUSSR Foreign Ministry
Gen. Georgy MikhailovUSSR Air Defense Command
COMMENTATORS ON THE EISENHOWER PRESIDENCY:
Prof. Craig AllenProfessor of Journalism, Arizona State University and Author of Eisenhower and the Mass Media
Prof. Michael BirknerEisenhower Scholar, Professor of History, Gettysburg College
Prof. H. W. BrandsProfessor of History, University of Texas, Author of Cold Warriors: Eisenhower’s Generation and American Foreign Policy and American Dreams: The United States Since 1945
Prof. Jeffrey BroadwaterProfessor of History, Barton College and Author of Adlai Stevenson and American Politics
Prof. Robert DallekHistorian of the American Presidency and Author of The Lost Peace, 1945 – 1953
Dr. Raymond GarthoffCold War Scholar and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Dr. Irwin F. GellmanAuthor of The Contender: Richard Nixon,The Congress Years, 1946 – 1952, Visiting Scholar, Dept. of History, Franklin & Marshall College
Prof. Fred GreensteinProfessor of Politics Emeritus, Princeton University and Author of The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader
R. Cargill HallHistorian Emeritus, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
Prof. Richard ImmermanProfessor of Diplomatic History, Director of Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy, Temple University, Co-Author of Waging Peace: How Eisenhower Shaped an Enduring Cold War Policy
Prof. Daniel KevlesThe Stanley Woodward Professor of the History of Science and Technology,
Yale University, and Author of The Physicists
Prof. Michael MayerEisenhower Scholar, Professor of History, University of Montana
Victor McElhenyScience and Technology Writer, MIT, and Biographer of Edwin Land, key Science
Advisor to President Eisenhower
Hendrik (“Hank”) MeijerBiographer of U.S. Senator Arthur Vandenberg, the powerful conservative Republican who helped mold America’s internationalist – and bipartisan – foreign policy in the 1940s
Prof. Allan MillettKorean War Scholar, Professor of Military History, University of New Orleans, and Director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies
Dr. David NicholsEisenhower Scholar, Author of Eisenhower 1956: Suez and the Brink of War
Prof. James T. PattersonFord Foundation Professor of History Emeritus, Brown University, Author of Grand Expectations, 1945 – 1974,winner of the Bancroft Prize
Prof. William PickettProfessor of History, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Author of Eisenhower Decides to Run
Martin PlissnerRetired Political Director, CBS News, and Author of The Control Room: How Television Calls the Shots in Presidential Elections
Dr. Roald SagdeevDistinguished Professor of Physics, University of Maryland, former Director of USSR’s Space Research Institute
Philip TaubmanAuthor of Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the CIA and the Hidden History of America’s Space Espionage, Guest Professor at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, former Intelligence Reporter, New York Times
Prof. William TaubmanProfessor of Political Science, Amherst College, Biographer of Nikita
Khrushchev
, Winner of Pulitzer Prize
Dr. Daun van EeEditor of the Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower