Payson Wild
Payson Wild was an instructor of Jack’s at Harvard. [137]
James B. Conant
James B. Conant was President of Harvard University during Jack’s years on campus in Cambridge. Conant was possessed of a keen intelligence and forward-looking views….
A.S. Daspit
A.S. Daspit was one of Jack’s tutors in his early years at Harvard. He was described as “modest and unassuming.” [3, p. 249]
Roger Hilsman
Roger Hilsman was an assistant secretary of state in the Kennedy administration. JFK had a running dialogue with Hilsman about the need to create a…
Myer Feldman
Myer Feldman served as White House counsel during the Kennedy administration
Thomas M. Rees
Thomas M. Rees was an aide and advisor to JFK during his campaign for the Presidency. Rees was a lawyer born and educated in California….
John Lowrey
John Lowery was the lieutenant on PT162 who was on patrol with the PT109 the night it was sunk. Part of a four boat formation…
Henry J. Brantingham
Henry J. Brantingham served with Jack in the PT boats on Tulagi. On the night Jack’s boat was sliced open by a Japanese destroyer Brantingham…
Walter C. Dowling
Walter C. Dowling served as Ambassador to Germany during the Kennedy administration. During the Cuban missile crisis he was away from his post on vacation…
David Bruce
David Bruce served as Ambassador to Great Britain during the Kennedy administration. During the Cuban missile crisis he was tasked with briefing Prime Minister Harold…
Bob Manning
Bob Manning was a State Department staffer during the Kennedy administration. He was partly responsible for setting up the New York Foreign Correspondents center in…
Jim Farrell
Jim Farrell was an equipment man in the athletics department at Harvard University when Jack played sports there. Farrell gave Jack a football for a…
Edward R. Murrow
Famed journalist Edward R. Murrow finished his illustrious career in the Kennedy administration of the Director of the United States Information Agency. Murrow, who changed…
Don Wilson
Don Wilson was a staffer at the Unites States information Agency. He was instrumental in setting up a correspondents’ center in New York to help…
Boisfeuillet Jones
Boisfeuillet Jones was the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff. He was an attorney, a graduate of Emory University…
John Scali
John Scali was a young journalist working for ABC News when he began transmitting backdoor messages from JFK to the Russian Washington KGB station chief…
Arthur Holcombe
Arthur Holcombe was a professor at Harvard who taught a several different government classes that Jack signed up for. Described as “fusty, pompous, long-winded, and…
Gertrude Algase
Gertrude Algase was the book agent for Why England Slept. Located in New York City, Jack was referred to her by family friend Arthur Krock,…
Dr. Else
Dr. Else was the senior tut0r at Winthr0p H0use. [3, p. 320]
Holton Wood
H. Holton “Holty” Wood was a schoolmate of Jack’s from boyhood. They attended Harvard, Dexter, and Noble and Greenough together. At Harvard, both were accepted…