Fred Rosen
Fred Rosen was a Navy buddy of JFK’s from postinsg in Charleston, South Carolina, Chicago midshipman school, and the Melville Torpedo Motor Boat School. Rosen…
George Mead
George Mead was a friend of both JFK and Kick. Mead’s family had a summer place on Great Island in Hyannis. His father (also George…
George Wheeler
George Wheeler was a friend of Jack’s from Choate and he and his wife Jane hosted a dinner for his old school chum after the…
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,…
Godfrey Kauffman
Godfrey Kauffman was JFK’s roommate at Choate House. [1, p. 31]
Gore Vidal
Write Gore Vidal was both a Kennedy friend (in part through his family “connection” with Jacqueline Bouvier) and then later rejected
Habib Bourguiba, Jr.
A well-connected Tunisian diplomat who was the son of the Tunisian Premier.
Henry James
JFK friend from his Stanford University time. Biographer Nigel Hamilton has surmised that Henry James’s company was attractive because JFK felt that he provided entree to…
Herb Merrick
JFK pal from Choate who visited during vacations and weekends at the Kennedy households in Hyannis Port and Bronxville, New York.
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…
Hugh “Bud” Wynne
JFK pal from Choate who visited during vacations and weekends at the Kennedy households in Hyannis Port and Bronxville, New York.
Jack Daly
Jack Daly was a Kennedy neighbor in Hyannis Port. Daly was Chairman of the board of Republic Aviation and sent insider stock trading tips to…
James Michener
James Michener was one of many celebrities enlisted by JFK for his run to the Presidency. He joined a group that included Stan Musial, historian…
Jimmy Rousmaniere
James Ayer Rousmaniere was a close friend and roommate of JFK’s at Harvard. He was born in 1918 in New York City and graduated from…
Joe Garrety
Joe Garrety was a friend of Jack’s and met up with him in Berlin during his stay visit there with Lem right before the outbreak…
John Iles, Jr.
John Iles, Jr. skippered PT 105 and shared a bunk with JFK in Tulagi. Born and raised in Louisiana, Johnny boxed and played football in…
Johnny Burns
Johnny Burns was a Kennedy family friend and a judge in Massachusetts. He was asked by the Kennedy’s to provide a reference for Jack for…
Joseph Alsop
Although there were several Kennedy confidants rumored to be homosexual, Alsop was the only one who admitted it.
Kate Thom
Kate Thom was the wife of Lennie Thom, the executive officer of PT 109. After Lennie died shortly after the war in a motor vehicle…
Lemoyne “Lem” Billings
Boyhood and lifelong friend of JFK’s who was perhaps his closest friend.