The White House Fellows program is a non-partisan central fellowship established via executive order by President Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964. The fellowship is one of USA's most prestigious programs for leadership and public service,offering exceptional US Citizens first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the central government. The fellowship was founded based upon a suggestion from John W. Gardner,then the president of Carnegie Corporation and later the sixth secretary of health,education,and welfare.
The Naval War College is the staff college and "Home of Thought" for the United States Navy at Naval Station Newport in Newport,Rhode Island. The NWC educates and develops leaders,supports defining the future Navy and associated roles and missions,supports combat readiness,and strengthens global maritime partnerships.
John Francis Lehman Jr. is an American private equity investor and writer who was secretary of the Navy (1981–1987) during the Reagan administration in which he promoted the creation of a 600-ship navy.
The Naval History and Heritage Command,formerly the Naval Historical Center,is an Echelon II command responsible for the preservation,analysis,and dissemination of U.S. naval history and heritage located at the historic Washington Navy Yard. The NHHC is composed of 42 facilities in 13 geographic locations including the Navy Department Library,10 museums and 1 heritage center,USS Constitution repair facility and detachment,and historic ship ex-USS Nautilus.
Thomas Hinman Moorer was an admiral and naval aviator in the United States Navy who served as the chief of naval operations from 1967 to 1970,and as the seventh chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1970 to 1974. He was implicated in a spy ring within the White House during the Nixon administration,but never prosecuted.
William James Crowe Jr. was a United States Navy admiral and diplomat who served as the 11th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush,and as the ambassador to the United Kingdom and Chair of the Intelligence Oversight Board under President Bill Clinton.
Carlisle Albert Herman Trost was a United States Navy officer who served as the 23rd Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from July 1,1986,to June 29,1990. He oversaw the Navy during the end of the Cold War,and the preparations for the Gulf War of 1991. He retired from active naval service on July 1,1990,following completion of a four-year term as CNO.
James George Stavridis is a retired United States Navy admiral and vice chair,global affairs,and a managing director-partner of The Carlyle Group,a global investment firm,and chair of the board of trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation. Stavridis serves as the chief international diplomacy and national security analyst for NBC News in New York. He is also chair emeritus of the board of directors of the United States Naval Institute and a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
The Naval Historical Foundation was a nonprofit organization founded in 1926 and disbanded in 2022. It had a broad mission to preserve and promote the naval history of the United States by supporting official maritime history programs and institutions,meeting the needs of the public for naval history,and collecting historical items. The foundation was located at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington,D.C.
Harold Webster Gehman Jr. is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral who served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander,Atlantic (SACLANT),Commander-in-Chief of the United States Joint Forces Command,one of the United States' Unified Combatant Commands,and Vice Chief of Naval Operations. He was also the Co-Chairman of the Commission that investigated the terrorist attack on the USS Cole and was Chairman of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) after the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry in 2003,killing all seven crew members.
Charles Graves Untermeyer,known as Chase Untermeyer,is a former United States ambassador to Qatar. He was given a recess appointment by U.S. President George W. Bush and assumed the position on August 2,2004. After three years,he was succeeded by Joseph LeBaron.
Giampaolo Di Paola is an Italian naval officer who served in the government of Italy as minister of defense from November 2011 to April 2013. He was the Italian military's Chief of Staff from 10 March 2004 to 8 February 2008 and served as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 2008 to 2011.
George Espy Ridgeway "Gus" Kinnear II was a four star admiral in the United States Navy who served as U.S. Military Representative,NATO Military Committee from 1981 to 1982. He was born in Mounds,Oklahoma. He attended George Washington University and Stanford University. Kinnear died on August 9,2015,at the age of 87.
Paul Brian Becker is a retired United States Navy admiral and the former Director for Intelligence,Joint Staff (J2). As the JCS J2,RADM Becker was the principal intelligence advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Stephen Scott Clarey is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who commanded the U.S. Maritime Prepositioning Force during Operation Desert Shield and the Pacific Fleet/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade Amphibious Task Force during Operation Desert Storm. He retired from the navy in August 1992 after thirty years of service.
Rear Admiral Joseph John "Jack" Dantone Jr. of U.S. Navy,was last director of Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) from May 1996 to September 1996. He was also the Acting Director of National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) from October 1996 to March 1998. He played a major role in transition of DMA into NIMA.
Colin James Kilrain is a retired United States Navy vice admiral who last served as the assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 20,2021 to February 2023. He previously served as the associate director for military affairs (ADMA) for the Central Intelligence Agency from 2019 to 2021. He is the former commander of Special Operations Command Pacific and Naval Special Warfare Group Two.
