The President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) is an advisory body to the Executive Office of the President of the United States. According to its self-description, it "provides advice to the President concerning the quality and adequacy of intelligence collection, of analysis and estimates, of counterintelligence, and of other intelligence activities."PIAB Official Website.
The PIAB, through its Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB), also advises the President on the legality of foreign intelligence activities.

History

In January 1956 President

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created the agency, originally known as the President's Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities (PBCFIA). The first board under chair

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were: * Richard Conolly *

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* Benjamin Fairless * John Hull *

Joseph P. Kennedy Joseph Patrick Kennedy (September 6, 1888 – November 18, 1969) was an American businessman, investor, and politician. He is known for his own political prominence as well as that of his children and was the patriarch of the Irish-American Ken ...

* Robert Lovett * Edward Ryerson In May 1961, President

John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination ...

renamed it to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB). The board exists at the pleasure of the President, who can change its size and portfolio so in 1977 President

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abolished the PFIAB, but President Ronald Reagan re-established it later. On February 29, 2008, President

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renamed the agency to its present form. Most of the board's work is secret, but one very public investigation involved the loss of U.S. nuclear secrets to China from the

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during the 1990s.Bill Getrz, "Covert board called crucial to presidents", ''

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'', June 16, 2008, Page A1

Intelligence Oversight Board

President Gerald Ford created the IOB following a 1975–76 investigation by the

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into domestic spying, assassination operations, and other abuses by intelligence agencies. His executive order doing so went into effect on March 1, 1976.Charlie Savage
"President weakens espionage oversight: Board created by Ford loses most of its power"
''

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'', March 14, 2008 In 1993, the IOB became a committee of the PFIAB, unde
Executive Order #12863
of President

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. One of the IOB's functions is to examine violations of the laws and directives governing clandestine surveillance. The IOB received quarterly and annual reports from most US intelligence activities. Thirteen cases involving

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actions between 2002 and 2004 were referred to the IOB for its review. In an executive order issued on February 29, 2008, President

terminated the IOB's authority to oversee the general counsel and inspector general of each U.S. intelligence agency, and erased the requirement that each inspector general file a report with the IOB every three months. The order also removed the IOB's authority to refer a matter to the Justice Department for a criminal investigation, and directed the IOB to notify the president of a problem only if other officials are not already "adequately" addressing that problem. In August 2013 it was reported that the membership of the IOB had been reduced from 14 to 4 under President

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, possibly starting in early May at the beginning of the

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by Edward Snowden. The membership had not been increased as of July 2014.

Membership

During the administration of President

, the PIAB had 16 members selected from among distinguished citizens outside the government who were qualified "on the basis of achievement, experience, independence, and integrity." The members were not paid. PIAB membership is generally considered public information; for example, the Clinton Administration posted the names of the members on a PFIAB web page,David Corn
"Who's On PFIAB?--A New Bush Secret"
''The Nation'' (blog), August 14, 2002, retrieved December 31, 2012 and the Trump Administration issued a press release announcing the nominations of new members.

PFIAB Membership under George W. Bush

In August 2002, Randy Deitering, the executive director of PFIAB, confirmed the membership list released by the White House press office in October 2001: *

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, the chair *

Pete Wilson Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 36th governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as a United States senator from California betw ...

, former governor of

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* Cresencio S. Arcos, Jr.,

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executive and former US ambassador * Jim Barksdale, former head of the internet company Netscape *

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, chairman of the TWC Group, a money management firm * Stephen Friedman, past chairman of Goldman Sachs * Alfred Lerner, chief executive of

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, scion of the Texas oil fortune * Rita Hauser, lawyer * David E. Jeremiah, retired admiral *

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, national security official in the George H. W. Bush administration and a founding member of the Scowcroft Group *

James C. Langdon, Jr. James Calhoun Langdon Jr. (born September 20, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is an American attorney and former government official. He served as a member (2001-2005) and briefly chair (February 2005-December 20, 2005) of the President's Foreig ...

, a power-lawyer in Texas * Elisabeth Pate-Cornell, chair of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University * John Harrison Streicker, real estate magnate * Philip Zelikow, National Security Council staffer during the George H.W. Bush administration and later a counselor to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice In 2003, there were indications of spying on members of the board by a foreign intelligence asset.

PIAB Membership under Barack Obama

The entire PIAB membership that served under the administration of George W. Bush resigned as part of an agreed-upon move in the presidential transition of Barack Obama. President Obama appointed

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from

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, and current

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President

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as PIAB co-chairs. The following other members were appointed to the board under President Obama: * Roel Campos * Richard Danzig appointed on December 1, 2010 * Lee H. Hamilton * Rita Hauser * Paul G. Kaminski * Ellen Laipson, president and CEO of the Henry L. Stimson Center * Les Lyles * Daniel Meltzer appointed on December 1, 2010 *

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appointed December 23, 2009 *

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appointed on September 6, 2011 * Philip Zelikow appointed on September 6, 2011 *

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appointed on April 27, 2011 In May 2013, the White House dismissed 10 members of the board. The four remaining members of the PIAB were: *Richard Danzig *Daniel Meltzer *Jami Miscik *Mona Sutphen In August 2014, President Obama nominated six new members: * James S. Crown *Scott Davis *Jamie Dos Santos * Julius Genachowski *

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* Neal Wolin

PIAB Membership under Donald Trump

President

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nominated the following persons to the PIAB: * Steve Feinberg, chair *Samantha Ravich, vice chair *

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* Jim Donovan * Kevin Hulbert *Jeremy Katz *David Robertson In February 2019, President Trump named three additional members: * Charles E. Allen *Daniel Hoffman *John K. Hurley In May 2019, President Trump named

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as an additional member.

PIAB Membership under Joe Biden

President Joe Biden named the below persons to the PIAB. * Sandy Winnefeld *

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In June 2022, he named

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to the PIAB. In October 2022, he named Anne M. Finucane to the PIAB.

PIAB Chairs

PIAB chairpersons have been:PFIAB Chairpersons
The White House website, retrieved March 14, 2008

IOB Chairs

These are chairs of the Advisory Board's committee of Intelligence Oversight Board

Board executive directors

*1956–1959: John Cassidy *1959–1961, 1961–1970: Patrick Coyne *1970–1973: Gerard Burke *1973–1977: Wheaton Byers *1977: Lionel Olmer *1977–1981: ''Board abolished'' *1981–1983: Norman Wood *1983–1984: Fred Demech *1984–1988:

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*1988–1989: Fred Demech *1989–1991: Nina Stewart *1991–1992: ''Vacant'' *1992–1995: Eugene Yeates *1995–2003: Randy Deitering *2003–2005: Joan Dempsey *2005–2017: Stefanie Osburn

Board members

* David Abshire: 1981–1983 * Stephen Ailes: 1976–1977 (IOB) *

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: 1990–1999 (IOB) * Brooke Anderson: 2015–present * George Anderson: 1969–1970; 1976–1977 * Martin Anderson: 1982–1985 * Cresencio Arcos: 1999–2003 * Leslie Arends: 1976–1977 *Anne Legendre Armstrong: 1981–1990, Chairman * Zoë Baird: 1993–2001 * Howard Baker: 1985–1987; 1988–1990 * William Baker: 1959–1961; 1961–1977; 1981–1990 * Jim Barksdale: 2001–2009 * Robert Barrow: 1984–1985 *

Richard Bloch Richard Adolf Bloch (February 15, 1926 – July 21, 2004) was an American entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known for starting the H&R Block tax preparation and personal finance company with his older brother Henry in 1955. His personal e ...

: 1996–1998 * Alfred Bloomingdale: 1981–1982 *

: 2009–2013 (IOB) *

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: 1981–1982 * Denis Bovin: 2006–2010 *

Omar Bradley Omar Nelson Bradley (February 12, 1893April 8, 1981) was a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II, rising to the rank of General of the Army. Bradley was the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and over ...

: 1956 * William Brody: 2002–2005 * David Bruce: 1956–1957 * Shelby Bryan: 1999–2001 *

Zbigniew Brzezinski Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński ( , ; March 28, 1928 – May 26, 2017), or Zbig, was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was President Jimmy Carter' ...

: 1988–1990 * Glenn Campbell: 1981–1990 (IOB) * Roel Campos: 2009–2013 * Ann Caracristi: 1993–2001 (IOB) *

Bill Casey William D. Casey (born February 19, 1945) is a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada. First elected as a Progressive Conservative in 1988, he later sat as Conservative ...

: 1976–1977 * Leo Cherne: 1973–1976 (IOB, 1976–1977); Vice Chair, 1981–1990 *

Clark Clifford Clark McAdams Clifford (December 25, 1906October 10, 1998) was an American lawyer who served as an important political adviser to Democratic presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter. His official gove ...

: 1961–1963 *

John Connally John Bowden Connally Jr. (February 27, 1917June 15, 1993) was an American politician. He served as the 39th governor of Texas and as the 61st United States secretary of the Treasury. He began his career as a Democrat and later became a Republic ...

: 1970–1971; 1972–1975; 1976–1977; 1981–1983 * Richard Conolly: 1956–1961 * Jim Crown: 2014–present * Arthur Culvahouse: 2005–2010 * Richard Danzig: 2010–present (IOB, 2010–2015) *

Colgate Darden Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. (February 11, 1897 – June 9, 1981) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician aligned with the Byrd Organization who served as U.S. Representative from Virginia (1933–37, 1939–41), the 54th Governor of ...

: 1957–1961 * Scott Davis: 2014–2015 * Robert Day: 2001–2005 *

John Deutch John Mark Deutch (born July 27, 1938) is an American physical chemist and civil servant. He was the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1994 to 1995 and Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from May 10, 1995 until December 15, 1996. ...

: 1990–1993 *

William DeWitt William Dewitt (1738 – July 18, 1813 ) was a South Carolina planter, lawyer, and politician who was a Captain in the American Revolutionary War. He was a Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives 6 years after the signing of the ...

: 2005–2010 *

: 1956–1961; 1961–1964 * Jamie Dos Santos: 2014–present * Sidney Drell: 1993–2001 *

Thomas Eagleton Thomas Francis Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was an American lawyer serving as a United States senator from Missouri, from 1968 to 1987. He was briefly the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972. H ...

: 1993–2000 * James Ellis: 2005–2009 *

Donald Evans Donald Louis Evans (born July 27, 1946) is an American businessman. He was the 34th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was appointed by his longtime friend George W. Bush and sworn into office on January 20, 2001. On November 9, 2004, the White Hou ...

: 2005–2009 * Martin Faga: 2005–2009 * Benjamin Fairless: 1956–1959 * Marty Feldstein: 2006–2009 *

Michèle Flournoy Michèle Angélique Flournoy (, born December 14, 1960) is an American defense policy advisor and former government official. She was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy under President Bill Clinton and Under Secretary of Defens ...

: 2014–present * John Foster: 1973–1977; 1981–1990 * Steve Friedman: 1999–2005; 2009–2010 *

Bob Galvin Robert William "Bob" Galvin (October 9, 1922 – October 11, 2011) was an American executive. He was the son of the founder of Motorola, Paul Galvin, and served as the CEO of Motorola from 1959 to 1986. Motorola career Born in Marshfield, Wiscon ...

: 1973–1977 * Julius Genachowski: 2014–present (IOB) *

Al Gore Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic no ...

: 1977–1981 (IOB) * Gordon Gray: 1961–1977 *

Alan Greenspan Alan Greenspan (born March 6, 1926) is an American economist who served as the 13th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. He works as a private adviser and provides consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC. ...

: 1982–1985 * James Hamilton: 1995–1997 *

Lee Hamilton Lee Herbert Hamilton (born April 20, 1931) is an American politician and lawyer from Indiana. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives and a former member of the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council. A member of the ...

: 2005–2013 * Anthony Harrington: 1993–2000 (IOB); Vice Chair, 1997–2000 * Rita Hauser: 2001–2004 (IOB, 2003–2004); 2009–2013 * Robert Hermann: 1993–2001 * John Hull: 1956–1958 * Ray Hunt: 2001–2009 * William Hyland: 1990–1993 *

Bobby Inman Bobby Ray Inman (born April 4, 1931) is a retired United States Navy admiral who held several influential positions in the United States Intelligence Community. Early years Inman was born and raised in the community of Rhonesboro, Upshur Count ...

: Vice Chair, 1990–1991 *

Leon Jaworski Leonidas "Leon" Jaworski (September 19, 1905 – December 9, 1982) was an American attorney and law professor who served as the second special prosecutor during the Watergate Scandal. He was appointed to that position on November 1, 1973, soon a ...

: 1981–1982 *

Shirley Jackson Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Over the duration of her writing career, which spanned over two decades, she composed six novels, two me ...

: 2014–present (IOB) *

David Jeremiah David Jeremiah is an American evangelical Christian author, founder of Turning Point Radio and Television Ministries and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch in El Cajon, California, a suburb of San ...

: 2001–2010 (IOB, 2003–2009) * Amos Jordan: 1990–1993 (IOB, not PIAB) * Paul Kaminski: 2009–2013 *

: 2001–2005 (IOB, 2003–2005) * Joe Kennedy: 1956 *

: 1958–1960 *

Jeane Kirkpatrick Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick (née Jordan; November 19, 1926December 7, 2006) was an American diplomat and political scientist who played a major role in the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration. An ardent anticommunist, she was a lo ...

: 1985–1990 *

Henry Kissinger Henry Alfred Kissinger (; ; born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presid ...

: 1984–1990 * Ellen Laipson: 2009–2013 *

Edwin Land Edwin Herbert Land, ForMemRS, FRPS, Hon.MRI (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an Russian-American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation. He invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, ...

: 1961–1977 * Jim Langdon: 2001–2005 (IOB, 2003–2005) *

William Langer William "Wild Bill" Langer (September 30, 1886November 8, 1959) was a prominent American lawyer and politician from North Dakota, where he was an infamous character, bouncing back from a scandal that forced him out of the governor's office and ...

: 1961–1969 * Tony Lapham: 1991–1993 (IOB; not PIAB) *

Lyman Lemnitzer Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was a United States Army general who served as the fourth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then served as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1 ...

: 1976–1977 *

Al Lerner Alfred Lerner (May 8, 1933 – October 23, 2002) was an American businessman. He was best known as the chair of the board of credit-card giant MBNA and the owner of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was also a past presid ...

: 2001–2002 * Franklin Lincoln: 1969–1972 * Robert Lovett: 1956–1961 * Clare Luce: 1973–1977; 1981–1987 *

Gordon Luce Gordon Hannington Luce was a colonial scholar in Burma. He was born on 20 January 1889 and died on 3 May 1979. His outstanding library containing books, manuscripts, maps and photographs – The Luce Collection – was acquired by the National ...

: 1988–1989 * Lester Lyles: 2009–2013 (IOB) * Michael McConnell: 1988–1990 (IOB; not PIAB) * Dan Meltzer: 2010–2015 (IOB) * Charles Meyers: 1982–1988 (IOB; not PIAB) *

: 2009–2015 (IOB) * Thomas Moorer: 1981–1985 * Michael Morell: 2013–2014 * John Morrison: 2005–2010 * Franklin Murphy: 1969–1972 *

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: 1961–1973; 1976–1977 (IOB) * Kevin Nealer: 2014–present *

Peter O'Donnell Peter O'Donnell (11 April 1920 – 3 May 2010) was an English writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of ''Modesty Blaise'', an action heroine/undercover trouble-shooter. He was also an award-winning gothic h ...

: 1981–1985 * Frank Pace: 1961–1972 * Elisabeth Paté-Cornell: 2001–2010 * Ross Perot: 1981–1985 * William Perry: 1990–1993 * Hal Pote: 1993–1996 (IOB) * Lois Rice: 1993–2001 *

Chuck Robb Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician from Virginia and former officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 64th governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986 and a United ...

: 2005–2009 * Nelson Rockefeller: 1969–1974 * Joe Rodgers: 1981–1985 *

Eugene Rostow Eugene Victor Rostow (August 25, 1913 – November 25, 2002) was an American legal scholar and public servant. He was Dean of Yale Law School and served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Lyndon B. Johnson. In th ...

: 1982–1985 *

Warren Rudman Warren Bruce Rudman (May 18, 1930November 19, 2012) was an American attorney and Republican politician who served as United States Senator from New Hampshire between 1980 and 1993. He was known as a moderate centrist, to such an extent that Pr ...

: Vice Chair, 1993–1994; Vice Chair, 1995–1998 * Edward Ryerson: 1956–1961 *

Jack Schmitt Harrison Hagan Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, retired NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military aviation� ...

: 1983–1985 * Bernie Schriever: 1985–1990 * Paul Seabury: 1981–1985 * Bill Scranton: 1977–1981 (IOB) * George Shultz: 1974–1976 * Stanley Shuman: 1995–2001 * John Sides: 1965–1969 *

Robert Six Robert Forman Six (June 25, 1907 – October 6, 1986) was the CEO of Continental Airlines from 1936 to 1980. His career began in the earliest days of U.S. commercial aviation; his determined, scrappy, risk-taking nature paid off for Continental A ...

: 1981–1985 * William Smith: 1985–1990 *

Maurice Sonnenberg Maurice Sonnenberg has served as an outside advisor to five Presidential Administrations in the areas of international trade, finance, international relations, intelligence, and foreign election monitoring. Biography Education Sonnenberg is a gr ...

: 1992–2000 *

Frank Stella Frank Philip Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. Stella lives and works in New York City. Biography Frank Stella was born in Ma ...

: 1981–1982 (IOB; not PIAB) *

Bobby Stein Robert Stein (1938/9 – 13 August 2021) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Broxburn Athletic, Raith Rovers, Montrose and East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish association football ...

: 2015–present *

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: 2001–2005 *

: 2011–present (IOB) * Max Taylor: 1961; 1965–1968 *

Edward Teller Edward Teller ( hu, Teller Ede; January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" (see the Teller–Ulam design), although he did not care for ...

: 1971–1977 *

John Tower John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician, serving as a Republican United States Senator from Texas from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican Senator elected from Texas since Reconstruction. Tower ...

: 1987–1990 * Fran Townsend: 2008–2009 * Charles Tyroler: 1981–1990 (IOB; not PIAB) *

Caspar Weinberger Caspar Willard Weinberger (August 18, 1917 – March 28, 2006) was an American statesman and businessman. As a prominent Republican, he served in a variety of state and federal positions for three decades, including chairman of the Californ ...

: 1988–1990 * Seymour Weiss: 1981–1985 *

: 2011–2013 * Bud Wheelon: 1983–1988 * Ed Williams: 1976–1977; 1981–1985 *

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