White House Fellow

The White House Fellows program was established by American President Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964. President Johnson articulated that the mission of the program was "to give the Fellows first hand, high-level experience with the workings of the Federal government and to increase their sense of participation in national affairs." "President Johnson expected the Fellows to 'repay that privilege' when they left by 'continuing to work as private citizens on their public agendas'. He hoped that the Fellows would contribute to the nation as future leaders." [1] (http://www.whitehouse.gov/fellows/about/history.html)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/fellows/ explains the program this way:

White House Fellows typically spend a year working as full-time, paid special assistants to senior White House Staff, the Vice President, Cabinet Secretaries and other top-ranking government officials. Fellows also participate in an education program consisting of roundtable discussions with renowned leaders from the private and public sectors, and trips to study U.S. policy in action both domestically and internationally. Fellowships are awarded on a strictly non-partisan basis.

"The selection process is very competitive," notes the official FAQ (http://www.whitehouse.gov/fellows/about/faq.html). "There can be as many as 1,000 applicants for the eleven to nineteen fellowships. The White House Fellows Program office processes the applications and former Fellows screen the applications to identify the most promising candidates. Approximately 100 of the most qualified applicants are selected to be interviewed by eight to ten regional panels, which are comprised of prominent local citizens. Based on the results of the interviews, the regional panels and the Director select approximately thirty candidates to proceed as National finalists. The President's Commission on White House Fellowships then interviews the thirty candidates and recommends 11-19 outstanding candidates to the President for a one-year appointment as Fellows."

Alumni

• 1965-1966 Tom Johnson; Former Chairman/CEO, CNN
• 1966-1967 Jane Cahill Pfeiffer; Former Chairman, NBC
• 1966-1967 Samuel H. Howard; Senior Vice President, Financial Executives Institute; Chairman, Federation of American Hospitals; Member of Bipartisan Commission on Medicare under President Clinton; Member of Commission on Social Security under President Reagan; Former National Chairman, Easter Seals, Inc.
• 1967-1968 Timothy E. Wirth; President, United Nations Foundation; Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Former Senator, Colorado
• 1968-1969 Robert D. Haas; Chairman/CEO, Levi Strauss & Company
• 1969-1970 Michael H. Armacost; Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow, Asian-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University; Former President, The Brookings Institution; Former Ambassador to Japan and the Philippines; Former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs

• 1970-1971 Dana G. Mead; Former Chairman/CEO, Tenneco, Inc.
• 1971-1972 Robert C. McFarlane; Chairman and CEO, Energy and Communications Solutions; Former National Security Advisor to President Reagan; Former Counselor to the U.S. Department of State; Former Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to President Ford; Former Military Assistant to Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft
• 1971-1972 Deanell R. Tacha; Judge, U.S. Court of the Appeals for the 10th Court
• 1972-1973 Luis G. Nogales; President, Nogales Partners; Former CEO, United Press International; Former President, Univision
• 1972-1973 Colin L. Powell; Secretary, U.S. Department of State; Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Founding Chairman, America's Promise; General, U.S. Army (ret.)
• 1973-1974 Doris M. Meissner; Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute; Former Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service
• 1973-1974 Peter M. Dawkins; Vice Chairman, CitiGroup Private Bank; Former Chairman/CEO of Primerica Financial Services, Inc.; Heisman Trophy winner; Brigadier General, U.S. Army (ret.)
• 1973-1974 Frederick S. Benson III; President, U.S. - New Zealand Council; Former Vice President, Weyerhaeuser Company
• 1974-1975 Roger B. Porter; Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Former Assistant for Economic and Domestic Policy to President Reagan.
• 1974-1975 Garrey E. Carruthers; President/CEO, Cimarron Health Plan; Former Governor, New Mexico
• 1975-1976 Marshall N. Carter; Former Chairman/CEO, State Street Bank & Trust Co.
• 1975-1976 Wesley K. Clark; Chairman/CEO, Wesley K. Clark & Associates; General, U.S. Army (ret.); Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
• 1975-1976 Dennis C. Blair; Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret.); CEO, Institute for Defense Analysis; Former Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command
• 1976-1977 Lynn A. Schenk; Former Chief Aide and Senior Counselor to Former California Governor Gray Davis; Former Congresswoman, California
• 1976-1977 Charles A. Ansbacher; Conductor, Boston Landmarks Orchestra
• 1997-1978 Nelson A. Diaz; Partner, Blank Rome LLP; Former City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia; Former General Counsel, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• 1979-1980 Anne Cohn Donnelly; Former Executive Director, National Commission for Prevention of Child Abuse
• 1979-1980 Marsha J. Evans; President/CEO of American Red Cross; Former National Executive Director of the Girl Scouts of America; Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret.)

• 1980-1981 Joan Abrahamson; President, The Jefferson Institute; President, Jonas Salk Foundation
• 1980-1981 Thomas J. Campbell; Former U.S. Congressman, California
• 1980-1981 Margaret M. McKeown; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
• 1981-1982 Joe L. Barton; U.S. Congressman, Texas
• 1981-1982 Myron E. Ullman; Former CEO, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy; Former Chairman/CEO, DFS Group, LTD; Former Chairman/CEO, R.H. Macy Co.
• 1982-1983 William L. Roper; Dean, School of Medicine, Vice Chairman for Medical Affairs, and CEO, UNC Health Care System, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 1983-1984 Elaine L. Chao; Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor; Former President/CEO, United Way of America; Former Director, Peace Corps
• 1986-1987 Paul A. Gigot; Editor, Editorial Page, The Wall Street Journal
• 1986-1987 William E. Lennox; Lt. General, U.S. Army; Superintendent, United States Military Academy

• 1990-1991 Samuel D. Brownback; U.S. Senator, Kansas
• 1997-1998 Sanjay Gupta; CNN Senior Medical Correspondent