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Acknowledgments | |
Generations | |
The Time of their Lives | p. 3 |
Ordinary People | |
Thomas and Eileen Broderick: Insurance Agency Owner | p. 17 |
Charles O. Van Gorder, MD: Surgeon | p. 25 |
Wesley Ko: Printing Business | p. 37 |
James and Dorothy Dowling: Highway Superintendent | p. 45 |
Rev. Harry Reginald "Reg" Hammond: Anglican Priest | p. 55 |
Lloyd Kilmer: County Clerk and Real Estate Executive | p. 61 |
Gordon Larsen: Powerhouse Operator | p. 69 |
John "Lefty" Caulfield: School Principal | p. 77 |
Home Front | |
Charles Briscoe: Boeing Engineer | p. 89 |
Dorothy Haener: UAW Organizer | p. 96 |
Heroes | |
Bob Bush: Lumber and Building Supply Business | p. 105 |
Joe Foss: U.S. Marine Corps Pilot | p. 115 |
Leonard "Bud" Lomell: Lawyer | p. 125 |
Women in Uniform and Out | |
Mary Hallaren: Colonel, U.S. Army, Women's Auxiliary Corps | p. 139 |
Jeanne Holm: General, U.S. Air Force | p. 139 |
Marion Rivers Nittel | p. 151 |
Claudine "Scottie" Lingelbach: Teacher/Real Estate Agent | p. 151 |
Alison Ely Campbell | p. 151 |
Margaret Ray Ringenberg: Women's Air Force Service Pilot | p. 163 |
Mary Louise Roberts Wilson: U.S. Army Nurse Corps | p. 173 |
Shame | |
Martha Settle Putney: History Professor | p. 185 |
Johnnie Holmes: Real Estate Investor | p. 193 |
Luis Armijo: Schoolteacher | p. 203 |
Nao Takasugi: California State Assemblyman | p. 215 |
Norman Mineta: California Congressman | p. 215 |
Love, Marriage, Commitment | |
John and Peggy Assenzio: Salesman/Teacher | p. 233 |
The Dumbos | p. 241 |
Gaylord and Carrie Lee Nelson: Governor and Senator | p. 249 |
Jeanette Gagne Norton | p. 257 |
Daphne Cavin | p. 257 |
Famous People | |
George Bush: President of the United States | p. 273 |
Ben Bradlee: Journalist | p. 281 |
Art Buchwald: Writer | p. 287 |
Andy Rooney: Journalist | p. 293 |
Julia Child: Chef | p. 299 |
Gertrude Belle "Trudy" Elion: Chemist | p. 303 |
Chesterfield Smith: Attorney, President of the American Bar Association | p. 307 |
Al Neuharth: Founder, USA Today | p. 319 |
Maurice "Hank" Greenberg: CEO, American International Group | p. 319 |
The Arena | |
Mark Hatfield: U.S. Senator | p. 333 |
Robert Dole: U.S. Senator, Presidential Candidate | p. 341 |
Daniel Inouye: U.S. Senator | p. 349 |
Caspar Weinberger: Secretary of Defense | p. 357 |
Lloyd Cutler: Counsel to Presidents Carter and Clinton | p. 365 |
George Shultz: Cabinet Member | p. 369 |
Arthur Schlesinger: Historian | p. 369 |
Ed Guthman: Journalist, Press Secretary to Robert F. Kennedy | p. 377 |
The Twilight of their Lives | p. 381 |
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