John Cunningham Whitehead (b. April 2, 1922), is currently the chairman of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation (WTC Memorial Foundation), and former chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation until he resigned in May of 2007.^[1] is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... In August 2006, the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey began construction on the Memorial and Museum. ... The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC} was formed after the September 11 attacks to plan the reconstruction of Lower Manhattan and distribute nearly $10 billion in federal funds aimed at rebuilding downtown Manhattan. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Bron in Evanston, Illinois his family moved to Montclair, New Jersey when he was two years old.^[2] Incorporated City in 1872. ... Map of Montclair Township in Essex County Montclair is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. ...

Whitehead graduated from Haverford College in 1943 and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, where he commanded one of the landing crafts at Omaha Beach, in the D-Day landing invasion of Normandy.^[3] Haverford College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Combatants United States Nazi Germany Commanders Omar Bradley Norman Cota Clarence R. Huebner U.S. 1st Infantry Division U.S. 29th Infantry Division Dietrich Kraiss German 352nd Infantry Division Strength 43,250 Unknown Casualties 3,000 1,200 The build-up of Omaha Beach: reinforcements of men and equipment moving... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ... Flag of Normandy Normandy (in French: Normandie, and in Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region in northern France. ...

Later he joined the prestigious New York investment bank of Goldman Sachs, rising to become chairman over a total period at the firm of 38 years; retiring in 1984 as Co-Chairman and Senior Partner. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ...

He served as United States Deputy Secretary of State in Ronald Reagan's administration from 1985 to 1989 under George Schultz, and was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Reagan. In 1996, he was the campaign chairman for Michael Benjamin who ran for a seat in New York's 8th congressional district. The Deputy Secretary of State of the United States is the chief assistant to the Secretary of State who is responsible for foreign affairs. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan, GCB (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... President Reagan, with his Cabinet and staff, in the Oval Office (February 4, 1981) Headed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1989, the Reagan Administration was conservative, steadfastly anti-Communist and in favor of tax cuts and smaller government. ... Shultz in his official D.O.L. portrait. ... The Presidential Citizens Medal is the second highest civilian award in the United States awarded by the President of the United States, second only to the Presidential Medal of Freedom. ... Michael Benjamin (born November 1, 1969) was born Michael Benjamin Bonheur in New York City, New York, USA. Benjamin works as a private investor focusing on Internet companies. ... Map New Yorks Eighth Congressional District district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. ...

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He has a long association with the Rockefeller family, having held positions at various times with family-created institutions such as Rockefeller University, the Asia Society (where he is Chaiman Emeritus and Honorary Life Trustee), the Lincoln Center Theater and the WTC Memorial Foundation. In these organisations, and previously when he was for a time on the family's powerful Trust Committee, overseeing the family fortune and investments of the Rockefeller Group, the real estate firm that previously owned and managed Rockefeller Center, he became closely associated with David Rockefeller. The Rockefeller family, founded by John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) (Senior) and his brother William Rockefeller (1841-1922), is an American industrial, banking, and philanthropic family of German American origin that made the worlds largest private fortune in the oil business during the late 19th and early 20th century... Founders Hall Rockefeller University is a private university focusing primarily on graduate and postgraduate education research in the biomedical fields, located between 63rd and 68th Streets along York Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan island in New York City, New York. ... We dont have an article called Asia Society Start this article Search for Asia Society in. ... The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. ... The Rockefeller Group is a global private company based in New York City, primarily involved in real estate operations in the United States. ... Lower Plaza at Rockefeller Center. ... David Rockefeller, Sr. ...

As an alumnus of Haverford College in Pennsylvania, he has had the campus center and the chair of the philosophy department named after him. The John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University is also named after him. He received an honorary LL.D. from Bates College in 2004. Haverford College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... The John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, or simply the Whitehead School of Diplomacy, is a post-secondary degree-granting institution concentrating in international affairs within Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. ... “Seton Hall” redirects here. ... Legum Doctor (English: Doctor of Laws; abbreviated to LL.D.) In the UK the LL.D. is a higher doctorate awarded on the basis of exceptionally insightful and distinctive publications, containing significant and original contributions to the science or study of law. ... Bates College is a private liberal arts college, founded in 1855 by abolitionists, located in Lewiston, Maine, in the United States. ...

He also serves on the board of the International Rescue Committee, an international human rights organization. In 1987, he was awarded the IRC's Freedom Award, along with Elie Weisel.^[4] Other recipients of the award have included Winston Churchill, Hubert Humphrey, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Lech Wałęsa, Hamid Karzai, Madeleine Albright, and Václav Havel. Whitehead is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He has been Chairman of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) since July, 2005. The International Rescue Committee was founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein to assist opponents of Adolf Hitler. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Elie Wiesel Eliezer Wiesel (born September 30, 1928) is a Holocaust survivor, a world-renowned author, and a political activist. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. ... Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: Dan Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush, KBE (born... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... For McCains grandfather and father, see John S. McCain, Sr. ... Lech WaÅ‚Ä™sa (IPA: ; born September 29, 1943, Popowo, Poland) is a Polish politician, a former trade union and human rights activist, and also a former electrician. ... Hamid Karzai (Pashto: حامد کرزي) (b. ... Madeleine Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová, IPA: , on May 15, 1937) was the first woman to become United States Secretary of State. ... Václav Havel, GCB, CC, (IPA: ) (born October 5, 1936 in Prague) is a Czech writer and dramatist. ... An Eagle Scout is a Scout with the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). ... The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, is a special award, awarded only to Eagle Scouts, for distinguished service in his profession or to the community for a period of at least 25 years after earning his Eagle Scout rank. ...

Whitehead was married to the late pioneering television newswoman, Nancy Dickerson until her death; her son, John Dickerson, the writer, is one of his stepchildren. In 2003, Mr. Whitehead dedicated the Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Community Service Center for Homeless Youth in Southeast Washington, D.C. with a generous gift to Covenant House Washington. Nancy Dickerson (born January 19, 1927 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, died October 18, 1997 in New York City) was a pioneering radio and television newswoman. ... John Dickerson is chief political correspondent for Slate magazine. ...

In 2005, Whitehead published a memoir A Life In Leadership: From D-Day to Ground Zero.^[3]

In 2006, Whitehead was one of the most notable Republican donors to the campaign of Joseph Lieberman in his independent re-election campaign for the U.S. Senate.^[5]

Notes

1. ^ "Whitehead Resigns as LMDC Chairman" @ LMDC - Lower Manhattan.info - May 11, 2006
2. ^ "John Whitehead" interview @ Harvard Business School (Adobe Acrobat *.PDF document)
3. ^ ^{a b} A Life In Leadership @ Basic Books
4. ^ The IRC Freedom Award
5. ^ Lightman, David. "GOP Gave Joe A Boost", Hartford Courant, March 19, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-19. 

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External links

• Goldman Sachs biography
• Clarke College: Brief Biography