It was led by co-chairs James A. Baker, III, the nations 61st secretary of state and honorary chairman of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, and Lee H. Hamilton, former congressman and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Lee H. Hamilton became director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in January, 1999.
He also serves on the boards of: the Space Foundation, the Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy, the Concord Coalition, Strategic Partnerships LLC and the Center for the Study of the Presidency - and on occasional projects with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
ThomasKuchel (1910-1994) was a Republican United States Senator from California.
Kuchel, who was known as a moderate, eventually backed Knowland in his campaign to oust Knight in the Republican primary for governor in 1958.
Kuchel broke with Knowland in 1964, however, when Knowland asked him to endorse Barry Goldwater for the Republican nomination for president, and Kuchel instead endorsed Nelson Rockefeller.