Arthur Joseph Goldberg

(August 8, 1908, Chicago, Illinois-January 19, 1990, Washington, D.C.). 7th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1965-1968. Labor lawyer. U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1961-1962. Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1962-1965. 7th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, July 26, 1965-June 24, 1968. Democratic candidate for Governor of New York, 1970. Wrote the landmark Supreme Court decision in Escobedo v. Illinois.

George Wildman Ball

(December 21, 1909, Des Moines, Iowa-May 26, 1994, New York, New York). 8th U..S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1968. Economist. Attorney. Author. Under-U.S. Secretary of State, 1961-1966. Banker, Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb, 1966-1968, 1969-1982. 8th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, May 14-September 25, 1968. Noted as an opponent of escalation of the Vietnam War.

James Russell Wiggins

(December 4, 1903, Luverne, Minnesota-November 19, 2000, Brooklin, Maine). 9th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1968-1969. Journalist. Editorial Writer, St. Paul Dispatch and St. Paul Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1930-1933, Washington Correspondent, 1933-1938, Managing Editor, 1938-1942, 1945-1946. Assistant Publisher, New York Times, 1946-1947. Managing Editor, The Washington Post, 1947-1955, Vice President, 1953-1960, Executive Editor, 1955-1960, Editor and Executive Vice President, 1960-1968. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, October 4, 1968-January 20, 1969. Editor, Ellisworth American, 1969-1991, Editor, 1969-2003. Built The Washington Post into a newspaper with a national reputation.

Charles Woodruff Yost

(November 6, 1907, Watertown, New York-May 22, 1981, Washington, D.C.). 10th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1969-1971. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Thailand, 1945. U.S. Minister to Laos, 1954. U.S. Ambassador to Laos, 1955. U.S. Ambassador to Syria, 1957. U.S. Ambassador to Morocco, 1958-1961. 10th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, January 22, 1969-February 25, 1971.

George Herbert Walker Bush

(June 12, 1924, Milton, Massachusetts-Alive). 11th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1971-1973. Oilman. U.S. Representative (Republican-Texas), 1967-1971. 11th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, March, 1971-February, 1973. Chairman, Republican National Committee, 1973-1974. Head, U.S. Liaison Office in China, 1974-1976. Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 1976-1977. Candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980. Vice President of the United States, January 20, 1981-January 20, 1989. President of the United States, January 20, 1989-January 20, 1993. Republican candidate for President of the United States, 1992. Son of Prescott Sheldon Bush. Father of George Walker Bush and Jeb Bush. Husband of Barbara Bush.

John Alfred Scali

(April 27, 1918-October 9, 2001, Washington, D.C.). 12th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1973-1975. Journalist. Reporter, ABC, 1961-1971, 1975-1993. Adviser to the President on Foreign Affairs, 1971-1973. 12th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, February 2, 1973-June 29, 1975. Noted as a covert intermediary (while a journalist) between the Soviets and the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis.