Roberta meets with Illinois Governor Dan Walker, c. 1977

Roberta and her first Congressional boss, U.S. Representative Marty Russo (D-IL)

Roberta with actor Kirk Douglas

Roberta with Vice President Walter F. Mondale

Roberta with Ed Asner

Roberta with Congressman Andy Ireland (D-FL)

Circa 1983. Ireland switched his party affiliation to the Republicans in 1984.

Roberta meets House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Washington, D.C., c. 1980s

O'Neill died in 1994.

Roberta with Richard M. Daley, now Mayor of Chicago

Roberta makes a point with Cal Ripken

Roberta lobbies Congressman Fortney "Pete" Stark (D-CA) on behalf of American Heart Association, c. 1984

Roberta with Baltimore Orioles outfielder and designated hitter Mike Young, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., c. 1987

Young left the Orioles in 1988, playing with the Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, and Cleveland Browns before retiring from the Major Leagues in 1989.

Roberta helps former U.S. Senator Claude Pepper (D-FL) celebrate his 88th birthday, Washington, D.C.

Roberta with former HEW Secretary Arthur S. Flemming

Roberta with former Attorney General Elliott Richardson

Richardson also served as U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, U.S. Secretary of Defense, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He resigned as Attorney General during the "Saturday Night Massacre" of Watergate fame. Richardson died in 1999.

Roberta and Congressman Ed Roybal (D-CA) as their entourage departs for Puerto Rico, March, 1993

Roberta with Dennis Smith and labor advocate Mildred Jeffries, August, 1994

Roberta in the Oval Office with Bill Clinton

Roberta joins cartoonist Herb Block at the White House as he receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Roberta with Dorothy Height at the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award Ceremony, White House, September 4, 1994