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Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)


United States, Political Org    (1921 to present)
• Globalist policy organization based in New York City (See: CFR website)
• Publishes journal "Foreign Affairs" (See: FA history)
• List of corporate members / sponsors (See: Corporate Member list)
• List of all current and former Directors and Officers (See: Historic roster)
• List of CFR "David Rockefeller Fellows" (See: Experts list)
• List of individual members (See: Member list)
• List of current directors only, with bios (See: Current directors)
• 1949 : CFR launches the "Edward R. Murrow Press Fellowship" program (See: CFR article)
• 1996 : CFR publishes "Continuing the Inquiry" by Peter Grose, a history of the CFR from 1921-1996 (See: Text online)
• 2017 : Article and charts showing interlock between CFR and US organizations (media, govt) (See: SWPRS Article)
• 2019 : CFR launches "World 101" global governance education project (See: World101 project)
• 2021 : *** SPECIAL NOTE ***
Database now includes all CFR members (1922-2020). Only a small subset is listed below.
Enter any LAST name in the search box above to find other CFR members.
• 2022 : Detailed overview of CFR and related orgs, with member lists, etc (See: ISGP article)
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NitzePHMember
 
BallGWMember
 
BarrettEWMember
 
RockefellerDDirector
 
DraperWH2Member
 
EisenhowerDDMember
 
BuncheRJMember
 
JohnsonJEMember
 
AchesonDGMember
 
WarburgEMMember
 
GrahamPLMember
 
JohnstonEAMember
 
SchlesingerAM2Member
 
KennanGFMember
 
StrauszRMember
 
MeyerC2Member
 
BundyMMember
 
MartinWM2Member
 
GalbraithJKMember
 
SarnoffDMember
 
OppenheimerJRMember
 
WisnerFGMember
 
MorrisRMember
 
MacLeishAMember
 
CousinsNMember
 
WhitneyJHMember
 
BruceDKEMember
 
GarnerRLMember
 
JenningsBBMember
 
CurrieLBMember
 
HissAMember
 
AltschulFOfficer
 
RockefellerDMember
 
ReidWMember
 
HoffmanPGMember
 
LattimoreOMember
 
DillonCDMember
 
McCloyJJMember
 
QuigleyWCHistorian
 
StettiniusER2Member
 
RockefellerNAMember
 
HooverHCMember
 
AydelotteFMember
 
PaleyWSMember
 
DoddWEMember
 
GuggenheimHFMember
 
ClaytonWLMember
 
ConantJBMember
 
AltschulFDirector
 
LuceHRMember
 
MurrowERMember
 
BundyHHMember
 
JessupPCDirector
 
ElliottWYMember
 
HarrimanERMember
 
DullesAWOfficer
 
SpeyerJJMember
 
MellonAWMember
 
WarburgJPMember
 
DonovanWJMember
 
LippmannWDirector
 
RockefellerJD3Member
 
LawrenceDMember
 
StraussLLMember
 
HerterCAMember
 
MeyerE2Member
 
VillardOGMember
 
SmithAEMember
 
JessupPCMember
 
ArmstrongHFOfficer
 
DavisonHP2Member
 
MarshallLMember
 
StrongB2Member
 
AldrichWWMember
 
DullesAWMember
 
DullesAWDirector
 
SulzbergerAHMember
 
LovettRAMember
 
YoungODDirector
 
BrookingsRSMember
 
MurphyGMPMember
 
ForrestalJVMember
 
WalkerGHMember
 
HarrimanWAMember
 
OsbornFHMember
 
ShotwellJTMember
 
StimsonHLMember
 
SwopeGMember
 
StettiniusERMember
 
AltschulFMember
 
DillonCMember
 
ArmstrongHFMember
 
FosdickRBMember
 
LippmannWMember
 
LehmanHHMember
 
DullesJFMember
 
DavisJWMember
 
DugganSPMember
 
ElkusAIMember
 
LamontTWMember
 
CravathPDMember
 
MorgenthauHMember
 
YoungODMember
 
HouseEMMember
 
RootEMember
 
WarburgFMMember
 
KahnOHMember
 
DavisonFTMember
 
WarburgPMMember
 
FaunceWHPMember
 
ArmstrongHFDirector
 
MezesSEMember
 
StrausOSMember
 
SimmonsWDMember
 
NortonCDMember
 
ThompsonWBMember
 
DavisJWDirector
 
DugganSPDirector
 
CravathPDDirector
 
RootEOfficer
 
KahnOHDirector
 
CravathPDOfficer
 
DavisJWOfficer
 
WarburgPMDirector
 
RockFoundSponsor
 
CovingtonBurlSponsor
 
RaytheonCoSponsor
 
AffiliateRIIA
 
SpinoffTheInquiry
 
AmerIntGrpSponsor
 
ATTSponsor
 
BankAmericaSponsor
 
BoozAllHamSponsor
 
GoldmanSachsSponsor
 
IBMSponsor
 
MerckCoSponsor
 
SullivanCromSponsor
 
Life ofCFR
 
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Nitze, Paul H.   (Member of, 1949 to 2004-10-19) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Ball, George W.   (Member of, 1949 to 1993) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Barrett, Edward W.   (Member of, 1949 to 1987) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Foreign Policy Council
Rockefeller, David   (Director of, 1949 to 1985) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1970 : Chairman
• 1985 : Honorary Chairman
Draper, William H. Jr.   (Member of, 1949 to 1974) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Eisenhower, Dwight D.   (Member of, 1949 to 1968) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Bunche, Ralph J.   (Member of, 1949 to 1967) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Johnson, Joseph E.   (Member of, 1948 to 1990) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Acheson, Dean G.   (Member of, 1948 to 1971-10-12) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Warburg, Eric M.   (Member of, 1948 to 1971) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Graham, Philip L.   (Member of, 1948 to 1962) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Johnston, Eric A.   (Member of, 1948 to 1949) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr.   (Member of, 1947 to 2006) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Kennan, George F.   (Member of, 1947 to 2004) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• (See: CFR bio)
• 1947-07 : Article "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" in Foreign Affairs, writing as "X" (See: Text online)
Strausz-Hupe, Robert   (Member of, 1947 to 2001) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Meyer, Cord Jr.   (Member of, 1947 to 2000) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Bundy, McGeorge   (Member of, 1947 to 1996-09-16) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Martin, William McChesney Jr.   (Member of, 1947 to 1995) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Galbraith, John Kenneth   (Member of, 1947 to 1970) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Sarnoff, David   (Member of, 1947 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Oppenheimer, J. Robert   (Member of, 1947 to 1966) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Wisner, Frank G.   (Member of, 1947 to 1965) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Morris, Ray   (Member of, 1947 to 1956) -- Duck | Google | Bing
MacLeish, Archibald   (Member of, 1947 to 1948) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Cousins, Norman   (Member of, 1946 to 1990) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Whitney, John Hay (Jock)   (Member of, 1946 to 1981) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Bruce, David K. E.   (Member of, 1946 to 1977) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Garner, Robert L.   (Member of, 1946 to 1968) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Jennings, B. Brewster   (Member of, 1946 to 1960) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Currie, Lauchlin B.   (Member of, 1946 to 1952) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Hiss, Alger   (Member of, 1946 to 1949) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Altschul, Frank   (Officer of, 1944 to 1972) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1944 : Secretary
• 1951 : Vice President
Rockefeller, David   (Member of, 1942 to 2016) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Reid, Whitelaw   (Member of, 1942 to 1994) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Hoffman, Paul G.   (Member of, 1942 to 1972) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Lattimore, Owen   (Member of, 1942 to 1962) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Dillon, C. Douglas   (Member of, 1940 to 2002) -- Duck | Google | Bing
McCloy, John J.   (Member of, 1940 to 1988) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Quigley, W. Carroll   (Historian of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Stettinius, Edward R. Jr.   (Member of, 1939 to 1949) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Rockefeller, Nelson A.   (Member of, 1938 to 1978) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Hoover, Herbert C.   (Member of, 1938 to 1962) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Aydelotte, Frank   (Member of, 1938 to 1954) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Paley, William S.   (Member of, 1936 to 1990-10-26) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Dodd, William E.   (Member of, 1936 to 1939) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Guggenheim, Harry F.   (Member of, 1935 to 1970) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Clayton, William L. (Will)   (Member of, 1935 to 1965) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Conant, James B.   (Member of, 1934 to 1976) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Altschul, Frank   (Director of, 1934 to 1972) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Luce, Henry R.   (Member of, 1934 to 1966) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Murrow, Edward R.   (Member of, 1934 to 1964) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Bundy, Harvey H.   (Member of, 1934 to 1962) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Jessup, Philip C.   (Director of, 1934 to 1942) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Elliott, William Yandell   (Member of, 1933 to 1972) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Harriman, E. Roland (Bunny)   (Member of, 1933 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Dulles, Allen W.   (Officer of, 1933 to 1950) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1933 : Secretary
• 1944 : Vice President
• 1946 : President
Speyer, James J.   (Member of, 1933 to 1940) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Mellon, Andrew W.   (Member of, 1933 to 1936) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Warburg, James P.   (Member of, 1932 to 1968) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Donovan, William J. (Bill)   (Member of, 1932 to 1957) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Lippmann, Walter   (Director of, 1932 to 1937) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Rockefeller, John D. III   (Member of, 1931 to 1978) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Lawrence, David   (Member of, 1931 to 1970) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Strauss, Lewis L.   (Member of, 1931 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Herter, Christian A.   (Member of, 1930 to 1966) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Meyer, Eugene Jr.   (Member of, 1930 to 1958) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Villard, Oswald Garrison   (Member of, 1930 to 1949) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Smith, Alfred E.   (Member of, 1929 to 1930) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Jessup, Philip C.   (Member of, 1928 to 1981) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Armstrong, Hamilton Fish   (Officer of, 1928 to 1972) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1922 : Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs
• 1928 : Editor Of Foreign Affairs
Davison, Henry P. Jr. (Harry)   (Member of, 1928 to 1960) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Marshall, Louis   (Member of, 1928 to 1929) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Strong, Benjamin Jr.   (Member of, 1928) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Aldrich, Winthrop W.   (Member of, 1927 to 1973) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Dulles, Allen W.   (Member of, 1927 to 1968) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Dulles, Allen W.   (Director of, 1927 to 1968) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Sulzberger, Arthur Hays   (Member of, 1927 to 1968) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Lovett, Robert A.   (Member of, 1927 to 1940) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Young, Owen D.   (Director of, 1927 to 1940) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Brookings, Robert S.   (Member of, 1927 to 1931) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Murphy, Grayson M. P.   (Member of, 1927) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Forrestal, James V.   (Member of, 1926 to 1931) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Walker, George H. (Bert)   (Member of, 1926 to 1930) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Harriman, William Averell   (Member of, 1924 to 1986) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Osborn, Frederick H.   (Member of, 1924 to 1971) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Shotwell, James T.   (Member of, 1924 to 1959) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Stimson, Henry L.   (Member of, 1924 to 1950) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Swope, Gerard   (Member of, 1924 to 1950) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Stettinius, Edward R.   (Member of, 1924 to 1925) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Altschul, Frank   (Member of, 1922 to 1980) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Dillon, Clarence   (Member of, 1922 to 1973) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Armstrong, Hamilton Fish   (Member of, 1922 to 1972) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Fosdick, Raymond B.   (Member of, 1922 to 1971) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Lippmann, Walter   (Member of, 1922 to 1970) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Founding member
Lehman, Herbert H.   (Member of, 1922 to 1963) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Dulles, John Foster   (Member of, 1922 to 1958) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Founding member
Davis, John W.   (Member of, 1922 to 1954) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Duggan, Stephen P.   (Member of, 1922 to 1949) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Elkus, Abram I.   (Member of, 1922 to 1947-10-15) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Lamont, Thomas W.   (Member of, 1922 to 1947) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Cravath, Paul D.   (Member of, 1922 to 1940) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Morgenthau, Henry   (Member of, 1922 to 1940) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Young, Owen D.   (Member of, 1922 to 1940) -- Duck | Google | Bing
House, Edward M.   (Member of, 1922 to 1938) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Root, Elihu   (Member of, 1922 to 1936) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Warburg, Felix M.   (Member of, 1922 to 1936) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Kahn, Otto H.   (Member of, 1922 to 1934) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Davison, F. Trubee   (Member of, 1922 to 1932) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Warburg, Paul M.   (Member of, 1922 to 1932) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Faunce, William H.P.   (Member of, 1922 to 1929) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Armstrong, Hamilton Fish   (Director of, 1922 to 1928) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1922 : Executive Director
Mezes, Sidney E.   (Member of, 1922 to 1928) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Straus, Oscar S.   (Member of, 1922 to 1926-05-03) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Simmons, Wallace D.   (Member of, 1922 to 1924) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Norton, Charles D.   (Member of, 1922) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Thompson, William Boyce   (Member of, 1922) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Davis, John W.   (Director of, 1921 to 1955) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Founding director
Duggan, Stephen P.   (Director of, 1921 to 1950) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Cravath, Paul D.   (Director of, 1921 to 1940) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Root, Elihu   (Officer of, 1921 to 1937) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1921 : Honorary President
Kahn, Otto H.   (Director of, 1921 to 1934) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Cravath, Paul D.   (Officer of, 1921 to 1933) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1921 : Vice President
Davis, John W.   (Officer of, 1921 to 1933) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1921 : President
Warburg, Paul M.   (Director of, 1921 to 1932) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Rockefeller Foundation   (Sponsor of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1929 : $50K grant for Harold Pratt House headquarters in New York City
Covington and Burling   (Sponsor of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Corporate Member
Raytheon Company   (Sponsor of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Corporate Member (See: CFR sponsors)
Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)   (Affiliate of, 1921-07-29 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
The Inquiry   (Spinoff of, 1921-07-29 to 1921-08) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Inquiry members form the core of the new "Council on Foreign Relations"
• 1996 : Published "Continuing the Inquiry: The Council on Foreign Relations from 1921 to 1996" (See: Text online)
American International Group (AIG)   (Sponsor of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Corporate Member (See: CFR sponsors)
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T)   (Sponsor of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Corporate Member (See: CFR sponsors)
Bank of America   (Sponsor of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Corporate Member (See: CFR sponsors)
Booz Allen Hamilton   (Sponsor of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Corporate Member (See: CFR sponsors)
Goldman Sachs and Company   (Sponsor of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Corporate Member (See: CFR sponsors)
International Business Machines (IBM)   (Sponsor of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Corporate Member (See: CFR sponsors)
Merck and Co.   (Sponsor of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Corporate Member (See: CFR sponsors)
Sullivan and Cromwell   (Sponsor of, 1921 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Corporate Member (See: CFR sponsors)