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Names and Faces
This small reference tool gives you brief descriptions of those associated with Ronald Reagan.
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- Lacoeur, Joan [LaCoeur]
- (recording secretary of HICCASP)
- Laffer, Arthur B.
- (economist; Laffer curve)
- Laffer, Arthur B.
- (economist; Laffer curve)
- Lancaster, Burt
- (actor)
- Lane, Priscilla
- Actress co-starring in Brother Rat (1938) and appearing in: Cowboys from Brooklyn (1938); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); and Million Dollar Baby (1941).
- Langley, Edward
- (PR man for GE)
- Lardner, Ring, Jr.
- (accused in HUAC investigation of film industry)
- Latta, Delbert L.
- (Republican coauthor of Gramm-Latta tax cut bill)--(R) Ohio. Ranking minority member of the House Budget Committee
- Lavelle, Rita
- (head of EPA's waste management; resigned)
- Lawson, John Howard
- (accused in HUAC investigation of film industry)
- Laxalt, Paul
- (senator and friend & adviser of RWR) Senator from NV 75-87. Chairman of Ronald Reagan Presidential Campaign 76, 80 and 84. Reagan's transitional team, 80
- Ledeen, Michael A.
- NSC consultant from November, 1984 to December, 1986. Made initial contacts with Peres.
- Lekachman, Robert
- (liberal economist; popularized phrase Reaganomics)
- Lenin, Vladimir
- Emerged from Bolshevik revolution as leader of USSR, founder of Marxism-Leninism philosophy.
- Leroy, Mervyn [LeRoy]
- (director; story of RWR-NDR meeting)
- Levin, Jeremy
- Kidnapped in Beirut March 7, 1984. Escaped.
- Lewis, David
- Associate producer of Million Dollar Baby (1941) and of Kings Row(1942).
- Lewis, Drew
- (Secretary of Transportation)--Millionaire businessman from Penn. Worked with Reagan to limit "social regulations" on the automobile industry.
- Lindfors, Viveca
- Actress and star in Night Unto Night (1949).
- Lindsay, Hal
- Author of Late Great Planet Earth.
- Lindsey, Jack B.
- Executive who worked in Reagan's 1966 gubernatorial campaign and supported his 1968 presidential run; Lindsey was also an assistant to Reagan who played a role in the passage of Reagan's first gubernatorial tax legislation negotiations.
- Little, Rich
- (comedian)
- Livermore, Norman (Ike)
- Lumber company executive and Ronald Reagan's California Resources Director.
- Livingstone, Mary
- (wife of Jack Benny)
- Lombardi, Vincent J. (Vince)
- (football coach)
- Long, Russell
- (Senator)--LA Senator, 48-87
- Lord, Robert
- Co-producer of Brother Rat (1939) and producer of Brother Rat and a Baby (1940).
- Louis, Joe
- Pro heavyweight boxer who held world heavyweight titles for 12 straight years.
- Lowell, James Russell
- Poet and namesake of Lowell Park.
- Lowry, Dr. James
- Lowry served as the California director of Department of Mental Hygiene under Brown and Ronald Reagan.
- Lugar, Richard
- (Indiana senator)--Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Lukats, Nick
- (Notre Dame football player; consultant for Rockne film)
- Lyles, A. C.
- (producer and RWR friend)
- Lynch, Thomas
- California attorney general elected in 1966 over Spencer Williams; he was the only Democratic winner.
- Lyng, Richard
- Lyng served as Ronald Reagan's California head of Agriculture.
- Lynn, Diana
- Actress and star in Bedtime for Bonzo (1951).
- MacArthur, General Douglas
- Truman appointed him Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in World War II, but later dismissed him during the Korean War because MacArthur wanted total victory and disagreed with Truman's limited warfare tactics.
- MacDonald, Joseph Patrick
- (director of RWR's screen test)
- MacLean, Douglas
- (actor from Dixon)
- Maguire, Mary
- Actress appearing in Sergeant Murphy (1938).
- Maltz, Albert
- (accused in HUAC investigation of film industry)
- Mannix, Eddie
- (head of MGM)
- Mansfield, Mike
- (senator)
- Mantz, Paul
- (post commander of First Motion Picture Unit)
- Marshall, Thurgood
- NAACP lawyer who won Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court, 1967-91, nominated by President Johnson.
- Marton, Andrew
- Director of Prisoner of War (1954).
- Massey, Raymond
- Actor known for roles in the TV series "Dr. Kildare" and movie East of Eden. Co-starred with Reagan in Santa Fe Trail.
- Matlock, Jack
- (Soviet expert on NSC staff; arms control)
- Maxwell, Frank
- (SAG member at 4/18/60 strike meeting)
- Mayer, Louis B.
- (head of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer)
- Mayo, Virginia
- Actress and costar with RWR in The Girls form Jones Beach (1947) and star of She's Working Her Way Through College (1952).
- McAuliffe, Christa
- (teacher on Challenger)
- McCall, Mary
- (Screen Writers Guild President)
- McCarthy, Joseph
- Senator from Wisconsin (1946-1954) who charged various government officials were communists. He contributed to the Red Scare with the televised three month long McCarthy Trials where he accused the army of not eliminating spies with its ranks. In December of 1954 the Senate denounced his radical behavior.
- McCarthy, Leo
- California Democrat legislator who played an important role in welfare reform negotiations.
- McCarthy, Timothy J.
- (secret service agent hurt in shooting)
- McCone, John J.
- Republican who served as the head of the nonpartisan commission to investigate problems at Berkeley.
- McDowell, John
- (member of HUAC)
- McFarlane, Robert C.
- National Security Adviser from 1983 to 1985. Responsible for key elements in Iran arms deals and Contra policy. Pled guilty to withholding information from Congress. Pardoned January 24, 1992.
- McGovern, George
- South Dakota senator tried to pass McGovern-Hatfield amendment with Senator Mark Hatfield to end US involvement in the Vietnam War. 1972 Democratic presidential nominee.
- McHenry, Dean
- (chancellor emeritus at UC-Santa Cruz)
- McHugh, Frank
- Actor appearing in Swing Your Lady (1938) and Boy Meets Girl (1938).
- McIntyre, Francis Cardinal
- (opponent of RWR's California abortion bill)
- McKay, James C.
- (Independent prosecutor on Wedtech)
- McMahon, John N.
- Deputy Director of the CIA from 1982 to March, 1986. After learning of the CIA role in illegal Hawk missile shipment to Iran, he demanded RWR sign Presidential Finding before allowing CIA to ship more arms.
- McPherson, Aimee Semple
- Evangelist interviewed by Ronald Reagan in Des Moines.
- McWilliams, Carey
- California journalist and historian who reported on 1930s welfare payments to farm workers that crippled union efforts.
- Meany, George
- (head of AFL-CIO in late 1970s)
- Meese, Edwin, III
- (California aide and Attorney General)--Chief of Staff in California 1969-75. Campaign advisor, 1980. Counselor to RWR 81-85. Deputy DA for Alameda Co., CA in late 60's. Directed Reagan's response to protests at Berkeley during governorship. Supervised president's domestic policy staff and member of National Security Council. Foe of Legal Services and ACLU. Attorney General 1985-88.Connected with hostage ransom operations by DEA and North, and involved in cover-up of arms deals.
- Meiklejohn, William (Bill)
- (RWR's first agent)
- Mendes, Lothar
- Director of International Squadron (1941).
- Menjou, Adolphe
- (testified as friendly witness before HUAC)
- Merriam, Frank
- (governor of California in 1930s)
- Metzenbaum, Howard
- (Democratic Senator from Ohio)--US Senator, elected in 74. Made millions of parking lots.
- Meyer, Theodore
- Meyer served as the Chairman of California board of regents when Ronald Reagan took office and was president of the San Francisco Mechanics Institute.
- Michel, Robert H.
- (House minority leader)--From Illinois. Deputy floor leader at Republican National Convention, 76; for Reagan for 80.
- Migden, Chet
- (SAG executive secretary in 1960)
- Milestone, Lewis
- (accused in HUAC investigation of film industry)
- Milken, Michael
- (convicted junk bond king)
- Miller, Edward S.
- (Nixon administration agent pardoned by RWR)
- Miller, George, Jr.
- Chair of California Senate Finance committee when Ronald Reagan took office as governor.
- Miller, James C., III
- (Stockman's successor at OMB; deregulation)
- Miller, Jonathan
- (White House aide)
- Miller, Richard R.
- President of IBC. Major player in political and paramilitary operations with North and Channell. Pled guilty to one count to defraud United States.
- Mills, Edward
- A member of Ronald Reagan's "kitchen cabinet," a group of unofficial advisors who helped to persuade Reagan to run for governor.
- Mills, James
- President pro tem of the California Senate.
- Mills, Wilbur
- (House ways and means chair early 1970s)
- Mises, Ludwig von
- (free-market economist)
- Mitchell, Aaron
- Mitchell was a prisoner convicted of killing a policeman during a robbery. He was executed while Ronald Reagan was governor.
- Mitchell, John
- Nixon's 1968 campaign manager and later his attorney general. He spent two years in prison for obstruction of justice in the Watergate investigation.
- Mize, Marisa
- (nurse after RWR was shot)
- Monagan, Robert T.
- Republican California assembly speaker who succeeded Unruh as Majority Leader; as minority leader in 1966 he prepared a "guidebook" for Reagan and his inexperienced administration that was largely ignored.
- Monge, Luis Alberto
- President of Costa Rica in the early 1980s who supported southern front by allowing secret air bases for Enterprise.
- Monson, Arch, Jr.
- A member of Ronald Reagan's "kitchen cabinet," a group of unofficial advisors who helped to persuade Reagan to run for governor.
- Montgomery, Robert
- (RWR's predecessor at SAG; actor)
- Moomaw, Donn
- (Bel-Air Presbyterian pastor)
- Moran, William H.
- (memoirs were basis for Secret Service films, loosely)
- Moretti, Bob
- California assembly speaker in 1971 who antagonized Ronald Reagan over welfare reform.
- Morgan, Dennis
- Actor at Warner, starring in It's A Great Feeling (1949).
- Morris, Wayne
- Actor starring in Brother Rat (1938) and Brother Rat and a Baby (1940). He also appeared in An Angel from Texas (1940), The Voice of the Turtle (1947) and John Loves Mary (1949). His wife was bridesmaid at RWR-Wyman wedding.
- Morton, Rogers C. B.
- (Nixon secretary of Interior)
- Mott, William Penn, Jr.
- Ronald Reagan's California State Parks director.
- Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
- (senator)--(D) NY senator 1975-president. Chairman Water Resources Subcommittee; Chairman Social Security and Family Policy Subcommittee. Ph.D. Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
- Multz, Zelda
- (president of RWR fan club in 1950)
- Mundell, Robert
- (economist; with Laffer, created supply-side economics)
- Muni, Paul
- (actor)
- Murphy, Franklin
- Chancellor of UCLA when Ronald Reagan became governor.
- Murphy, George
- Republican California senator elected 1964; former president of the Screen Actors Guild.
- Muskie, Edward
- Former senator, governor of Maine, and secretary of state. Reagan appointed him as part of independent investigation team on Iran Contra Affair (Tower Commission).
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