Admin: Add Class 10 for Gardner Botsford from 2012 symposium slide

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Add Class 10 for Gardner Botsford from 2012 symposium slide

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Admin: Notable Ritchie Boys gallery from both slide decks

2026-08-25T02:05:12Z

Notable Ritchie Boys gallery from both slide decks

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These short portraits come from Dan Gross’s '''Notable Ritchie Boys''' Google Slides (both decks), adapted here as a single gallery. Where a roster page exists, the name links to that soldier article.

Sources: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM source] and [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EWiegWT3PMxAFXS7MZLxFFLMZg0265GK5_Axp_XnzWM source].

<div class="notable-slides">
<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Angress, Werner (33043440).jpg|200px|link=Angress, Werner T. (33043440)|alt=Werner T. Angress]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Angress, Werner T. (33043440)|Werner T. Angress]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 11</div>
<ul>
<li>Historian, SUNY Professor</li>
<li>Author, "Between Fear and Hope"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Applegate, Rex.jpg|200px|link=Applegate, Rex|alt=Rex Applegate (1914-1998)]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Applegate, Rex|Rex Applegate (1914-1998)]]</div>
<ul>
<li>Instructor; manual combat specialist</li>
<li>Author, "Kill or Be Killed"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Baer, Ralph (32887607).jpg|200px|link=Baer, Ralph H. (32887607)|alt=Ralph H. Baer]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Baer, Ralph H. (32887607)|Ralph H. Baer]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 10</div>
<ul>
<li>“Father of Video Games”; Odyssey; Pong</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Botsford, Gardner.jpg|200px|link=Botsford, Gardner|alt=Gardner Botsford (1917-2004)]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Botsford, Gardner|Gardner Botsford (1917-2004)]]</div>
<ul>
<li>Editor, New Yorker</li>
<li>Author, "Life of Privilege, Mostly"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Brandstetter, Frank (01822527).jpg|200px|link=Brandstetter, Frank M. (01822527)|alt=Frank M. Brandstetter]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Brandstetter, Frank M. (01822527)|Frank M. Brandstetter]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 6</div>
<ul>
<li>International hotelier</li>
<li>Subject of "Brandy, Our Man in Acapulco"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Brombert, Victor (32906913).jpg|200px|link=Brombert, Victor H. (32906913)|alt=Victor H. Brombert]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Brombert, Victor H. (32906913)|Victor H. Brombert]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 11</div>
<ul>
<li>Professor Emeritus, Princeton</li>
<li>Author, "Trains of Thought"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Cassini, Igor (33748610).jpg|200px|link=Cassini, Igor L. (33748610)|alt=Igor L. Cassini]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Cassini, Igor L. (33748610)|Igor L. Cassini]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 18</div>
<ul>
<li>“Cholly Knickerbocker” columnist for Hearst newspapers</li>
<li>Slide photo: Igor (left) with brother Oleg</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Chafee, John (039083).jpg|200px|link=Chafee, John H. (039083)|alt=John H. Chafee]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Chafee, John H. (039083)|John H. Chafee]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 23</div>
<ul>
<li>USMC officer; Okinawa, Korea</li>
<li>Governor and Senator, Rhode Island; Secretary of the Navy</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Chavchavadze, David (11092357).jpg|200px|link=Chavchavadze, David (11092357)|alt=David Chavchavadze]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Chavchavadze, David (11092357)|David Chavchavadze]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 10</div>
<ul>
<li>Romanov prince</li>
<li>Author, "Crowns and Trenchcoats: A Russian Prince in the CIA"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Church, Frank (01326316).jpg|200px|link=Church, Frank Forrester III (01326316)|alt=Frank Forrester III Church]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Church, Frank Forrester III (01326316)|Frank Forrester III Church]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 15</div>
<ul>
<li>Idaho Senator; opposed Vietnam War</li>
<li>Church Committee (Intelligence)</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Coffin, William (01326274).jpg|200px|link=Coffin, William Sloane Jr (01326274)|alt=William Sloane Jr Coffin]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Coffin, William Sloane Jr (01326274)|William Sloane Jr Coffin]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 13</div>
<ul>
<li>Peace activist; Yale Chaplain</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Edel, Joseph (32982708).jpg|200px|link=Edel, Joseph Leon (32982708)|alt=Joseph Leon Edel]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Edel, Joseph Leon (32982708)|Joseph Leon Edel]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 13</div>
<ul>
<li>Henry James scholar</li>
<li>Author, "The Visitable Past"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Fodor, Eugene (39532445).jpg|200px|link=Fodor, Eugene (39532445)|alt=Eugene Fodor]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Fodor, Eugene (39532445)|Eugene Fodor]]</div>
<ul>
<li>1st Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company</li>
<li>OSS/CIA intelligence officer; Fodor’s travel guides</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Glaessner, Philip (32718832).jpg|200px|link=Glaessner, Philip J. W. (32718832)|alt=Philip J. W. Glaessner]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Glaessner, Philip J. W. (32718832)|Philip J. W. Glaessner]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 15</div>
<ul>
<li>Alliance for Progress; World Bank economist</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Goheen, Robert (01283413).jpg|200px|link=Goheen, Robert F. (01283413)|alt=Robert F. Goheen]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Goheen, Robert F. (01283413)|Robert F. Goheen]]</div>
<ul>
<li>President, Princeton University; Ambassador to India</li>
<li>Notable Ritchie Boys slide lists Class 15 (roster currently shows Class 5)</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Habe-Bekessy, Hans (32719455).jpg|200px|link=Habe-Bekessy, Hans (32719455)|alt=Hans Habe-Bekessy]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Habe-Bekessy, Hans (32719455)|Hans Habe-Bekessy]]</div>
<ul>
<li>1st Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company</li>
<li>Editor; author, "A Thousand Shall Fall"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Heym, Stefan (32860259).jpg|200px|link=Heym, Stefan (32860259)|alt=Stefan Heym]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Heym, Stefan (32860259)|Stefan Heym]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 9</div>
<ul>
<li>Author, "The Wandering Jew", "The Crusaders"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Howard, Fred (32799358).jpg|200px|link=Howard, Fred (32799358)|alt=Fred Howard]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Howard, Fred (32799358)|Fred Howard]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 17</div>
<ul>
<li>Display company owner; invented L’Eggs pantyhose</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Jellinek, George (01326463).jpg|200px|link=Jellinek, George (01326463)|alt=George Jellinek]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Jellinek, George (01326463)|George Jellinek]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 16</div>
<ul>
<li>WQXR radio host, "The Vocal Scene"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Johnson, Philip (31303426).jpg|200px|link=Johnson, Philip C. (31303426)|alt=Philip C. Johnson]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Johnson, Philip C. (31303426)|Philip C. Johnson]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 10</div>
<ul>
<li>Architect; modern glass and steel towers</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Kluge, John (01577435).jpg|200px|link=Kluge, John W. (01577435)|alt=John W. Kluge]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Kluge, John W. (01577435)|John W. Kluge]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 7</div>
<ul>
<li>Metromedia owner; billionaire philanthropist</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Leavitt, Frank S.jpg|200px|link=Leavitt, Frank S.|alt=Frank S. Leavitt / Man Mountain Dean (1891-1953)]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Leavitt, Frank S.|Frank S. Leavitt / Man Mountain Dean (1891-1953)]]</div>
<ul>
<li>First Sergeant; known as “Man Mountain Dean”</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Lewen, Simon (12138008).jpg|200px|link=Lewen, Simon J. (12138008)|alt=Simon J. Lewen]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Lewen, Simon J. (12138008)|Simon J. Lewen]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 16</div>
<ul>
<li>Artist of the Holocaust; Si Lewen Museum</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Mayer, Arno (42139253).jpg|200px|link=Mayer, Arno J. (42139253)|alt=Arno J. Mayer]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Mayer, Arno J. (42139253)|Arno J. Mayer]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 29</div>
<ul>
<li>Professor Emeritus, Princeton; Marxist historian</li>
<li>Author, "Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Melchior, Ib (32909534).jpg|200px|link=Melchior, Ib J. (32909534)|alt=Ib J. Melchior]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Melchior, Ib J. (32909534)|Ib J. Melchior]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 10</div>
<ul>
<li>Science fiction films</li>
<li>Novelist, "Order of Battle"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Michaels, Rudolf (39007411).jpg|200px|link=Michaels, Rudolf H. (39007411)|alt=Rudolf H. Michaels]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Michaels, Rudolf H. (39007411)|Rudolf H. Michaels]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 16</div>
<ul>
<li>Law school professor; judge</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Oakes, John (01283473).jpg|200px|link=Oakes, John B. (01283473)|alt=John B. Oakes]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Oakes, John B. (01283473)|John B. Oakes]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 4</div>
<ul>
<li>Editor, New York Times; created Op-Ed page; environmentalist</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Parloff, Morris (0552566).jpg|200px|link=Parloff, Morris B. (0552566)|alt=Morris B. Parloff]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Parloff, Morris B. (0552566)|Morris B. Parloff]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 16</div>
<ul>
<li>Clinical psychologist; NIH administrator</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Perl, William (0555149).jpg|200px|link=Perl, William R. (0555149)|alt=William R. Perl]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Perl, William R. (0555149)|William R. Perl]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 6</div>
<ul>
<li>Rescued an estimated 40,000 Jews</li>
<li>Author, "Operation Action"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Phillips, Laughlin (11092463).jpg|200px|link=Phillips, Laughlin (11092463)|alt=Laughlin Phillips]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Phillips, Laughlin (11092463)|Laughlin Phillips]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 17</div>
<ul>
<li>The Phillips Collection (modern art); The Washingtonian magazine</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Pleskow, Eric (32899187).jpg|200px|link=Pleskow, Eric R. (32899187)|alt=Eric R. Pleskow]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Pleskow, Eric R. (32899187)|Eric R. Pleskow]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 27</div>
<ul>
<li>Film producer; President, United Artists; three Oscar awards</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Rockefeller, David (01112396).jpg|200px|link=Rockefeller, David (01112396)|alt=David Rockefeller]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Rockefeller, David (01112396)|David Rockefeller]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 7</div>
<ul>
<li>Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank; philanthropist</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Ross, Eric (32450669).jpg|200px|link=Ross, Eric F. (32450669)|alt=Eric F. Ross]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Ross, Eric F. (32450669)|Eric F. Ross]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 10</div>
<ul>
<li>Chemical and plastics pioneer; philanthropist</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Salinger, Jerome (32325200).jpg|200px|link=Salinger, Jerome D. (32325200)|alt=Jerome D. Salinger]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Salinger, Jerome D. (32325200)|Jerome D. Salinger]]</div>
<ul>
<li>CIC Short Course</li>
<li>Novelist, "The Catcher in the Rye"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Schifter, Richard (32966898).jpg|200px|link=Schifter, Richard (32966898)|alt=Richard Schifter]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Schifter, Richard (32966898)|Richard Schifter]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 17</div>
<ul>
<li>Assistant Secretary of State</li>
<li>Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Seymour, David (32524843).jpg|200px|link=Seymour, David Robert (32524843)|alt=David Robert Seymour]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Seymour, David Robert (32524843)|David Robert Seymour]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 5</div>
<ul>
<li>Famous photographer known as "Chim"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Spear, Hans (36681166).jpg|200px|link=Spear, Hans N. (36681166)|alt=Hans N. Spear]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Spear, Hans N. (36681166)|Hans N. Spear]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 14</div>
<ul>
<li>Painting company owner</li>
<li>Notable Ritchie Boys slide lists as Hans J. Spear</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Stern, Guy (37413105).jpg|200px|link=Stern, Guy (37413105)|alt=Guy Stern]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Guy Stern]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 8</div>
<ul>
<li>German literature scholar; Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Walters, Vernon (01284614).jpg|200px|link=Walters, Vernon A. (01284614)|alt=Vernon A. Walters]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Walters, Vernon A. (01284614)|Vernon A. Walters]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-meta">Class 4</div>
<ul>
<li>Career intelligence officer; Ambassador to the UN and Germany</li>
</ul>
</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-card">
<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:Warfield, William (32550394).jpg|200px|link=Warfield, William C (32550394)|alt=William C Warfield]]</div>
<div class="notable-slide-body">
<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Warfield, William C (32550394)|William C Warfield]]</div>
<ul>
<li>Entertainment Director</li>
<li>Bass-baritone; "Porgy and Bess"</li>
</ul>
</div></div>
</div>

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