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: source and source.
Class 11
- Historian, SUNY Professor
- Author, "Between Fear and Hope"
- Instructor; manual combat specialist
- Author, "Kill or Be Killed"
Class 10
- “Father of Video Games”; Odyssey; Pong
Class 10
- Editor, New Yorker
- Author, "Life of Privilege, Mostly"
Class 6
- International hotelier
- Subject of "Brandy, Our Man in Acapulco"
Class 11
- Professor Emeritus, Princeton
- Author, "Trains of Thought"
Class 18
- “Cholly Knickerbocker” columnist for Hearst newspapers
- Slide photo: Igor (left) with brother Oleg
Class 23
- USMC officer; Okinawa, Korea
- Governor and Senator, Rhode Island; Secretary of the Navy
Class 10
- Romanov prince
- Author, "Crowns and Trenchcoats: A Russian Prince in the CIA"
Class 15
- Idaho Senator; opposed Vietnam War
- Church Committee (Intelligence)
Class 13
- Peace activist; Yale Chaplain
Class 13
- Henry James scholar
- Author, "The Visitable Past"
- 1st Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company
- OSS/CIA intelligence officer; Fodor’s travel guides
Class 15
- Alliance for Progress; World Bank economist
- President, Princeton University; Ambassador to India
- Notable Ritchie Boys slide lists Class 15 (roster currently shows Class 5)
- 1st Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company
- Editor; author, "A Thousand Shall Fall"
Class 9
- Author, "The Wandering Jew", "The Crusaders"
Class 17
- Display company owner; invented L’Eggs pantyhose
Class 16
- WQXR radio host, "The Vocal Scene"
Class 10
- Architect; modern glass and steel towers
Class 7
- Metromedia owner; billionaire philanthropist
- First Sergeant; known as “Man Mountain Dean”
Class 16
- Artist of the Holocaust; Si Lewen Museum
Class 29
- Professor Emeritus, Princeton; Marxist historian
- Author, "Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?"
Class 10
- Science fiction films
- Novelist, "Order of Battle"
Class 16
- Law school professor; judge
Class 4
- Editor, New York Times; created Op-Ed page; environmentalist
Class 16
- Clinical psychologist; NIH administrator
Class 6
- Rescued an estimated 40,000 Jews
- Author, "Operation Action"
Class 17
- The Phillips Collection (modern art); The Washingtonian magazine
Class 27
- Film producer; President, United Artists; three Oscar awards
Class 7
- Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank; philanthropist
Class 10
- Chemical and plastics pioneer; philanthropist
- CIC Short Course
- Novelist, "The Catcher in the Rye"
Class 17
- Assistant Secretary of State
- Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations
Class 5
- Famous photographer known as "Chim"
Class 14
- Painting company owner
- Notable Ritchie Boys slide lists as Hans J. Spear
Class 8
- German literature scholar; Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University
Class 4
- Career intelligence officer; Ambassador to the UN and Germany
- Entertainment Director
- Bass-baritone; "Porgy and Bess"
