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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- Brown, Harold (Member of, 1969 to 2017) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Bergsten, C. Fred (Member of, 1968 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- McNamara, Robert S. (Member of, 1968 to 2008) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Vance, Cyrus R. (Member of, 1968 to 2001) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Rockefeller, Rodman C. (Member of, 1968 to 1999) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Vance, Cyrus R. (Director of, 1968 to 1987) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • 1973 : Vice Chairman
- Cooper, John S. (Member of, 1968 to 1978) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Hughes, Thomas L. (Member of, 1967 to 2017) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Moyers, Bill D. (Director of, 1967 to 1974) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Pell, Claiborne (Member of, 1966 to 2008) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Solomon, Anthony M. (Member of, 1966 to 2007) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Moyers, Bill D. (Member of, 1966 to 1985) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Roosa, Robert V. (Director of, 1966 to 1981) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs (Punch) (Member of, 1966 to 1971) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Kennedy, Robert F. (Member of, 1966 to 1968-06-06) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Seaborg, Glenn T. (Member of, 1965 to 1998) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Huntington, Samuel P. (Member of, 1964 to 2008) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Bundy, William P. (Director of, 1964 to 1974) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Blumenthal, W. Michael (Member of, 1963 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Kahn, Herman (Member of, 1963 to 1983-07-07) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Billington, James H. (Member of, 1962 to 1993) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • Member of the editorial advisory board of CFR journal "Foreign Affairs" (dates uncertain)
- Brzezinski, Zbigniew (Member of, 1961 to 2016) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Lodge, Henry Cabot Jr. (Member of, 1961 to 1981) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Westmoreland, William C. (Member of, 1961 to 1973) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Nixon, Richard M. (Member of, 1961 to 1964) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Bloomfield, Lincoln P. (Member of, 1960 to 2012) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Bundy, William P. (Member of, 1960 to 2000) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Burns, Arthur F. (Member of, 1960 to 1986) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Kennedy, John F. (Member of, 1960 to 1963-11-22) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • Note: Kennedy's name does not appear in the official CFR member lists (See: "The Invisible Government")
- Lansdale, Edward G. (Member of, 1959 to 1978) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Member of, 1959 to 1977) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Foster, William C. (Director of, 1959 to 1972) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Bechtel, Stephen D. (Member of, 1958 to 1982) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- McCone, John A. (Member of, 1958 to 1977) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Stevenson, Adlai E. II (Director of, 1958 to 1962) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • Member, Board of Directors
- Mickelson, Sig (Member of, 1957 to 1996) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Roosa, Robert V. (Member of, 1957 to 1993) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Achilles, Theodore C. (Member of, 1957 to 1985) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Kissinger, Henry A. (Member of, 1956 to 2023-11-29) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • 1955 : Study Director, Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy (1955-56)
- Pifer, Alan (Member of, 1956 to 1995) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Beebe, Frederick S. (Fritz) (Member of, 1956 to 1972) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Gardner, Richard N. (Member of, 1955 to 2017) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • (See: CFR bio)
- Wriston, Walter B. (Member of, 1955 to 1990) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Roosevelt, Kermit Jr. (Kim) (Member of, 1955 to 1983) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Heald, Henry T. (Member of, 1955 to 1970) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Stevenson, Adlai E. II (Member of, 1955 to 1964) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Hoover, Herbert C. Jr. (Member of, 1955 to 1962) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Gaither, H. Rowan Jr. (Member of, 1955 to 1960) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Foster, William C. (Member of, 1954 to 1984) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Blum, Robert (Member of, 1954 to 1964) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • 1962 : Special project "The United States and China in World Affairs”, financed by the Ford Foundation (1962-65)
- Cleveland, Harlan (Member of, 1953 to 2007) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Gilpatric, Roswell L. (Member of, 1953 to 1995) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Bissell, Richard M. Jr. (Member of, 1953 to 1993) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- McCloy, John J. (Director of, 1953 to 1989) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • 1953 : Chairman
- • 1970 : Honorary Chairman
- Heinz, Henry J. II (Jack) (Member of, 1953 to 1986) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Ethridge, Mark F. (Member of, 1953 to 1963) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Smith, Walter B. (Member of, 1953 to 1960) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Bush, Vannevar (Member of, 1953 to 1955) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Marcuse, Herbert (Member of, 1953 to 1955) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Rusk, Dean (Member of, 1952 to 1994-12-20) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Straus, Oscar S. II (Member of, 1951 to 2009) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Gray, Gordon (Member of, 1951 to 1980) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Jackson, Charles D. (Member of, 1951 to 1963) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Biddle, Francis B. (Member of, 1951 to 1952) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Braden, Thomas W. (Member of, 1950 to 1975) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Johnson, Joseph E. (Director of, 1950 to 1974) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Lawrence, William H. (Bill) (Member of, 1950 to 1971) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Rockefeller, David (Officer of, 1950 to 1970) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • 1950 : Vice President
- Black, Eugene R. (Gene) (Member of, 1950 to 1963) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Harriman, William Averell (Director of, 1950 to 1955) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- 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
- Warburg Pincus LLC (Sponsor of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • Corporate Member (See: CFR sponsors)
- Atlantic Council (Affiliate of, 1961 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • Atlantic Council was founded by CFR members, and most of its directors are CFR members.
- Deutsche Bank (Sponsor of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • Corporate Member (See: CFR sponsors)
- Occidental Petroleum Corp (Sponsor of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • Corporate Member, Premium
- 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)