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Jacqueline Berrien
Jacqueline Berrien chaired the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under President Obama. Her FBI file consists of a background check related to that appointment.
New York Times obit: Jacqueline Berrien, Head of E.E.O.C., Is Dead at 53
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Concepcion Picciotto
Concepción Picciotto was a peace activist who held a continuous vigil across the street from the White House from 1981 until ten days before her death in 2016. Her FBI file includes documentation of several complaints to the FBI, including self-published pamphlets.
New York Times obit: Concepcion Picciotto, Who Kept Vigil by White House for Three Decades, Dies
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Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson was an actor, a Tennessee senator from 1994 to 2003, and a 2008 presidential candidate. His FBI file involves investigations of threatening calls and letters received by Thompson's Senate office, and a background check for clearance to classified information as special counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee.
New York Times obit: Fred Thompson, Former Senator, Actor and Presidential Candidate, Dies at 73
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Robert Parry
Robert Parry was an investigative journalist best known for his groundbreaking coverage of the Iran–Contra Affair while at the Associated Press. His short FBI file documents an investigation into a Students for Democratic Society chapter he founded at his alma mater.
New York Times obit: Robert Parry, Investigative Reporter in Washington, Dies at 68
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Cathleen Morawetz
Cathleen Morawetz was a mathematician and NYU professor whose research on the motion of fluids and waves was relevant to supersonic aircraft wing design. Her file describes a monthlong visit to the Soviet Union in 1963 as part of an Exchange Agreement, as well as FBI efforts to interview her (and apparently share technical information with her) without alerting her to the identity of a particular Bureau informant.
New York Times obit: Cathleen Morawetz, Mathematician With Real-World Impact, Dies at 94
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Drue Heinz
Drue Heinz was a patron of the arts, publisher of The Paris Review, and—for a brief stretch in 1950—an actress. Her FBI file, which mostly refers to her as Doreen Mary Maher, consists of a background check conducted in 1948, apparently in connection to employment with the Voice of America.
New York Times obit: Drue Heinz, a Philanthropist of Literature, Dies at 103
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Fats Domino
Fats Domino was a pianist, singer, and songwriter who made a name as one of the biggest stars of the early rock-and-roll era. His file consists of a 1965 inquiry into one of his Cadillacs, apparently spotted during an FBI stakeout of a Philadelphia hotel that Martin Luther King was believed to be staying at.
New York Times obit: Fats Domino, Early Rock ’n’ Roller With a Boogie-Woogie Piano, Is Dead at 89
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C. Weston Houck
Judge C. Weston Houck presided over a lawsuit brought by Shannon Faulkner against South Carolina's public military college, The Citadel. His ruling in that case ended the Citadel's 152-year-old male-only admissions policy. His FBI file primarily addresses an incident wherein a man upset by that case engaged in behavior that could have been construed as a threat.
New York Times obit: C. Weston Houck, Judge Who Ended Citadel’s Male-Only Policy, Dies at 84
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Pat Summitt
Pat Summitt was a University of Tennessee coach who is credited for the rise in prominence of women's college basketball. Her FBI file documents a series of letters intended to threaten and possibly extort her, apparently written by an unhinged fan.
New York Times obit: Pat Summitt, Tennessee Basketball Coach Who Emboldened Women’s Sports, Dies at 64
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Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda was a Polish film and theater director who worked during the height of the Cold War. His FBI file primarily addresses a trip to Los Angeles in 1976 (probably for the Academy Awards, where his The Promised Land was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film) in which one member of his group was a subject of FBI monitoring.
New York Times obit: Andrzej Wajda, Towering Auteur of Polish Cinema, Dies at 90
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Harry Wu
Harry Hongda Wu was an activist and naturalized American citizen who traveled to China repeatedly to document human rights abuses, including the sale of organs, in the prison system there. His file primarily consists of his documenting those abuses.
New York Times obit: Harry Wu, Who Told World of Abuses in China, Dies at 79
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Robert E. Allen
Robert Allen was the chief executive and chairman of AT&T for nearly a decade beginning in 1988—a transitional period for the U.S. telecommunications industry. His FBI file consists of background checks conducted during his AT&T leadership, as he was considered for various federal government jobs.
New York Times obit: Robert E. Allen, 81, Dies; Led an AT&T in Transition
