to Lieutenant General Roger O. Egeberg (1924) – General Douglas MacArthur's personal physician; Assistant Secretary of Health in the United States Department of Health and Human Services (1969–1971); proponent for deregulation of marijuana use; Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, and St Olav's medal recipient Quintino J. Serenati (1934) – Brigadier General; commander of the Malcolm Grow USAF Medical Center; command surgeon for USAF Headquarters Command; recipient of the Legion of Merit and Air Force and Army Commendation Medal Robert Boochever (1939) – Senior Circuit Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1986–2011) DeWest Hooker (1940) – claimed responsibility for John F. Kennedy's presidential election; inspired George Lincoln Rockwell to found the American Nazi Party; oil broker Lou Conti (1941) – US Marine Corps Major General; President of Marine Corps Reserve Policy Board (1974–1975); Chairman of Reserve Forces Policy Board (1977–1985); Legion of Merit; Distinguished Flying Cross; five Air Medals; Presidential Unit Citation; Navy Unit Commendation; American Defense Service Medal; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with silver star; World War II Victory Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Korean Service Medal with three bronze stars; Armed Forces Reserve Medal; United Nations Service Medal; Korean Presidential Unit Citation; Korean Service Medal Robert D. Ladd (1943) – executive secretary to Vice President Richard Nixon; general manager of the Citizens Committee for the second Hoover Commission; son of Carl E. Ladd, Dean of Cornell University College of Agriculture Gerald Klerman (1950) - head of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration under Jimmy Carter (1977-1980); developed interpersonal psychotherapy as a treatment for depression John Williams Mellor (1950) – development economist; Wihuri International Prize recipient; International Food Policy Research Institute director-general; USAID chief economist Philip Merrill (1955) – head of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (2002–2005); donor and namesake of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism; Council on Foreign Relations; donor and namesake of Cornell University's Merrill Presidential Scholars Program; Cornell University trustee; Cornell University presidential councilor Harry T. Edwards (1962) – United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Chief Judge (1994–2001); Chairman of Amtrak (1978–1980) Eric Mann (1964) – civil rights, anti-war, labor, and environmental organizer; founder and co-chair of the Bus Riders Union Alan Sisitsky (1964) – Massachusetts House of Representatives member and Massachusetts Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Paul L. Friedman (1965) – U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge