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The
Alfalfa Club, founded in 1913, is an exclusive social organization, based in
Washington, D.C., in the
United States. The Club's only function is the holding of an annual banquet in honor of the birthday of
Civil War
Confederate General
Robert E. Lee. Its members are composed mostly of American politicians and influential members of the business community, and have included several
Presidents of the United States.
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Brendan Bechtel,
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Bechtel CEO
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Jeff Bezos,
Amazon founder
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Warren Buffett,
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Berkshire Hathaway CEO
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Steve Case,
[2]
AOL founder
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Timothy C. Collins, finance
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Michael Dell,
Dell founder
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Raul Fernandez,
Proxicom founder
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Steve Forbes,
Forbes editor-in-chief
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Bill Gates,
Microsoft founder
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Katharine Graham,
[2]
Washington Post publisher
- William Grayson,
[2] finance
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Marillyn Hewson,
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Lockheed CEO
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Walter Isaacson,
[2]
Aspen Institute CEO, author
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Jay L. Johnson, former Navy CNO and
General Dynamics CEO
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William B. Harrison Jr.,
JPMorgan Chase CEO
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Bill Marriott,
[2]
Marriott International CEO
- Bill McSweeny,
[2]
Occidental Petroleum President
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Robert Mondavi, winemaker
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Ross Perot,
Electronic Data Systems founder
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Russ Ramsey, founder
- Catherine Reynolds,
[2] student loans, philanthropist
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David Rubenstein,
[2] Carlyle Group co-founder, financier
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Donald Thompson,
McDonald's CEO
- C. Bowdoin Train,
[2] finance
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Jamie Dimon, CEO JPMorgan Chase and Co.
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Chung Mong-joon, former CEO and the largest shareholder of
HD Hyundai
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OCLC
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ae Roxanne Roberts (January 24, 2014).
"The Alfalfa Club: still a place for the powerful to see and be seen". The Washington Post. Archived from
the original on January 26, 2020.
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e Andrews-Dyer, Helena (January 27, 2019).
"John Kerry and Mitt Romney hugging, and Mitch McConnell in a hospital gown? It must be the Alfalfa Club dinner".
The Washington Post.
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^ Andrews-Dyer, Helena (January 29, 2017).
"A political truce is called at the 104th annual Alfalfa Club dinner".
The Washington Post.
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^ Emily Heil (January 29, 2015).
"What's the deal with the Alfalfa Club?". The Washington Post. Archived from
the original on August 25, 2015.