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McLean (pronounced "mick-CLANE" ) is a census-designated place
Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a type of Place identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as city, towns and villages....
 in Fairfax County
Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County is a County in Northern Virginia Virginia, in the United States. , the estimated population of the county is 1,077,000, making it by far the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
 in Northern
Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia consistsof several County and independent cities in the U.S. state of Virginia in a widespread region generally radiating southerly and westward from Washington, D.C....
 Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
. The community had a total population of 38,929 as of the 2000 census.

The densely populated community of McLean is located between the George Washington Parkway and the town of Vienna
Vienna, Virginia

Vienna is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, Virginia, United States. The population was 14,453 at the 2000 census and it has grown by about 3% since....
, and is known for its many upscale homes, as well as its shopping and upscale malls, including the nearby Tysons Corner Center
Tysons Corner Center

Tysons Corner Center, located in the Tysons Corner, Virginia unincorporated area in Fairfax County, Virginia, Virginia, United States , opened to the public in 1968, becoming one of the first fully enclosed, climate-controlled shopping centers in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
 and the Tysons Galleria
Tysons Galleria

Tysons Galleria is an upscale three-level Shopping mall#Super-regional malls owned by General Growth Properties located at 2001 International Drive, McLean, Virginia, in Tysons Corner....
. The George Washington Memorial Parkway
George Washington Memorial Parkway

The George Washington Memorial Parkway, known to local motorists simply as the "G.W. Parkway", is a parkway maintained by the U.S. National Park Service....
, the Capital Beltway
Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)

Interstate 495 is an Interstate Highway that circles Washington, D.C. and its inner suburbs in Maryland and Virginia. I-495 is widely known as the Capital Beltway or simply the Beltway, especially when the context of Washington, D.C....
, Interstate 66, State Route 267 (Dulles Airport Access Road), State Route 123 (Dolley Madison Boulevard), State Route 193 (Georgetown Pike), State Route 309
Virginia State Route 309

State Route 309 is a primary state highway in Northern Virginia, United States. It runs along Old Dominion Drive, the former Washington and Old Dominion Railroad right-of-way, from State Route 123 at McLean, VA to U.S....
 (Old Dominion Drive), and Chain Bridge Road all run through McLean.

McLean is home to many diplomats, members of Congress and high-ranking federal government officials, entrepreneurs and service businesses partially attributable to the close location to Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 and the Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the Federal government of the United States. It is the successor of the Office of Strategic Services formed during World War II to coordinate espionage activities between the branches of the US military services....
.






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McLean (pronounced "mick-CLANE" ) is a census-designated place
Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a type of Place identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as city, towns and villages....
 in Fairfax County
Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County is a County in Northern Virginia Virginia, in the United States. , the estimated population of the county is 1,077,000, making it by far the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
 in Northern
Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia consistsof several County and independent cities in the U.S. state of Virginia in a widespread region generally radiating southerly and westward from Washington, D.C....
 Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
. The community had a total population of 38,929 as of the 2000 census.

The densely populated community of McLean is located between the George Washington Parkway and the town of Vienna
Vienna, Virginia

Vienna is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, Virginia, United States. The population was 14,453 at the 2000 census and it has grown by about 3% since....
, and is known for its many upscale homes, as well as its shopping and upscale malls, including the nearby Tysons Corner Center
Tysons Corner Center

Tysons Corner Center, located in the Tysons Corner, Virginia unincorporated area in Fairfax County, Virginia, Virginia, United States , opened to the public in 1968, becoming one of the first fully enclosed, climate-controlled shopping centers in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
 and the Tysons Galleria
Tysons Galleria

Tysons Galleria is an upscale three-level Shopping mall#Super-regional malls owned by General Growth Properties located at 2001 International Drive, McLean, Virginia, in Tysons Corner....
. The George Washington Memorial Parkway
George Washington Memorial Parkway

The George Washington Memorial Parkway, known to local motorists simply as the "G.W. Parkway", is a parkway maintained by the U.S. National Park Service....
, the Capital Beltway
Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)

Interstate 495 is an Interstate Highway that circles Washington, D.C. and its inner suburbs in Maryland and Virginia. I-495 is widely known as the Capital Beltway or simply the Beltway, especially when the context of Washington, D.C....
, Interstate 66, State Route 267 (Dulles Airport Access Road), State Route 123 (Dolley Madison Boulevard), State Route 193 (Georgetown Pike), State Route 309
Virginia State Route 309

State Route 309 is a primary state highway in Northern Virginia, United States. It runs along Old Dominion Drive, the former Washington and Old Dominion Railroad right-of-way, from State Route 123 at McLean, VA to U.S....
 (Old Dominion Drive), and Chain Bridge Road all run through McLean.

McLean is home to many diplomats, members of Congress and high-ranking federal government officials, entrepreneurs and service businesses partially attributable to the close location to Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 and the Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the Federal government of the United States. It is the successor of the Office of Strategic Services formed during World War II to coordinate espionage activities between the branches of the US military services....
. It is also the location of Hickory Hill
Hickory Hill (McLean, Virginia)

Hickory Hill is a large brick house in McLean, Virginia, Virginia, in the United States, believed to have been built in the 1840s by a family named Walter....
, the home of Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy , also called RFK, was an United States politician. He was United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a United States Senator from New York from 1965 until his Robert F....
.

Several major companies are headquartered in McLean including Freddie Mac, Cardinal Bank
Cardinal bank

Cardinal Bank is owned by Cardinal Financial Corporation, a financial holding company. Cardinal's headquarters is in McLean, VA. Cardinal Bank currently has 25 locations in the Washington Metropolitan area....
, Mars
Mars, Incorporated

Mars, Incorporated is a worldwide manufacturer of confectionery, pet food and other food products with United States dollar21 billion in annual sales in 2006....
, Capital One
Capital One

COF, or Capital One Financial Corp. is a McLean, Virginia-based U.S. bank holding company specializing in credit cards, mortgage, auto loans, banking, and Savings account products....
, Sunrise Senior Living
Sunrise Senior Living

Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. is a senior living company based in the McLean, Virginia section of unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, northern Virginia, which operates over 440 Sunrise locations worldwide....
, Gannett, NVR
Nvr

* Naval Vessel Rules, a publication of the American Bureau of Shipping.* Network Video Recorder, a distributed Digital video recorder....
, Bearingpoint
BearingPoint

BearingPoint Inc. is one of the world?s largest providers of management and technology consulting services to Forbes Global 2000 companies and government organizations in more than 60 countries....
, Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton, or more commonly Booz Allen or BAH, is a Privately held company consulting firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with 80 other offices throughout the nation....
, and MicroStrategy
MicroStrategy

MicroStrategy is a business intelligence , Enterprise reporting, and OLAP software vendor. MicroStrategy's software allows reporting and analysis of data stored in a relational database, multidimensional database, or flat data file....
.

History

The community received its name from John Roll McLean
John Roll McLean

John Roll McLean was the owner and publisher of The Washington Post and The Cincinnati Enquirer. McLean was also a one-time partner in the ownership of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team of the American Association and also the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association....
, the former publisher and owner of The Washington Post
The Washington Post

The Washington Post is the newspaper with the largest circulation in Washington, D.C., United States and is the city's oldest paper, founded in 1877....
, who, with Stephen Benton Elkins
Stephen Benton Elkins

Stephen Benton Elkins was an United States industrialist and political figure. He served as the United States Secretary of War between 1891 and 1893....
 and the bankroll of French aristocrat Jean-Pierre Guenard, built in 1906 the electrified Great Falls and Old Dominion Railway
Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad

The Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad was an interurban tram line that ran in Northern Virginia during the early 20th century....
 (later the Washington and Old Dominion Railway
Washington and Old Dominion Railroad

The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad was an intrastate short-line railroad located in Northern Virginia. Its oldest line extended from Alexandria, Virginia on the Potomac River northwest to Bluemont, Virginia at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Snickers Gap, not far from the boundary line between Virginia and West Virginia....
), which connected the area with Washington, D.C. McLean named a station after himself where the rail line (travelling on the present route of Old Dominion Drive) crossed the old Chain Bridge Road. The community itself was founded in 1910, when the communities of Lewinsville and Langley
Langley, Virginia

Langley is an unincorporated community in the census-designated place of McLean, Virginia in Fairfax County, Virginia, Virginia, United States....
 merged.

Geography

Cia New Hq Entrance
McLean is located at (38.928344, -77.175351).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 18.5 square miles (47.9 kmē), all land.

McLean lies to the west of Arlington County, in Fairfax County
Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County is a County in Northern Virginia Virginia, in the United States. , the estimated population of the county is 1,077,000, making it by far the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
 and is bordered by the Potomac River
Potomac River

The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic Ocean coast of the United States. The river is approximately 383 statute miles long, with a Drainage basin of about 14,700 square miles ....
 to the north.

The area is served by Virginia State Route 123
Virginia State Route 123

State Route 123 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia, forming an arc through the Northern Virginia counties of Arlington County, Virginia, Fairfax County, Virginia, and Prince William County, Virginia, as well as the independent city of Fairfax, Virginia....
 (Chain Bridge Road), Virginia State Route 193
Virginia State Route 193

State Route 193, also known as Georgetown Pike, is a primary state highway in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It runs from State Route 7 at Dranesville, Virginia in a general east-southeasterly direction, parallel to the Potomac River, to State Route 123 at Langley, Virginia....
 (Georgetown Pike), George Washington Memorial Parkway
George Washington Memorial Parkway

The George Washington Memorial Parkway, known to local motorists simply as the "G.W. Parkway", is a parkway maintained by the U.S. National Park Service....
, and the Capital Beltway
Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)

Interstate 495 is an Interstate Highway that circles Washington, D.C. and its inner suburbs in Maryland and Virginia. I-495 is widely known as the Capital Beltway or simply the Beltway, especially when the context of Washington, D.C....
.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,929 people, 14,374 households and 11,053 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 2,104.9 people per square mile (812.9/kmē). There are 14,735 housing units at an average density of 796.7/sq mi (307.7/kmē). The racial makeup of the CDP was 84.56% White, 1.58% African American, 0.10% Native American, 10.61% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.69% from other races, and 2.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.02% of the population.

There were 14,374 households out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.3% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.05.

The population was spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 31.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the CDP was $156,292, and the median income for a family was $181,773. Males had a median income of $93,065 versus $60,698 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the CDP was $63,209. About 0.8% of families and 1.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.0% of those under the age of 18 and 2.3% of those 65 and older.

Population

The Population history of McLean CDP according to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
:
  • 1970....17,698
  • 1980....35,664
  • 1990....38,168
  • 2000....38,929


Education

McLean residents are zoned to schools in the Fairfax County Public Schools
Fairfax County Public Schools

The Fairfax County Public Schools system is a branch of the Fairfax County, Virginia government which administers public schools in Fairfax County and the Fairfax, Virginia....
. There are two public high schools, Langley High School
Langley High School

Langley High School is a High school#United States within the Fairfax County Public Schools system. It is located in McLean, Virginia....
 and McLean High School
McLean High School

McLean High School is a public secondary school located in McLean, Virginia. It is located on 1633 Davidson Road and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools....
, and two middle schools, James Fenimore Cooper Middle School and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Middle School. Public elementary schools include Churchill Road, Franklin Sherman, Spring Hill, Kent Gardens, Haycock, and Chesterbrook elementary schools. Also Brooksfield is a private montesssori school. Residents of McLean also attend the nearby Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a public secondary school located in Fairfax County, Virginia, Virginia, United States, west of Alexandria, Virginia....
, ranked the #1 high school in the nation by US News and World Report.

Several private schools, ranging from pre-school to 12th grade, are located in McLean, including The Madeira School
The Madeira School

The Madeira School is a Private school, non-denominational University-preparatory school boarding school for girls located in McLean, Virginia, United States....
, The Potomac School
The Potomac School

The Potomac School is an independent school in McLean, Virginia, USA, that serves grades K-12....
, , Oakcrest School, Saint Luke School, Saint John School and the .

Notable residents

  • Sharyn Alfonsi, correspondent for ABC World News, Good Morning America and Nightline
  • Pat Buchanan
    Pat Buchanan

    Patrick Joseph "Pat" Buchanan is an United States political commentator, author, print syndication columnist, politician and broadcaster. Buchanan was a senior advisor to American presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan, and was an original host on CNN's Crossfire ....
    , political analyst.
  • Zbigniew Brzezinski
    Zbigniew Brzezinski

    Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski : is a Poland-born United States political scientist, Geostrategy, and statesman who served as United States National Security Advisor to President of the United States Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981....
    , National Security Advisor to Jimmy Carter
    Jimmy Carter

    James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize....
  • Frank Carlucci
    Frank Carlucci

    Frank Charles Carlucci III is a former government official in the United States, associated with the United States Republican Party. He was United States Secretary of Defense from 1987 until 1989....
    , former Secretary of Defense
    United States Secretary of Defense

    File:USSecDefflag.PNGThe United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense , concerned with the Military of the United States and Military of the United States....
    , former chairman of the Carlyle Group
    Carlyle Group

    The Carlyle Group is a global private equity investment firm, based in Washington, D.C., with more than $91.5 billion of equity capital under management....
  • Dick Cheney
    Dick Cheney

    Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 in the George W....
    , former Vice President
    Vice president

    A vice president is an Corporate officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin List of Latin phrases #vice meaning 'in place of'....
     of the United States of America
  • Lynne Cheney
    Lynne Cheney

    Lynne Ann Vincent Cheney is the wife of former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, and served as the "Wife of the Vice President of the United States" from 2001 to 2009....
    , former Second Lady of the United States
    Second Lady of the United States

    The visibility of the wife of the Vice President of the United States has been a recent development, as late 20th century and early 21st century vice presidential wives increasingly took on public policy roles that attracted a great deal of media attention....
  • John Dingell
    John Dingell

    John David Dingell, Jr. is a United States Democratic Party United States Representative from Michigan and is currently the Dean of the U.S....
    , Dean of the United States House of Representatives
    Dean of the United States House of Representatives

    The Dean of the United States House of Representatives is the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives. The present Dean is John Dingell, a USDemocrat of Michigan....
     
  • Senator
    United States Senate

    The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
     Byron Dorgan
    Byron Dorgan

    Byron Leslie Dorgan is the junior United States Senate from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party ....
  • Newt Gingrich
    Newt Gingrich

    Newton "Newt" Leroy Gingrich is an American politician and author, who served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999....
    , former Speaker of the House
    Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

    The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. The current Speaker is Nancy Pelosi, a Democratic Party representing California's 8th congressional district....
  • John Sununu
    John Sununu

    John Sununu is the name of two U.S. politicians:* John H. Sununu, Governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff for George H. W. Bush ...
    , former United States Senator from New Hampshire
  • Chuck Hagel
    Chuck Hagel

    Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel is a former United States Senate from Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party , he was first elected in 1996 and was reelected in 2002....
    , former United States Senator from Nebraska
  • Frank Keating
    Frank Keating

    Francis Anthony "Frank" Keating is an United States politician from Oklahoma. Keating served as the 25th Governor of Oklahoma. His first term began in 1995 and ended in 1999....
    , former Governor of Oklahoma
    Governor of Oklahoma

    The Governor of the State of Oklahoma is the head of state for the Oklahoma, United States. Under the Oklahoma Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Oklahoma executive branch, of the government of Oklahoma....
  • Senator Ted Kennedy
    Ted Kennedy

    Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy is the Senior Senator United States Senate from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party . In office since November 1962, Kennedy is the list of current United States Senators by seniority member of the Senate, after President pro tempore of the United States Senate Robert Byrd of West Virginia....
  • Senator Patrick Leahy
    Patrick Leahy

    Patrick Joseph Leahy is the senior United States Senate from Vermont. He is a member of the Democratic Party , and is the current chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary....
  • I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby
    Lewis Libby

    Irve Lewis "Scooter" Libby is a convicted felon, former Assistant to the former President of the United States, George W. Bush and Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney, and Assistant to the Vice President for National security, serving from 2001 to 2005....
    , lawyer, and former chief of staff to Vice President
    Vice President of the United States

    The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office in the United States of America created by the Constitution of the United States....
     Dick Cheney
    Dick Cheney

    Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 in the George W....
     (2001–2005)
  • Correspondent Roger Mudd
    Roger Mudd

    Roger Mudd is an Emmy Award-winning United States television journalist and broadcaster, most recently as the primary anchor for The History Channel....
  • General Colin Powell
    Colin Powell

    Colin Luther Powell, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Meritorious Service Decoration, is an American statesman and a former four-star General in the United States Army....
    , former Secretary of State
    United States Secretary of State

    The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the President's United States Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in United States presidential line of succession and United States order of precedence....
  • Chuck Robb
    Chuck Robb

    Charles Spittal "Chuck" Robb is an United States politician. He served as governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986, and as a United States Senate from 1989 until 2001....
    , former U.S. Senator from Virginia
  • Supreme Court Justice
    Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

    Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States....
     Antonin Scalia
    Antonin Scalia

    is an United States jurist and the second most senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of the Supreme Court of the United States, appointed by Republican Party President Ronald Reagan....
  • Dwight Schar
    Dwight Schar

    Dwight Schar is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder of NVR Inc, a Fortune 500 company that is the seventh-largest home builder in the United States....
     Founder and Chairman of NVR
    Nvr

    * Naval Vessel Rules, a publication of the American Bureau of Shipping.* Network Video Recorder, a distributed Digital video recorder....
     Inc, America's seventh-largest homebuilder.
  • Supreme Court Justice
    Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

    Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States....
     Clarence Thomas
    Clarence Thomas

    Clarence Thomas is an American jurist. He has served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991, the second African American to serve on the nation's highest court ....
  • Fred Dalton Thompson
    Fred Dalton Thompson

    Fred Dalton Thompson , is an American politician, actor, Lawyer, lobbyist and radio host. He represented Tennessee as a Republican Party in the United States Senate from 1994 through 2003....
     - former Senator from Tennessee
  • Former Director of the CIA Admiral Stansfield Turner
    Stansfield Turner

    Stansfield M. Turner is a retired Admiral and former Director of Central Intelligence. He is currently a senior research scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland School of Public Policy....
  • World Bank
    World Bank

    The World Bank is a bank that provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries for development programs with the stated goal of reducing poverty....
     President Robert Zoellick
    Robert Zoellick

    Robert Bruce Zoellick is the eleventh president of the World Bank Group, a position he has held since July 1, 2007. He was previously a managing director of Goldman Sachs, United States United States Deputy Secretary of State and Office of the United States Trade Representative, from February 7, 2001 until February 22, 2005....
  • Shawn Springs
    Shawn Springs

    Shawn Springs is an American football cornerback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks third overall in the 1997 NFL Draft....
  • Fred Malek
    Fred Malek

    Frederic "Fred" V. Malek is an American businessman and former assistant to United States presidents George H.W. Bush and Richard Nixon. He recently served as a national finance committee co-chair of John McCain's John McCain presidential campaign, 2008....
  • Roy Schwitters
    Roy Schwitters

    Roy F. Schwitters is a professor of physics at the University of Texas at Austin. He was formerly a professor of physics at Harvard and Stanford....
     Head of JASON Defense Advisory Group
  • Hasan Abdel Rahman
    Hasan Abdel Rahman

    Hasan Abdel Rahman is a former Palestinian National Authority Ambassador to the United States of America and current PNA Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco....
    , former Palestinian representative to the United States


Former residents:
  • Richard Darman
    Richard Darman

    Richard Gordon Darman, known as Dick Darman , was an United States economist and businessman who served under five U.S. presidents but is best remembered as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget during the administration of George H....
    , senior Carlyle Group
    Carlyle Group

    The Carlyle Group is a global private equity investment firm, based in Washington, D.C., with more than $91.5 billion of equity capital under management....
     affiliate
  • Mark Oliver Everett
    Mark Oliver Everett

    Mark Oliver Everett is the lead singer, guitarist, keyboardist and sometime drummer of the independent music Eels . Also known as A Man Called E, Mr....
    , musician
  • Michael Jordan
    Michael Jordan

    Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a retired United States professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instr...
    , professional basketball player.


  • Queen Noor of Jordan
    Queen Noor of Jordan

    |-Queen Noor of Jordan is the fourth wife and widow of the late Hussein of Jordan of Jordan. As the late king's widow, Noor is a dowager queen of Jordan....
  • Prince
    House of Saud

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     Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, former Saudi Ambassador to the United States
  • Kenneth Starr
    Kenneth Starr

    Kenneth Winston Starr is an United States lawyer and former judge and solicitor general who was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel to investigate the suicide death of the deputy White House counsel Vince Foster and the Whitewater controversy land transactions by U.S....
    , lawyer who led the impeachment of Bill Clinton
  • Eugene H. Trinh
    Eugene H. Trinh

    Eugene Huu-Chau "Gene" Trinh is the first Vietnamese-American to travel into outer space....
    , astronaut


Further reading

  • Crowley, M. (2006)


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