Homer H. Gruenther

(1900-1977) born at Platte Center, Platte County, and lived in Omaha . Political aide, government official, businessman, served as special assistant from 1953 to 1965 to U.S. Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson; previously served as political aide to U.S. Senators Burke, Wherry, and Seaton and as Omaha Chamber of Commerce representative in Washington, DC; after 1966 he was president of a travel agency. Consult Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald, June 21, 1953, p. F-1 and September 22, 1957, p. A-14 and Omaha World Herald, March 31, 1965, p. 7 and Washington Post obituary, July 31, 1977, p. C-8 and Who Was Who in America, Vol 7 (1981) 241 and Nebraska History, Spring 1988, pp. 30-39.

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