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To: calcowgirl

Few days ago, even via the pathetic internet, I found his wife was McNamara. Was wondering if she could be related.


84 posted on 07/27/2006 2:23:51 AM PDT by dennisw (Confucius say man who go through turnstile sideways going to Bangkok)
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To: dennisw
You're way ahead, then! I pulled this, just to verify our blogger:
MARGARET MCNAMARA, 65, IS DEAD; BEGAN CHILDREN'S READING PROGRAM; [Obituary]
SAXON, WOLFGANG. New York Times. (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Feb 4, 1981. pg. B.6

Margaret Craig McNamara, the founder of a nationwide program to encourage poor children to read, died of cancer yesterday morning at her home in Washington. Mrs. McNamara, who was 65 years old, was the wife of Robert S. McNamara, president of the World Bank.

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President Carter recognized her service to children by awarding her the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, a few days before he left office. Despite her rapidly advancing illness, Mrs. McNamara had herself taken in a wheelchair to the White House ceremony Jan. 16 to hear Mr. Carter's words of thanks and a round of thunderous applause. A World Traveler

Mrs. McNamara, who grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. She came to Washington when President Kennedy appointed her husband Secretary of Defense.

She traveled widely with her husband all over the world, always carrying her ''book bag,'' a collection of Reading Is Fundamental books, to show to foreign educators. Last year, President Carter appointed her to the Advisory Committee on Library and Information Services.

Mrs. McNamara is also survived by two daughters, Margaret Pastor and Kathleen McNamara, both of Washington; a son, Robert Craig McNamara of Winters, Calif.; one granddaughter, Tiffan, and a sister, Katherine Craig.

A memorial service was scheduled for 2 P.M. Friday in Washington National Cathedral.

85 posted on 07/27/2006 2:37:04 AM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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