Notable AFT Members
- J. Quinn Brisben, writer and activist
- Ralph Bunche, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Paul Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois
- John Dewey, educator
- Albert Einstein, scientist
- Michael Harrington, political activist
- Hubert Humphrey, U.S. Vice President and U.S. Senator from Minnesota
- Mike Mansfield, former United States Senate Majority Leader and U.S. Ambassador to Japan
- Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- Robert Oppenheimer, scientist
- Donna Shalala, former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services *U.S. Senator from Illinois
- Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner
Read more about this topic: American Federation Of Teachers
Famous quotes containing the words notable, aft and/or members:
“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 2–4)
“O pale, pale now, those rosy lips,
I aft hae kissed sae fondly;
And closed for ay, the sparkling glance
That dwalt on me sae kindly;
And moldering now in silent dust
That heart that lo’ed me dearly!”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)
“Jesus, Buddha, Mahommed, great as each may be, their highest comfort given to the sorrowful is a cordial introduction into another’s woe. Sorrow’s the great community in which all men born of woman are members at one time or another.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)