Murray L. Weidenbaum

Cortland Associates, Inc. (Cortland) is a registered independent wealth management firm headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded by William Carey in 1989. Cortland provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, profit-sharing plans, pension plans, endowments & foundations and eleemosynary organization.

The May Department Stores Co. owns and operates retail distribution department stores. The company sells designer-label apparel, shoes, cosmetics and home furnishings to middle and upper-middle income buyers. The company operates 489 department stores under the names of Famous-Barr, Filene's, Foley's, Hecht's, Kaufmann's, Lord & Taylor, L.S. Ayres, Marshall Field's, Meier & Frank, Robinsons-May, Strawbridge's and The Jones Store, as well as 241 David's Bridal stores, 452 After Hours Formalwear stores, and 11 Priscilla of Boston stores in its Bridal Group. May operates in 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1877 and is located in St. Louis, MO.

Parmalat Dairy & Bakery, Inc. markets food products. Its products include milk, dairy, cultured & cheese products and fruit juices. The firm's brands include Beatrice, Lactantia, Astro, Black Diamond, and Balderson. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada

Tesoro Petroleum Cos., Inc. engages in the provision of petroleum refining services. The company is headquartered in Kenai, AK.

Part of Verizon Communications, Inc., ConTel Corp. is a telecommunications company. The company is based in Atlanta, GA. ConTel was acquired by GTE Corp. on March 15, 1991 for $6,421.20 million.

Center for Strategic & International Studies, Inc. provides strategic insights & policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society. Its projects focus on areas such as AIDS, arms control, conflict resolution, NATO, the environment, immigration, intelligence, trade, health care, OPEC, space policy, and terrorism. The company was founded in 1962 by David M. Abshire and Admiral Arleigh Burke and is headquartered in Washington, DC.