He is the founder of the Worldwatch Institute and founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute.

Kotick also served as a founder of International Consumer Technologies and president from 1986 to January 1995.

Ted Corbitt (1919-2007) - founder of the Road Runners Club of America and founding president of New York Road Runners.

He is the founder and president of the International Right to Life Federation and president of the Life Issues Institute.

Chad Griffin - LGBT rights advocate, founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, and president of the Human Rights Campaign.

Alden March, founder of Albany Medical College, co-founder and past president of the American Medical Association.

Élie Decazes (1780-1860), founder of the town and president of ministers under Louis XVIII.

Walter Williams, founder of the Missouri School of Journalism and former president of the University of Missouri.

Reaves is a founder and former president of the Association for Women Journalists and past president of the Journalism and Women Symposium.

Adolf Werthner (18 July 1828 - 26 January 1906) was the founder of the Neue Freie Presse newspaper and president of the Oesterreichischen Journal-Aktien-Gesellschaft.