Barack Obama
Gender: Male
Born: 1961
Areas of interest:
entertainment & sports
, education
, business
, nonprofits
, media
, politics & government
Religion: United Church of Christ
Barack Obama is the forty-fourth U.S. president, with a term beginning in 2009.
Political office: Obama served in the U.S. Senate as a Democrat from IL.
Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School.
Personal social network: Much of Obama's Muckety comes from political connections.
Muckety news stories featuring Barack Obama
It's rare that we deliberately draw a congested map, but today the size of the crowd is the point.
July 18, 2011
A large hole in the resume of Cathleen P. Black, whose recent three-month stint as chancellor of New York City public schools was marked by controversy, was that all of her education had been in private schools.
April 19, 2011
The New Yorker Christmas poem, resuscitated in 2008 after a decade-long absence, is a holiday tradition.
December 24, 2009
Not since Woodrow Wilson has a sitting American president been awarded the Nobel peace prize.
October 9, 2009
Starting today, Barack Obama pledged after being sworn in as president, We must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
January 20, 2009
Barack Obama isn't the only person in his extended family taking on a big challenge.
November 12, 2008
The journey could not have been less likely.
November 5, 2008
To a degree unlike any other city in America, Chicago is identified with its black elite. Locals joke that you can find more black millionaires per square foot at the Chicago Urban League's annual dinner than you can anywhere in the world.
May 28, 2008
Barack Obama has become recognized as the connected guy in this year's presidential campaign.
May 26, 2008
As Illinois Sen. Barack Obama closes in on the Democratic nomination for president, Muckety has compiled a list of the 100 most networked players in Chicago as an early indicator of the ties that might bind a President Obama.
May 22, 2008
Barack Obama personal relations:
Melody C. Barnes - golf partner
Robert B. Barnett - attorney
Cassandra Q. Butts - law school friend
Ann Dunham - mother
Madelyn Payne Dunham - maternal grandmother
Michael B.G. Froman - law school friend
Julius Genachowski - law school friend
Jacky Grimshaw - Chicago neighbor
William Grimshaw - Chicago neighbor
Crystal Nix Hines - law school friend
Katie Johnson - personal secretary
Eugene Kang - special assistant
Rachel Klayman - editor
Robert E. Lee (deceased) - fifth cousin 8 times removed
James Madison (deceased) - third cousin 9 times removed
Brian P. Mathis - law school friend
Nancy L. McCullough - law school friend
Jonathan T. Molot - law school friend
Mark Ndesandjo - half-brother
Martin Nesbitt - friend
Marvin Nicholson - golf partner
Barack Obama Sr. (deceased) - father
Malia Obama - father
Michelle Obama - spouse
Sarah Hussein Obama - paternal grandmother
Sasha Obama - father
Thomas J. Perrelli - law school friend
James Reynolds Jr. - friend, neighbor
Antoin Rezko - contributor
V. Gene Robinson - tapped for inaugural event prayer
Jean Rudd - friend
Michael S. Smith - home decorator
Maya Soetoro-Ng - sister
Harry S. Truman (deceased) - seventh cousin 3 times removed
Eric E. Whitaker - friend, golf & basketball partner
Other current Barack Obama relationships:
2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign - candidate
A Mother's Promise - biographical film
Audacity of Hope - author
Barack Obama administration - president
Bo - dog, pet Portuguese water dog
Clinton Global Initiative - member
Crown Publishing - author
Nobel Foundation - Nobel peace prize winner
Saddleback Civil Forum (8/16/2008) - participant
United States - president
Yes We Can video - featured
Barack Obama past relationships:
2004 Barack Obama Senate campaign - candidate
2005 Bankruptcy Law - opposed
2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign - candidate
2008 Tobacco Regulation bill - co-sponsor
2011 dinner in Harlem with President Obama - guest of honor
2011 Obama Silicon Valley meeting - participant
ACORN vs. Illinois State Board of Elections - attorney
Africare - contributed $100,000 of Nobel Prize money
American Indian College Fund - contributed $125,000 of Nobel Prize money
Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation - contributed $125,000 of Nobel Prize money
Robert F. Bauer - personal counsel
Bill Gates "last day" video - featured in
Central Asia Institute - contributed $100,000 of Nobel Prize money
Chicago Annenberg Challenge - chairman
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund - contributed $200,000 of Nobel Prize money
College Summit - contributed $125,000 of Nobel Prize money
Congressional Black Caucus - member
Davis Miner Barnhill & Galland - associate
DC Muckety: 2009 power couples - named
Joseph M. Fernandez - law school classmate
Financial markets bailout bill (Senate-10/1/08) - voted for
Fisher House Foundation - contributed $250,000 of Nobel Prize money
Harvard Law Review - president
Hispanic Scholarship Fund - contributed $125,000 of Nobel Prize money
Emil Jones Jr. - mentor
Karen Kornbluh - policy director
Christopher P. Lu - legislative director
Matthew Santos - modeled on
Martha L. Minow - student
Muckety List of Most Networked in Chicago, 2008 - in top 100
New Yorker Christmas Poem 2009 - mentioned in
Occidental College - student
Charles J. Ogletree Jr. - college mentor
Posse Foundation - contributed $125,000 of Nobel Prize money
Samantha Power - aide
Punahou High School - boys' basketball team player
Peter M. Rouse - Senate chief of staff
Anthony Scaramucci - law school classmate
Sidley Austin LLP - intern
Vinai K. Thummalapally - college roommate
Laurence Tribe - research assistant
Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago) - parishioner
United Negro College Fund - contributed $125,000 of Nobel Prize money
University of Chicago Law School - senior lecturer
U.S. Senate - former senators - O - senator
Woods Fund of Chicago - director
Joe Wurzelbacher - mentioned in 10/15/08 debate
Five degrees of Kevin:
We can connect Barack Obama with Kevin Bacon in five steps:
Barack Obama → New Yorker Christmas Poem 2009 →
Penelope Cruz → Tom Cruise →
A Few Good Men →
Barack Obama → New Yorker Christmas Poem 2009 →
Penelope Cruz → Tom Cruise →
A Few Good Men →
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Extended reach:
Among the most influential people in Barack Obama's web of second-degree relationships:TIP: You can search for once-removed connections between two people by entering both their names, separated by AND.
Books:
· Audacity of Hope
Additional Muckety map information sources:
Associated Press
; Boston Globe
; Chronicle of Higher Education
; New York Observer
; New York Times
; Time
; U.S. Senate
; White House
Muckety draws information from thousands of sources. For a list of primary government and news sites, see our Sources page.
Barack Obama campaign contributions:
Listed below are federal donations of $3,000+ reported to the FEC.
Hillary Clinton for President - $4,600 on 7/31/2008
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