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Harvey Gridley Eastman (1832-1878) —
also known as H. G. Eastman —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Marshall, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
16, 1832.
Son of Horace H. Eastman (1807-1898) and Mary A. (Gridley) Eastman
(1812-1888).
Republican. College professor; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1868;
mayor
of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1869; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1872-74.
Died, from congestion of
the lungs, in Denver,
Colo., July 13,
1878 (age 45 years, 239
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Spencer Hadley (1872-1927) —
also known as Herbert S. Hadley —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., February
20, 1872.
Son of Maj. John Milton Hadley.
Republican. Lawyer; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-03; Missouri
state attorney general, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1912,
1916;
Governor
of Missouri, 1909-13; law professor; Chancellor,
Washington University, 1923-27.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., December
1, 1927 (age 55 years, 284
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Byron Lindberg Johnson (1917-2000) —
also known as Byron L. Johnson —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
12, 1917.
Democrat. Economist;
university professor; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1955-56; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1959-61; defeated,
1956, 1960, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1960,
1968.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Economic Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Kappa Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., January
6, 2000 (age 82 years, 86
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Willard Frank Libby (1908-1980) —
also known as Willard Libby —
Born in Grand Valley, Garfield
County, Colo., December
17, 1908.
Physical
chemist; university professor; member, U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission, 1954; received the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry in 1960, for leading the team that developed
Carbon-14 dating.
Member, Alpha
Chi Sigma.
Died September
8, 1980 (age 71 years, 266
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1966
to Leona (Woods) Marshall (1919-1986; physicist). |
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Eri Bates Parker (1890-1976) —
also known as Eri B. Parker —
of Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash.
Born in Colorado, August
31, 1890.
Engineer;
college professor; mayor of
Pullman, Wash., 1939-43.
Died in 1976
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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