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Jean Sala Breitenstein (1900-1986) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, July 18,
1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Colorado, 1954-57; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1957-70; took senior
status 1970.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons.
Died January
30, 1986 (age 85 years, 196
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Campbell (1853-1938) —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Monroe
County, Ind., September
13, 1853.
Son of James M. Campbell and Nancy Campbell.
Republican. Lawyer; El Paso
County Attorney, 1884-85; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1885; member of Colorado
state senate, 1887; district judge in Colorado, 1889-95; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1895-1913, 1922-37; appointed 1922;
chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1898-1904, 1910-13, 1936-37.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died January
1, 1938 (age 84 years, 110
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Alfred Carlson (1876-1926) —
also known as George A. Carlson —
of Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Alta, Buena Vista
County, Iowa, October
23, 1876.
Son of Charles August Carlson and Louisa Piternilla (Gustafson)
Carlson.
Republican. Lawyer;
District Attorney, 8th Judicial District, 1908-15; Governor of
Colorado, 1915-17; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Nu; Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., December
6, 1926 (age 50 years, 44
days).
Interment at Linn
Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Colo.
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Allison H. Eid (b. 1965) —
Born in 1965.
Republican. Special assistant and speechwriter
to U.S. Secretary of Education William
Bennett; lawyer; law
clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence
Thomas and for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Jerry
E. Smith; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 2006-; appointed 2006.
Female.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Still living as of 2009.
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Henry Clay Hall (b. 1860) —
also known as Henry C. Hall —
of Paris, France;
Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 1860.
Son of Henry Clay Hall and Amanda Harwood (Ferry) Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Colorado Springs, Colo., 1905-07; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1914-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Henry
Clay |
| | | Relatives: Son of Henry Clay Hall and
Amanda Harwood (Ferry) Hall; married, June 4,
1887, to Mary Bacon Bartow (died 1901); married, March 14,
1905, to Alice Munsell Sweetser. |
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Kenneth Bentley Kramer (b. 1942) —
also known as Kenneth B. Kramer; Ken
Kramer —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
19, 1942.
Son of Albert Aaron Kramer and Ruth (Pokrass) Kramer.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1973-78; member of Colorado
Republican State Central Committee, 1973-82; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 5th District, 1979-87; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1986.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1998.
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Robert H. McWilliams (b. 1916) —
of Colorado.
Born in Salina, Saline
County, Kan., April 27,
1916.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; municipal judge in
Colorado, 1949-52; district judge in Colorado, 1952-60; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1961-70.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1970.
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David Packard (1912-1996) —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., September
7, 1912.
Son of Sperry Sidney Packard and Ella Lorna (Graber) Packard.
Republican. Co-founder and chief executive, Hewlett-Packard
electronics and computer
company; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1969-71; director, Pacific
Gas &
Electric Co., Crocker-Citizens National Bank,
General Dynamics Corp., U.S. Steel Corp.,
Trans World Airways,
Standard Oil of
California, Caterpillar Tractor
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
Presidential Elector for California, 1972;
philanthropist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Delta Phi; Tau Beta
Pi; Sigma
Xi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, in Stanford University Hospital,
Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March 26,
1996 (age 83 years, 201
days).
Interment at Alta
Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.
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William Ellery Sweet (1869-1942) —
also known as William E. Sweet —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
27, 1869.
Son of Channing Sweet.
Democrat. Investment
banker; Governor of
Colorado, 1923-25; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1926, 1936 (primary).
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Denver,
Colo., May 9,
1942 (age 73 years, 102
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Byron Raymond White (1917-2002) —
also known as Byron R. White;
"Whizzer" —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., June 8,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1960;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Professional football
player for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1938 and for the Detroit Lions
in 1940; lead the league in rushing both years; his $15,800 salary
was then the highest ever paid a player in the National Football
League.
Died, of complications from pneumonia,
in Denver,
Colo., April 15,
2002 (age 84 years, 311
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, Colo.
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