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Albert Waller Gilchrist (1858-1926) —
also known as Albert W. Gilchrist —
of Punta Gorda, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C., January
15, 1858.
Son of William
E. Gilchrist and Rhoda Elizabeth (Waller) Gilchrist.
Democrat. Civil engineer; real estate
dealer; orange
grower; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893-96, 1903-06; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1905; served in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Florida, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1912
(speaker);
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a tumor of the
thigh, in the Hospital
for the Ruptured and Crippled, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 15,
1926 (age 68 years, 120
days).
Interment at Indian
Springs Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla.
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William G. Kirkland (1913-1999) —
of Huntington Park, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1913.
Son of James Allen Kirkland (1882-1959) and Nora (Stevens) Kirkland
(1888-1985).
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; civil engineer;
mayor
of Huntington Park, Calif., 1952.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a hospital
in Martin
County, Fla., December
15, 1999 (age 86 years, 77
days).
Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Walter Philip Leber (1918-2009) —
of Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
12, 1918.
Son of Walter Leber and Bonnie Vera (Blackman) Leber.
Petroleum
engineer; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1940-74; Governor of
Panama Canal Zone, 1967-70.
Episcopalian.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died August 3,
2009 (age 90 years, 325
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Long (d. 1929) —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Engineer; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1924-25.
Died in 1929.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leo J. Nowicki (1904-1990) —
of Michigan.
Born in Glecz, Poland,
February
17, 1904.
Democrat. Engineer; Wayne
County Drain Commissioner, 1933-36; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1937-38; defeated, 1938.
Died September
15, 1990 (age 86 years, 210
days).
Interment at Queen
of Peace Cemetery, Loxahatchee, Fla.
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Frank Park (1864-1925) —
of Sylvester, Worth
County, Ga.
Born in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., March 3,
1864.
Son of James F. Park and Emma A. (Bailey) Park.
Democrat. School
teacher; civil engineer; lawyer;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1913-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November
20, 1925 (age 61 years, 262
days).
Interment at White
Springs Cemetery, White Springs, Fla.
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Rob Wallace (b. 1952) —
of Florida.
Born in Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan., May 8,
1952.
Republican. Engineer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 47th District, 1995-.
Christian.
Member, Jaycees;
Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1999.
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Tore Wallin —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Sweden.
Engineer; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1970-71.
Still living as of 1971.
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