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Sam Ackerman (b. 1934) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
23, 1934.
Son of Joseph Ackerman and Regina (Marmorstein) Ackerman.
Democrat. Personnel director, Continental Coffee;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972.
Jewish.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1970
to Martha Sue Gordon. |
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John Paul Ahern (b. 1941) —
also known as John P. Ahern —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 27,
1941.
Son of Thomas Francis Ahern and Eleanor (Kane) Ahern.
Democrat. School
teacher; personnel manager, Jewel Food Stores;
bank loan
officer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1965
to Ruth Marian Waldron. |
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Paul Howard Douglas (1892-1976) —
also known as Paul H. Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March 26,
1892.
Son of James Howard Douglas and Annie (Smith) Douglas.
Democrat. University
professor; economist;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1949-67; defeated, 1966.
Unitarian
or Quaker.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks;
Americans for Democratic Action; American
Economic Association; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1976 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-1990) —
also known as Arthur J. Goldberg —
of Illinois; New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August 8,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; general
counsel, Congress of Industrial Organizations; helped merge that
group with the American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO,
1955; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1960;
U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1961-62; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-65; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1965-68; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to , 1977-78.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Americans for Democratic Action.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1978.
Died of coronary artery
disease, in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1990 (age 81 years, 164
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Proxmire (1915-2005) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., November
11, 1915.
Son of Theodore Stanley Proxmire and Adele (Flanigan) Proxmire.
Democrat. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1951-52; candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1952, 1954, 1956 (Democratic); alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1957-89.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Americans for Democratic
Action; Chi Psi.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Sykesville, Carroll
County, Md., December
15, 2005 (age 90 years, 34
days).
Interment at Lake
Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, Ill.
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Leland H. Rayson (1921-2001) —
of Tinley Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill., August
23, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1960;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965-77.
Methodist.
Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of metastatic
melanoma, in Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., January
8, 2001 (age 79 years, 138
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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