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Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919-1988) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Oxford, England.
Born in Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass., June 17,
1919.
Son of Kingman Brewster and Florence Foster (Besse) Brewster.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; law
professor; President of Yale University, 1963-77; U.S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, 1977-81.
Member, Common
Cause.
Died, from a brain
hemorrhage, in John Radcliffe Hospital,
Oxford, England,
November
8, 1988 (age 69 years, 144
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Mary Ingraham Bunting (1910-1998) —
also known as Mary I. Bunting; Polly Bunting; Mary
Ingraham; Mary Bunting-Smith —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 10,
1910.
Daughter of Henry A. Ingraham and Mary (Shotwell) Ingraham.
Democrat. Microbiologist;
college
professor; president, Radcliffe College, 1960-72; member, U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Female.
Died, in Kendal at Hanover continuing
care community, Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., January
21, 1998 (age 87 years, 195
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Henry A. Ingraham and Mary (Shotwell) Ingraham; married
1937 to
Henry Bunting (died 1954); married 1975 to Clement
A. Smith (died 1988). |
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article |
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James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) —
also known as James B. Conant —
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 26,
1893.
Son of James Scott Conant and Jennett Orr (Bryant) Conant.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chemist;
university
professor; President of Harvard University, 1933-53; U.S.
Ambassador to Germany, 1955-57.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi; Alpha
Chi Sigma; American
Philosophical Society; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., February
11, 1978 (age 84 years, 322
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Scott Conant and Jennett Orr (Bryant) Conant; married to
Patty Thayer Reynolds and Grace Richards. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Garrett Droppers (1860-1927) —
of Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., April 12,
1860.
Son of John D. Droppers and Gertrude (Boyink) Droppers.
Democrat. University
professor; president, University of South Dakota,
1898-1906; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); U.S. Minister to Greece, 1914-20; Montenegro, 1914-20.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 7,
1927 (age 67 years, 86
days).
Interment at Williams
College Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of John D. Droppers and Gertrude (Boyink) Droppers; married to Cora
A. Rand (died 1896); married 1897 to Jean
Tewkesbury Rand. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Congress |
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Edward Everett (1794-1865) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Dorchester (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., April 11,
1794.
Son of Rev. Oliver Everett and Lucy (Hill) Everett.
Unitarian
minister; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1825-35; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1836-40; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1841-45; president, Harvard College,
1846-49; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1852-53; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1853-54; Constitutional Union
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1860; Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts, 1864.
Unitarian.
Delivered a lengthy speech immediately preceding Abraham
Lincoln's brief Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863. His
portrait appeared on the U.S. $50
silver certificate in the 1880s.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
15, 1865 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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John Scott Everton (1908-2003) —
of Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born March 7,
1908.
President, Kalamazoo College, 1949-53; U.S. Ambassador to Burma, 1961-63; president of Robert College (now
Bogazici University), Istanbul, Turkey, 1968-71.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died January
23, 2003 (age 94 years, 322
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Richmond Grose (1869-1953) —
also known as George R. Grose —
of Massachusetts; Baltimore,
Md.; Peiping (Beijing), China;
Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Nicholas
County, W.Va., July 14,
1869.
Son of Andrew Dixon Grose and Mary Estaline (Harrah) Grose.
Democrat. Pastor; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
president, DePauw University, 1913-1924; missionary bishop in
China, 1924-29.
Methodist.
Died in Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1953 (age 83 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ira Landrith (1865-1941) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milford, Ellis
County, Tex., March 23,
1865.
Son of Martin Luther Landrith and Mary M. (Groves) Landrith.
Presbyterian
minister; president, Belmont College, Nashville, 1904-12;
president, Ward-Belmont College, 1913-15; Prohibition
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1916; president, Intercollegiate
Prohibition Association, 1920-27; president, National Temperance
Council, 1928-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
11, 1941 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin Thomas Meehan (b. 1956) —
also known as Martin T. Meehan; Marty
Meehan —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
30, 1956.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1993-2007;
resigned 2007; chancellor, University of Massachusetts,
Lowell, 2007.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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George Stewart Miller (b. 1884) —
also known as George S. Miller —
of Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., May 12,
1884.
Son of James H. Miller and Katherine (Stewart) Miller.
Republican. School
teacher; college
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932;
acting president, Tufts College, 1937-38; director, Medford
Hillside Cooperative Bank.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Josiah Quincy (1772-1864) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
4, 1772.
Son of Josiah Quincy (1744-1775) and Abigail (Philips) Quincy
(1745-1798).
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1804-05, 1813-20; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1805-13; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1821-22; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1822; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1823-28; president, Harvard College,
1829-45.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 1,
1864 (age 92 years, 148
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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John Robert Silber (b. 1926) —
also known as John R. Silber —
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., August
15, 1926.
Democrat. University
professor; president of Boston University, 1971-96;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1990.
Still living as of 2009.
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