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Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) —
also known as Dean Acheson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 11,
1893.
Son of Edward Campion Acheson (1858-1934; Episcopal bishop of
Connecticut) and Eleanor Gertrude (Gooderham) Acheson (1870-1958).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1949-53.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer
Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation:
My Years In The State Department.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, over his desk in his study,
Sandy Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 1971 (age 78 years, 184
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Andrew John Biemiller (1906-1982) —
also known as Andrew J. Biemiller —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, July 23,
1906.
Son of Andrew Frederick Biemiller and Pearl (Weaver) Biemiller.
Democrat. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1937-42; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1945-47, 1949-51;
defeated, 1946, 1950, 1952; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Quaker.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Eagles; Elks;
Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 3,
1982 (age 75 years, 254
days).
Interment at Ellicott
Family Cemetery, Ellicott City, Md.
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Kevin Sung-Min Park (b. 1983) —
also known as Kevin Park —
of Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in a hospital,
Columbia, Howard
County, Md., May 5,
1983.
Intern or volunteer staff for U.S. Sen. Frank
Lautenberg, Gov. Ruth
Ann Minner, U.S. Rep. Mike
Ferguson; presidential candidate.
Christian.
Korean
ancestry. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Sung-Koo Chi (South Korean Ambassador to Senegal and
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Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. (1915-2011) —
also known as R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.;
"Sarge" —
Born in Westminster, Carroll
County, Md., November
9, 1915.
Son of Robert Sargent Shriver (1880-1942) and Hilda (Shriver) Shriver
(1883-1977).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Ambassador to France, 1968-70; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1976.
Catholic.
German
ancestry. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Organized and directed the Peace Corps. Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994. Sargent Shriver Elementary School, in
Silver Spring, Md., is named for
him.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
18, 2011 (age 95 years, 70
days).
Interment at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, Mass.
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John Timothy Stone (b. 1868) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Massachusetts, September
7, 1868.
Son of Timothy Dwight Porter Stone and Susan Margaret (Dickinson)
Stone.
Republican. Pastor; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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