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Glenn Leslie Alt (1895-1971) —
also known as Glenn L. Alt —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Denton, Doniphan
County, Kan., March 24,
1895.
Son of John L. Alt and Sarah Anna (Black) Alt.
Republican. Engineer; university
professor; candidate in primary for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
17, 1971 (age 76 years, 268
days).
Interment at Washtenong
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Thomas Jefferson Anderson (1919-1994) —
also known as Thomas J. Anderson —
of Southgate, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
21, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; engineer; supervisor of
publications and automotive
assembly problem control, Ford Motor
Company; director, Southgate Bank; mayor
of Southgate, Mich., 1958-61; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 28th District, 1965-82; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., September
18, 1994 (age 74 years, 301
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph C. Armstrong (b. 1868) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ireland,
November
15, 1868.
Son of James Armstrong and Mary Jane (Johnston) Armstrong.
Republican. Engineer; insurance
broker; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1925-32; defeated, 1922 (Wayne County 1st District), 1932 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1940 (Wayne County 1st District), 1950 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1952 (Wayne County 1st District), 1954 (Wayne
County 2nd District).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Winfred G. Armstrong (1876-1954) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Berrien Springs, Berrien
County, Mich., September
8, 1876.
Republican. Engineer; farmer; mail
carrier; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1944-54; died in office 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in 1954
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Hurd Atwell (b. 1877) —
also known as Harry H. Atwell —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
14, 1877.
Son of Henry Harrison Atwell and Julia Matilda (Hurd) Atwell.
Democrat. Engineer; grading
contractor; university
professor; Washtenaw
County Surveyor, 1921-30; Washtenaw
County Clerk, 1933-34.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Arbitration Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Harrison Atwell and Julia Matilda (Hurd) Atwell; married 1904 to Clara
K. M. Rohde; married 1919 to
Katherine Anna Schaeberle. |
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Charles Homer Baxter (b. 1879) —
also known as Charles H. Baxter —
of Loretto, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
12, 1879.
Son of Charles Ramsay Baxter and Margaret Ellen (Wright) Baxter.
Republican. Mining
engineer; college
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Rotary; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard F. Baxter (1886-1969) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June 8,
1886.
Son of Alfred Baxter and Kate (Lockwood) Baxter.
Republican. Telephone
engineer; laundry
business; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1923-24; member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1925-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Tau Beta
Pi; Rotary.
Died in 1969
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Rufus Budd Bement —
also known as Rufus B. Bement —
of Michigan; Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.; Clyde, Sandusky
County, Ohio.
Civil engineer; minister;
Liberty candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1843.
Interment at Clyde
Cemetery, Clyde, Ohio.
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Edward A. Bond (b. 1849) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 22,
1849.
Republican. Civil engineer; chief engineer for several railroads;
New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1899-1904; resigned 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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A. Lewis Burridge —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Republican. Engineer; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert H. Carlson (born c.1933) —
also known as Herb Carlson —
of Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., about 1933.
Electrical
engineer; clothing
merchant; mayor
of Petoskey, Mich.; elected 1990, 1991; defeated, 1992, 1995;
elected 1999; defeated, 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2000.
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William J. Cleary (1870-1952) —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born near Greenfield, Hancock
County, Ind., May 14,
1870.
Republican. Civil engineer; Berrien
County Surveyor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1943-50.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1952
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Patrick Connors (b. 1892) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 23,
1892.
Democrat. Electrical
engineer; employed by Ford Motor
Company for 16 years; real estate
sales; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District;
elected 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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Mortimer Elwyn Cooley (b. 1855) —
also known as Mortimer E. Cooley —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., March 28,
1855.
Son of Albert Blake Cooley and Achsah Bennett (Griswold) Cooley.
Democrat. Engineer; university
professor; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American
War; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1924.
Member, Sigma
Phi; Sigma
Xi; Freemasons;
American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Burial
location unknown.
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Grover Cleveland Dillman (1889-1979) —
also known as Grover C. Dillman —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Bangor Township, Van Buren
County, Mich., July 18,
1889.
Son of Henry Dillman (1860-1937) and Ada (Jaggers) Dillman
(1865-1925).
Republican. Engineer; Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1929-33; appointed 1929; defeated,
1933; president,
Michigan Tech University.
German
ancestry.
Died in Flushing, Genesee
County, Mich., April 14,
1979 (age 89 years, 270
days).
Interment at Arlington
Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Mich.
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William Ward Duffield (b. 1823) —
also known as William W. Duffield —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., November
19, 1823.
Democrat. Civil engineer; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1879-80; chief engineer for railways;
superintendent, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1894-98.
Burial
location unknown.
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Otto E. Eckert (1890-1974) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., January
13, 1890.
Republican. Engineer; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1946-61.
Died in 1974
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Claud Robert Erickson (1900-1993) —
also known as Claud R. Erickson —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich., January
8, 1900.
Son of Carl Erickson and Mary (Hall) Erickson.
Republican. Engineer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County
1st District, 1961-62.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Tau Beta
Pi; Elks; Eagles; Freemasons.
Died December
18, 1993 (age 93 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Thelma Olga Lewis. |
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Henry Ford (1863-1947) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., July 30,
1863.
Son of William Ford (1826-1905) and Mary (Litogot) Ford
(c.1839-1876).
Engineer; inventor;
founder, Ford Motor
Company, 1903; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1916;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and Belgian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Publisher, in 1919-27, of the Dearborn Independent newspaper,
which promoted anti-Semitic
ideas through articles such as "The International Jew: The World's
Problem," which were reprinted as pamphlets and books. In 1927, a libel
lawsuit against Ford over these writings led him to shut down
the paper and publicly recant
its contents.
Died, from a stroke, in
Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1947 (age 83 years, 251
days).
Interment at Ford
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Ford (1826-1905) and Mary (Litogot) Ford (c.1839-1876);
married, April 11,
1888, to Clara Jane Bryant (1866-1950); uncle of Clarence
M. Ford. |
| | | Cross-reference: James
Couzens — Herman
Bernstein — Alfred
J. Murphy — Martin
C. Ansorge |
| | | Personal motto:
"Efficiency." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Henry Ford: Douglas
Brinkley, Wheels
for the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress,
1903-2003 — William A. Levinson, Henry
Ford's Lean Vision — Pat McCarthy, Henry
Ford : Building Cars for Everyone (for young
readers) — David Weitzman, Model
T : How Henry Ford Built a Legend (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about Henry Ford: Max
Wallace, The
American Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the
Third Reich — Neil Baldwin, Henry
Ford and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate |
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Lavant O. Hall —
of Muskegon Heights, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Chief engineer, Alaska Refrigerator Co.; mayor
of Muskegon Heights, Mich., 1909-10.
Burial
location unknown.
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Perley C. Heald (b. 1849) —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Lovell, Oxford
County, Maine, May 5,
1849.
Republican. Civil engineer; real estate
business; mayor of
Midland, Mich., 1887-88; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1888;
member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1899-1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry F. Hicks (born c.1897) —
of Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born about 1897.
Republican. Engineer; farmer; supervisor
of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1949-57; defeated, 1949, 1957.
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Henry Hinchman (1869-1936) —
also known as Theodore H. Hinchman —
of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 24,
1869.
Son of John Marshall Hinchman (1845-1905) and Ella Kate (Cropsey)
Hinchman (1846-1876).
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;
engineer; village
president of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, 1933-36; died in
office 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Phi; American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Died in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich., July 16,
1936 (age 67 years, 22
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William Kelly (b. 1854) —
of Vulcan, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in New York, April 17,
1854.
Republican. Mining
engineer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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George E. Lewis —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Republican. Engineer; division superintendent, Detroit Edison
electric
utility; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1921-25.
Burial
location unknown.
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John F. Markes (b. 1933) —
of Westland, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 23,
1933.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; electrical
engineer; candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
20th District, 1961; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 36th District, 1973-76; defeated,
1976.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1976.
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John H. McCarthy —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Democrat. Engineer; contractor;
candidate for Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1949.
Still living as of 1949.
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Dan Mills (b. 1905) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, 1905.
Republican. Civil engineer; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1944, 1952; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1948; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1950.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Duane Montgomery (born c.1968) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1968.
Son of Duane Montgomery and Helen Montgomery.
Engineer; candidate in primary for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 2009, 2009.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives:
Married to Sharon Gaston. |
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James J. Murphy (1884-1945) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
8, 1884.
Son of John Murphy and Julia (Lane) Murphy.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1941-45; died in office 1945.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion.
Died February
23, 1945 (age 60 years, 77
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ernest George Nagel (b. 1893) —
also known as Ernest G. Nagel —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Switzerland,
March
3, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; automotive
engineer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1933-40; defeated in primary, 1952; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1941-42; defeated in primary, 1942,
1944; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried, convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
also charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Melvin Nord (b. 1918) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August 3,
1918.
Son of Sol Nord and Rose (Hertzoff) Nord.
Democrat. Lawyer; chemical
engineer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6th
District, 1961-62.
Member, Sigma Xi.
Still living as of 1962.
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Relatives:
Married to Eleanor Greenbaum. |
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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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Joseph G. O'Connor (1904-1967) —
of Lincoln Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 24,
1904.
Democrat. Trained as an engineer; gold assayer for Yellow
Jacket Mining Co.,
Nevada; worked for Chrysler
Corporation in the 1930s; executive board
member, United Auto Workers Local 7, 1938; national
representative to the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
1941-48; advertising
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-62 (Wayne County 1st
District 1949-54, Wayne County 6th District 1955-62); defeated in
primary, 1962.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers; Moose; Elks; Eagles; Maccabees;
Knights
of Equity.
Died in 1967
(age about
63 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Velma Eugen Jones. |
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Jesse Ormondroyd (1897-1975) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Pennsylvania, February
7, 1897.
Son of Herbert Ormondroyd and Jeannette (Wrighton) Ormondroyd.
Democrat. Professor
of mechanical engineering, University of Michigan; candidate
for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1953.
Died, following a stroke, at
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
6, 1975 (age 77 years, 364
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Kathleen Felton. |
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Jim A. Plakas (b. 1929) —
of Garden City, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
29, 1929.
Democrat. Engineer; mayor
of Garden City, Mich., 1989-93; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 17th District; elected 2000.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Still living as of 2000.
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John Wheeler Reid (b. 1872) —
also known as John W. Reid —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
1, 1872.
Son of Andrew F. Reid.
Republican. Engineer; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Foster Rogers (b. 1858) —
also known as Frank F. Rogers —
of Marlette, Sanilac
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Raisin Township, Lenawee
County, Mich., August
30, 1858.
Civil engineer; Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1913-28.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ada E. Lee. |
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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Son of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad
and hydroelectric
projects; lawyer; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma
Pi; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Horatio Seymour, Jr. (1844-1907) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida
County, N.Y., January
8, 1844.
Son of John Forman Seymour (1814-1890) and Frances Antill (Tappan)
Seymour (1815-1860).
Democrat. Civil engineer; worked on railroad
construction; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1878-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
21, 1907 (age 63 years, 44
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert J. Slingerlend (b. 1915) —
of Lake Orion, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Mecosta
County, Mich., May 4,
1915.
Democrat. Chemical
engineer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 63rd District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966.
Unitarian.
Still living as of 1966.
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Raymond J. Smit (b. 1928) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
21, 1928.
Republican. Civil engineer; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1964;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1967-74 (53rd District 1967-72,
52nd District 1973-74).
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1974.
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Allan R. Sorenson (b. 1919) —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich., December
12, 1919.
Democrat. Chemical
engineer; member of University
of Michigan board of regents; elected 1961.
Protestant.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP; Audubon
Society.
Still living as of 1963.
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Henrik Ekroll Stafseth (1919-1968) —
also known as Henrik E. Stafseth —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April 14,
1919.
Son of Henrik J. Stafseth and Inger (Nordhem) Stafseth.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; civil
engineer; chair of
Ottawa County Republican Party, 1958-60; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ottawa County,
1961-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion; Kiwanis;
Sigma
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in 1968
(age about
49 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lillian Mae Carisch. |
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Murray Delos Van Wagoner (1898-1986) —
also known as Murray D. Van Wagoner —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Kingston, Tuscola
County, Mich., March 18,
1898.
Democrat. Civil engineer; Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1933-40; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1952;
Governor
of Michigan, 1941-42; defeated, 1942, 1946; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1951.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Died in Farmington Hills, Oakland
County, Mich., June 12,
1986 (age 88 years, 86
days).
Interment at White
Chapel Memorial Cemetery, Troy, Mich.
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Charles A. Ward (b. 1859) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Shelby, Macomb
County, Mich., December
28, 1859.
Democrat. Mining
engineer; publisher of the Ann Arbor Argus-Democrat newspaper;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1899-1900; defeated, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Erwin Wilson (1890-1961) —
also known as Charles E. Wilson; "Engine
Charlie" —
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 18,
1890.
Electrical
engineer; president, General
Motors, 1941-53; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1953-57.
Famed for saying, during his confirmation hearings, that "for years I
thought what was good for the country was good for General Motors and
vice versa.".
Died in Norwood, East
Feliciana Parish, La., September
26, 1961 (age 71 years, 70
days).
Interment at Acacia
Park Cemetery, Beverly Hills, Mich.
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Leonard E. Wood (b. 1917) —
of Redford Township, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
27, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
Engineering illustrator
for General
Motors, later for the Wayne County Road Commission; member of Michigan
state house of representatives; elected 1952, 1954.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Moose;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1954.
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Charles M. Ziegler (1888-1959) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Noble
County, Ind., May 23,
1888.
Republican. Civil engineer; Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1943-57; defeated, 1937.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March 1,
1959 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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