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Hugh Gardner Ackley (1915-1998) —
also known as H. Gardner Ackley —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 30,
1915.
Son of Hugh M. Ackley and Margaret (McKenzie) Ackley.
University professor; economist;
chair, U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, 1964-68; U.S. Ambassador to
Italy, 1968-69.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Delta Pi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi; Trilateral
Commission; American
Economic Association; American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Huron Woods nursing
home, Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
12, 1998 (age 82 years, 227
days).
Cremated.
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Richard J. Allen (b. 1933) —
of Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich.; Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich., August 6,
1933.
Son of Lester
J. Allen.
Republican. Veterinarian;
college professor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 88th District, 1969-72; defeated
in primary, 1972; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1975-82; defeated in primary, 1982;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1980, 1990 (primary).
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Rotary; Audubon
Society; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 1990.
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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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Alexis Caswell Angell (1857-1932) —
also known as Alexis C. Angell —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 26,
1857.
Son of James
Burrill Angell and Sarah Swope (Caswell) Angell (1831-1903).
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1911-12;
resigned 1912.
Died December
24, 1932 (age 75 years, 242
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Richard Arrington, Jr. (b. 1943) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala., October
19, 1943.
Democrat. University professor; mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1979-85; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1996.
African
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Xi; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 1996.
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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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Leroy George Augenstein (1928-1969) —
also known as Leroy G. Augenstein —
of Holt, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., March 6,
1928.
Son of Roy H. Augenstein.
Republican. Biophysicist;
university professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1967-69; died in office 1969.
Protestant.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Killed when his twin-engine plane crashed
during the landing approach to Beech Airport,
near Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., November
8, 1969 (age 41 years, 247
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Warren Babcock (1866-1913) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
15, 1866.
Son of Warren Babcock and Cordelia (Twist) Babcock.
Democrat. College professor; mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1908-09; postmaster.
Died June 3,
1913 (age 46 years, 261
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Alexander Samuel Bacon (1853-1920) —
also known as Alexander S. Bacon —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., November
20, 1853.
Son of John Arthur Bacon and Harriet (Smith) Bacon.
Lawyer;
lecturer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1887; candidate
for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1906 (Independence League),
1915 (American); vice-president and director, Webster Piano
Company.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Attorney for New York Gov. William
Sulzer at his impeachment trial in 1913.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 29,
1920 (age 66 years, 191
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Douglas Bagwell (1913-1973) —
also known as Paul D. Bagwell —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., August
23, 1913.
Son of Vollie Vernon Bagwell and Nancy Margaret (Brown) Bagwell.
Republican. College professor; candidate for Michigan
state auditor general, 1956; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1958, 1960; candidate for Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1964.
Congregationalist.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Kappa Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Delta; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Kappa
Delta Pi; Rotary; Freemasons.
Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., October
23, 1973 (age 60 years, 61
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Gill Bartlett (1906-1983) —
also known as Kenneth G. Bartlett —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich., March 13,
1906.
Republican. Dean, adult education division, University
College, Syracuse University, 1946-52; vice president dean of
public affairs, 1953; director of Onondaga County Savings Bank;
member of New York
state assembly 119th District, 1967-70.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Delta Sigma; Sigma Nu.
Died in October, 1983
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Bernice Kleinhans. |
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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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Philip C. Bellfy (b. 1946) —
also known as Phil Bellfy —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born, in a hospital
at Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1946.
College teacher; Human Rights candidate for Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1976; Human Rights candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1976;
after refusing to
remove his hat, was arrested
for trespassing in Michigan state capitol building, 1977; candidate
for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1978; Independent candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1986; Workers League
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1988.
Chippewa
Indian ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Jocelyn Michelle Benson —
also known as Jocelyn Benson —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 2010.
Female.
Still living as of 2010.
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Paul D. Borman (b. 1939) —
of Michigan.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1939.
Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1994-.
Still living as of 2002.
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Vincent Morrison Brennan (1890-1959) —
also known as Vincent M. Brennan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., April 22,
1890.
Son of Charles Thomas Brennan and Mary Agnes (Morrison) Brennan.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1919-20; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1921-23; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1924-54.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; National
Lawyers Guild; Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Maccabees.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
4, 1959 (age 68 years, 288
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Birmingham, Mich.
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Robert Peter Briggs (1903-1998) —
also known as Robert P. Briggs —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Elk Rapids, Antrim
County, Mich.
Born in Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich., April 3,
1903.
Son of Robert Douglas Briggs and Rose (Pierce) Briggs.
Republican. Accountant;
university professor; vice-president, Consumers Power
Company; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1964-68; defeated, 1964; appointed 1964.
Presbyterian.
Died September
2, 1998 (age 95 years, 152
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wilbur Bone Brookover (1911-2003) —
also known as Wilbur B. Brookover —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born near Bippus, Huntington
County, Ind., March 30,
1911.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1971-75.
Member, Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died April 6,
2003 (age 92 years, 7
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Servia, Ind.
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John L. Brumm (1878-1958) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., 1878.
Democrat. University professor; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1943; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1947.
Died in 1958
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Weber Carr III —
also known as John W. Carr III —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. University professor; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1954.
Still living as of 1954.
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Eric Thomas Chester (b. 1943) —
also known as Eric Chester —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Montague, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August 6,
1943.
Son of Harry Chester and Alice (Fried) Chester.
New Politics candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1968; New Politics candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1968;
university professor; Socialist candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1996; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 2006.
Member, Industrial
Workers of the World.
Still living as of 2010.
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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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Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) —
also known as Thomas M. Cooley —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
6, 1824.
Son of Thomas Cooley (1778-1847) and Rachel (Hubbard) Cooley
(1790-1869).
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; law partner of Charles
M. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64;
law professor; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77,
1884-85; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1887-92.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. is named for
him.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
12, 1898 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Son of Roscoe
Pulaski Copeland and Frances Jane (Holmes) Copeland (born 1843).
Physician;
university professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1936;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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Cyrenus Garritt Darling (1856-1933) —
also known as Cyrenus G. Darling —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Bethel, Sullivan
County, N.Y., 1856.
Son of Walter Darling and Eliza (Starr) Darling.
Republican. Physician;
university professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1894-95; defeated, 1909, 1911.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Died, from pernicious
anemia, April 21,
1933 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1884
to Augusta M. Payne. |
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Joseph Wayne De Bolt (b. 1939) —
also known as Joe De Bolt —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Sebring, Mahoning
County, Ohio, December
23, 1939.
Son of Joseph Whitlach and Dolores De Bolt.
Democrat. Played
saxophone in rock'n'roll band, The Twisting Countdowns, 1960-62;
manager for performers
and night
club acts; sociologist;
university professor; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 100th District, 1970.
Eastern
Orthodox.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Whitlach and Dolores De Bolt; step-son of Melvin Blake;
married, March 20,
1962, to Beverly Denise Gallagher (divorced). |
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Walter Dale DeVries (b. 1929) —
also known as Walter D. DeVries —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., November
13, 1929.
Son of Martin DeVries and Catherine (Vander Leek) DeVries.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
college professor; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Kent County 1st
District, 1961-62.
Christian
Reformed.
Still living as of 1962.
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Relatives:
Married to Lois Arlene Cook. |
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Henry Bernhard Dirks (1884-1955) —
also known as Henry B. Dirks —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 21,
1884.
Son of Hermann Johannes Dirks (1850-1896) and Anna Elizabeth (Meyer)
Dirks (1852-1932).
College professor; mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1928-29.
German
ancestry.
Died September
18, 1955 (age 71 years, 89
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Mass.
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Silas Hamilton Douglas (1816-1890) —
also known as Silas H. Douglas; Silas H.
Douglass —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., October
27, 1816.
Son of Benjamin Douglas (1785-1848) and Lucy (Townsend) Douglas
(1792-1840).
Physician;
university professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1871-73.
Episcopalian.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
26, 1890 (age 73 years, 303
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Estella Downing —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. College professor; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1927.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Dana Durand (1871-1960) —
also known as E. Dana Durand —
of Minnesota; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Romeo, Macomb
County, Mich., October
18, 1871.
Son of Cyrus Y. Durand and Celia (Day) Durand.
Economist;
director, U.S. Census, 1909-13; university professor; member, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1935-47.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
6, 1960 (age 88 years, 80
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Vernon James Ehlers (b. 1934) —
also known as Vernon J. Ehlers; Vern
Ehlers —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Pipestone, Pipestone
County, Minn., February
6, 1934.
Republican. College professor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 93rd District, 1983-85; resigned
1985; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1985-93; resigned 1993; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1993-.
Christian
Reformed.
Still living as of 2009.
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Samuel J. Eldersveld (b. 1917) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in 1917.
Democrat. University professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1957-59.
Still living as of 1993.
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Marvin Lionel Esch (b. 1927) —
also known as Marvin L. Esch —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Flinton, Cambria
County, Pa., August 4,
1927.
Republican. University professor; candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 33rd Senatorial
District, 1961; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1965-66; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1967-77; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1976; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1990.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1998.
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Delos Fall (1848-1921) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
29, 1848.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Fall (1810-1869) and Anna Maria (Bassett)
Fall (1813-1898).
Republican. College professor; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1901-04; candidate for mayor of
Albion, Mich., 1906; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 9th District, 1907-08.
The Christian hymn "The Old Rugged Cross" (1912) was written in his
house in Albion, by his tenant Rev. George Bennard.
Died in Bradenton, Manatee
County, Fla., February
19, 1921 (age 73 years, 21
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Ference, Jr. (1911-1996) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Whiting, Lake
County, Ind., November
6, 1911.
Democrat. University professor; scientist;
vice-president for research, Ford Motor
Company; member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 1960-63; defeated, 1963.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 24,
1996 (age 84 years, 261
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John K. Finley (d. 1885) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Republican. College professor; village
president of Niles, Michigan, 1843, 1855.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1885.
Burial
location unknown.
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Washington Gardner (1845-1928) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Morrow
County, Ohio, February
16, 1845.
Son of John L. Gardner and Sarah (Goodin) Gardner.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister;
college professor; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1894-98; defeated, 1890; appointed 1894; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1899-1911; candidate
in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., March 31,
1928 (age 83 years, 44
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Clifford Morris Hardin (1915-2010) —
also known as Clifford M. Hardin —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Knightstown, Henry
County, Ind., October
9, 1915.
Son of J. Alvin Hardin and Mabel (Macy) Hardin.
University professor; chancellor,
University of Nebraska, 1954-68; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1969-71.
Quaker.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., April 4,
2010 (age 94 years, 177
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert James Harris (1930-2005) —
also known as Robert J. Harris; Bob Harris —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
5, 1930.
Son of Louis Harris and Bertha (Herman) Harris.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
law professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1969-73.
Jewish.
Lithuanian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died, of brain
lymphoma, in Scio Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 10,
2005 (age 74 years, 278
days).
Interment at Arborcrest
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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N. A. Harvey —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. College professor; candidate for mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bert M. Heideman (b. 1909) —
of Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich., February
5, 1909.
Son of Rev. Arthur Heideman and Lempi (Kranck) Heideman.
Republican. Lawyer;
university professor; Republican candidate for Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1958, 1960 (primary), 1962; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 32nd Senatorial
District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 110th District, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi Mu
Alpha; American
Political Science Association; American
Historical Association; Lions; Elks; Eagles.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Katherine Grayson Graham. |
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Michael Homel (born c.1944) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., about 1944.
Democrat. University professor; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1993-95; defeated, 1995.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2004.
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Timothy Edward Howard (1837-1916) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Northfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
27, 1837.
Son of Martin Howard and Julia (Beahan) Howard.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; college
teacher; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1886-92.
Died July 9,
1916 (age 79 years, 164
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ira Waite Jayne (b. 1882) —
also known as Ira W. Jayne —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Fenton, Genesee
County, Mich., June 16,
1882.
Son of Daniel G. Jayne and Alice (Waite) Jayne.
Republican. Law professor; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1919-56; defeated, 1917; resigned
1956; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928.
Member, NAACP; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Foresters;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911
to Jean Bilton. |
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Elias Finley Johnson (1860-1933) —
also known as E. Finley Johnson —
of Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manila, Philippines.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, June 24,
1860.
Son of Abel J. Johnson.
Republican. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1885-87; law professor; member
of Michigan
state board of education, 1898-1901; appointed 1898; resigned
1901; justice of
Phillipine Islands supreme court, 1901-.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., July 31,
1933 (age 73 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Olivet Columbarium, Colma, Calif.
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Wilfred Kaplan —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
University professor; Progressive candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1948.
Still living as of 1980.
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Hamilton King (1852-1912) —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in St. John's, Newfoundland,
June
4, 1852.
Son of William King and Maria (Squires) King.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; author; preacher;
lecturer; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1898-1912, died in office 1912; U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1898-1912, died in office 1912.
Died in Bangkok, Thailand,
September
2, 1912 (age 60 years, 90
days).
Interment at Bangkok
Protestant Cemetery, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Bertha Knight Landes (1868-1943) —
also known as Bertha Knight —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Ware, Hampshire
County, Mass., October
19, 1868.
Daughter of Charles Sanford Knight and Cordelia (Cutter) Knight.
Republican. Lecturer; writer; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1926-28; defeated, 1928.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Member, Soroptimists;
League of
Women Voters.
First
woman mayor of a large American city.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
29, 1943 (age 75 years, 41
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Bert Leach —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Socialist. College teacher; candidate for mayor
of Muskegon, Mich., 1917.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ora Miner Leland (1876-1962) —
also known as Ora M. Leland —
of New York.
Born in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., June 28,
1876.
Progressive. Candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1912.
Dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture at the
University of Minnesota; developed the Aeronautical
Engineering Department in 1928-29.
Died March 30,
1962 (age 85 years, 275
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. (1920-1987) —
also known as Wade H. McCree, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, July 30,
1920.
Son of Wade Hampton McCree and Lulu (Harper) McCree.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-61; appointed 1954; resigned
1961; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-66; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1966-77; U.S. Solicitor General,
1977-81; law professor.
Unitarian.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a heart
attack and bone
cancer in Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
30, 1987 (age 67 years, 31
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Hannah McKinney —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
College professor; mayor
of Kalamazoo, Mich., 2005-.
Female.
Still living as of 2007.
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Beth Wharton Milford (1908-1992) —
also known as Beth W. Milford; Beth
Wharton —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Bradford, McKean
County, Pa., August
19, 1908.
Daughter of Thomas Wharton and Helen (O'Mara) Wharton.
Republican. College instructor; member, Ypsilanti board of
education, 1955-67; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 33rd District, 1960; member, Eastern Michigan
University Board of Regents, 1964-86.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Association of University Women.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August 7,
1992 (age 83 years, 354
days).
Interment at St.
John Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
to Albert F. Milford, Jr. (died 1977). |
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John H. Muyskens (1887-1957) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Orange City, Sioux
County, Iowa, September
3, 1887.
Son of Henry H. Muyskens and Tietje (Cupido) Muyskens.
Democrat. University professor; candidate in primary for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1935; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1936.
Died, from uremia, in
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
10, 1957 (age 70 years, 98
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary G. Groen. |
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Thomas William Nadal (b. 1875) —
also known as Thomas W. Nadal —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Milroy, Rush
County, Ind., June 17,
1875.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Nadal and Jerusha (Richey) Nadal.
Republican. College professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1911-17; appointed 1911; acting president,
Olivet College, Olivet, Mich., 1915-16; president,
Drury College, Springfield, Mo., 1917.
Congregationalist.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Modern
Language Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 2,
1909, to Kathryne Dillingham Wyckoff. |
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1911 |
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Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) —
also known as Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wright City, Warren
County, Mo., June 21,
1892.
Son of Gustave Niebuhr and Lydia (Hosto) Niebuhr.
Pastor;
professor, Union Theological Seminary, 1928-60; Socialist
candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1930; Socialist candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; vice-chair of New York Liberal
Party, 1958.
Protestant.
German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the
Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1971 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Harold Norris (b. 1918) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1918.
Son of Louis Norris and Jean (Richman) Norris.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
law professor; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6th
District, 1961-62.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1962.
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Relatives:
Married to Frances Menacer. |
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Peter Oppewall (b. 1922) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Northbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
college professor; candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Kent County 1st
District, 1961; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1965-70.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Urban
League; Modern
Language Association.
Still living as of 1970.
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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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William Merritt Osband (b. 1836) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Arcadia, Wayne
County, N.Y., June 15,
1836.
Son of Wilson Osband and Susanna (Sherman) Osband.
Republican. College professor; furniture
business; newspaper
editor; pipe
organ manufacturer; chair of
Washtenaw County Republican Party, 1886-90.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Webster H. Pearce (b. 1876) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Whitmore Lake, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 12,
1876.
Son of Rev. F. E. Pearce.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; college professor; mayor
of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1921-27; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1927-33; defeated, 1933.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1899
to Ada J. Wellington. |
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Vincent J. Petitpren (b. 1927) —
of Wayne, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., September
24, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; school
teacher; president,
Wayne Federation of Teachers, 1958-60; vice-president,
Michigan Federation of Teachers, 1962-64; university
professor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 37th District, 1965-70; defeated
in primary, 1972 (37th District), 1984 (38th District); Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1968;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1970.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers; American
Association of University Professors; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Kiwanis;
Pi
Kappa Delta.
Still living as of 1984.
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James Kerr Pollock (1898-1968) —
also known as James K. Pollock —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa., May 25,
1898.
Son of James Kerr Pollock and Ella (Newton) Pollock.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Washtenaw County
1st District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died October
4, 1968 (age 70 years, 132
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Agnes Marie Haun. |
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Max Radin (1880-1950) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Kempen, Poland,
March
29, 1880.
Son of Rabbi Adolph Moses Radin (1848-1909) and Johanna (Theodor)
Radin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1940.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Association of University Professors.
Died, from an intestinal
obstruction, in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., June 22,
1950 (age 70 years, 85
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Rabbi Adolph Moses Radin (1848-1909) and Johanna (Theodor) Radin;
married, July 2,
1909, to Rose Jaffe (1889-1918); married, June 30,
1922, to Dorothea Prall (1889-1948; sister-in-law of Sherwood
Anderson (1876-1941; novelist)). |
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Winthrope Price Rowe (1929-2011) —
also known as Win Rowe —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born July 5,
1929.
Son of Winthrope Price Rowe and Eleanor (Restall) Rowe.
Democrat. University professor; chair of
Ingham County Democratic Party, 1972.
Died July 21,
2011 (age 82 years, 16
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Edward Hildreth Ryder (1871-1939) —
also known as Edward H. Ryder —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Northville, Wayne
County, Mich., August 9,
1871.
Son of Joseph Ryder (born 1824) and Sally Cyane (Thayer) Ryder (born
1834).
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; college professor; mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1918-25.
Congregationalist.
Died June 22,
1939 (age 67 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
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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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Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) —
also known as Glenn Teodor Sjöberg —
Born in Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich., April 19,
1912.
Son of Herman Theodore 'Ted' Seaborg and Selma Olivia (Erickson)
Seaborg.
Democrat. Physical
chemist; university professor; received the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry, 1951; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission, 1961-71.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Chi Sigma; American
Chemical Society.
Died in Lafayette, Contra Costa
County, Calif., February
25, 1999 (age 86 years, 312
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John F. Shepard —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Progressive. Psychologist;
university professor; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1949; candidate for Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1952.
Still living as of 1964.
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Preston W. Slosson (1892-1984) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., 1892.
Democrat. University professor; historian;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1948.
Died, of heart
failure, in Clarion, Clarion
County, Pa., May 11,
1984 (age about 91
years). Body donated
to the University of Michigan medical school.
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Clinton DeWitt Smith (b. 1854) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Trumansburg, Tompkins
County, N.Y., March 7,
1854.
Son of Reuben Smith and Clarissa G. (Pease) Smith.
University professor; mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1907-08.
President
of Escola Agricola, Piracicaba, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 1908-13.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Dale Snyder (b. 1958) —
also known as Rick Snyder —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., August
19, 1958.
Republican. Accountant;
university professor; Governor of
Michigan; elected 2010.
Still living as of 2011.
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Harold J. Spaeth —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Democrat. University professor; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1967-69.
Still living as of 2000.
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Gordon L. Thomas (1914-1997) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Orpington, England,
December
4, 1914.
Democrat. University professor; mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1961-71; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County
2nd District, 1961.
Congregationalist.
Died October
15, 1997 (age 82 years, 315
days).
Interment at Elkland
Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
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Paul F. Voelker (b. 1875) —
of Michigan.
Born in Evart, Osceola
County, Mich., September
20, 1875.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; college professor; president
of Olivet College, 1920-24; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1933-35; defeated, 1935.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Delta.
Interment at Hersey
Cemetery, Hersey, Mich.
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William V. Weber (1901-1989) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Viroqua, Vernon
County, Wis., November
9, 1901.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; university professor; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1960;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1963; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 46th District, 1967-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1989
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Adonijah Strong Welch (1821-1889) —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in East Hampton, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 12,
1821.
Republican. First principal,
in 1851-65, of the Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti, Mich.
(later Eastern Michigan University); member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1863-66; established a lumber mill
at Jacksonville, Fla.; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-69; first president,
in 1869-83, of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa (later
Iowa State University); college professor; author.
Welch Hall, at Eastern Michigan University, is named for him.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 14,
1889 (age 67 years, 336
days).
Interment at Iowa
State College Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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Albert H. Wheeler (1915-1994) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in 1915.
Democrat. University professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1975-78; defeated, 1978.
Catholic.
African
ancestry.
Wheeler Park in Ann Arbor is named for
him.
Died April 4,
1994 (age about 78
years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Wynand Wichers (b. 1886) —
of Michigan.
Born in Zeeland, Ottawa
County, Mich., 1886.
Republican. College professor; president,
Hope College; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ottawa County,
1933; member of Michigan
state board of education; elected 1935, 1941; resigned 1945.
Burial
location unknown.
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Casey Cyrenius Wiggins (1881-1953) —
also known as Casey C. Wiggins —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Antrim Township, Shiawassee
County, Mich., January
26, 1881.
Son of Glenn C. Wiggins and Emma (Handy) Wiggins.
Democrat. College professor; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1936.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Howell, Livingston
County, Mich., June 27,
1953 (age 72 years, 152
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Glenn C. Wiggins and Emma (Handy) Wiggins; married, July 17,
1907, to Clara B. Dorrance (died 1940); married, June 20,
1942, to Annette Gilbert. |
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George Willard (1824-1901) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Bolton, Chittenden
County, Vt., March 20,
1824.
Son of Allen Willard and Eliza (Barron) Willard.
Republican. Episcopal
priest; college professor; newspaper
editor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-62; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1864-73; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 3rd District,
1867-68; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1873-77.
Episcopalian.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., March 26,
1901 (age 77 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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John R. Willertz (b. 1939) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., 1939.
College professor; mayor of
Bay City, Mich., 1974-77.
Still living as of 1977.
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Gary Wolfram (b. 1950) —
of Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Redding, Shasta
County, Calif., November
1, 1950.
Republican. College professor; economist;
candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
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Leigh Jarvis Young (1883-1960) —
also known as Leigh J. Young —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born March 31,
1883.
Son of David Whitcomb Young and Mary (Jarvis) Young.
Republican. University professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1941-45.
Died, of heart
disease, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
24, 1960 (age 77 years, 268
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married to Frances Speed Graham. |
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Richard Arthur Young (b. 1927) —
also known as Richard A. Young —
of Dearborn Heights, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
16, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer;
university professor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1965-94 (33rd District 1965-72,
32nd District 1973-92, 16th District 1993-94).
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Association of University Professors; Elks; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 1994.
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