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Brian Norton Baird (b. 1956) —
also known as Brian Baird —
of Vancouver, Clark
County, Wash.
Born in Chama, Rio Arriba
County, N.M., March 7,
1956.
Son of William N. 'Bill' Baird and Edith S. Baird.
Democrat. Psychologist;
university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1999-; defeated,
1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Protestant.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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William O. Hall (1914-1977) —
of Joseph, Wallowa
County, Ore.
Born in Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M., May 22,
1914.
Son of William O. Hall and Margaret (Barnard) Hall.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1967-71; director general, U.S. Foreign Service, 1971.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died November
8, 1977 (age 63 years, 170
days).
Interment at Willamette
National Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Patrick Jay Hurley (1883-1963) —
also known as Patrick J. Hurley —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Oklahoma, January
8, 1883.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924,
1932;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1929-33; general in the U.S. Army during World
War II; U.S. Minister to New Zealand, 1942; U.S. Ambassador to China, 1944-45; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1946, 1948; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Mexico, 1952.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Chi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died July 30,
1963 (age 80 years, 203
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Robert Moody McKinney (1910-2001) —
also known as Robert M. McKinney —
of New Mexico.
Born in Shattuck, Ellis
County, Okla., August
28, 1910.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1961-63.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
During World War II, he helped develop the Tiny Tim rocket, which was
used against German tanks in the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944.
Editor and publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper
for 52 years.
Died, of pneumonia,
at New
York Hospital, New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 24,
2001 (age 90 years, 300
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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