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Theodore Carter Achilles (1905-1986) —
also known as Theodore C. Achilles —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
29, 1905.
Son of Henry Laurence Achilles and Gertrude (Strong) Achilles.
Newspaper
work; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, 1932; Rome, 1933; while serving as director of the State Department's
Division of Western European Affairs in 1947-49, was one of the main
architects of the North Atlantic Treaty, the founding
document of NATO; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1956-60.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 8,
1986 (age 80 years, 100
days).
Entombed at St.
John's Church Cemetery, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
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Francis William Holbrook Adams (1904-1990) —
also known as Francis W. H. Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 26,
1904.
Son of Robert A. Adams (c.1870-1954) and Frances (Bennett) Adams.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1935; New York
City Police
Commissioner, 1954-55.
Catholic.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, from heart
failure, in the Devon Manor convalescent
home, Devon, Chester
County, Pa., April 20,
1990 (age 85 years, 298
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Seward Bodine (1903-1966) —
of Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y., September
21, 1903.
Lawyer;
county judge in New York, 1949; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta Theta Pi.
Died in January, 1966
(age 62
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Sturges Buck (b. 1875) —
also known as George S. Buck —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Hyde Park (now part of Chicago), Cook
County, Ill., February
10, 1875.
Son of Boswell R. Buck and Maria Catherine (Barnes) Buck.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County Auditor, 1912-17; mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1918-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Clement Daniels (1903-1986) —
also known as Paul C. Daniels —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
26, 1903.
Son of John H. Daniels and Flora (Pike) Daniels.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Valparaiso, 1929; La Paz, 1931; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1947; Ecuador, 1951-53.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1986
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Patrick Francis Eagan (1898-1967) —
also known as Edward P. F. Eagan; Eddie
Eagan —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Denver,
Colo., April 26,
1898.
Son of John William Eagan and Clara (Bartholomew) Eagan.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Won the gold
medal as light-heavyweight boxer at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp,
Belgium; as member of a four-man bobsleigh team, won another gold
medal at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1948.
Member, American
Legion; Beta Theta Pi.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 14,
1967 (age 69 years, 49
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Union Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Oscar Ross Ewing (b. 1889) —
also known as Oscar R. Ewing —
of Fieldston, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind., March 8,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1943-45; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1944
(alternate), 1948.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta Theta Pi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Daniel Finley (b. 1893) —
also known as Harold D. Finley —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., November
4, 1893.
Son of Peter Anson Finley and Mary Bell (Ostrom) Finley.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Naples, 1924; U.S. Consul in Naples, 1926-27; Edinburgh, 1927-30; Bordeaux, 1933-36; Mexico City, 1943; Managua, 1945; Algiers, 1945; U.S. Consul General in Algiers, 1947-49.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta Theta Pi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander H. Garnjost —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 4th District, 1924-34.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Taber Loree (b. 1888) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., April 6,
1888.
Son of Leonor Fresnol Loree and Jessie (Taber) Loree.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Railway
official; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1932.
Catholic.
Member, Beta Theta Pi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Almon W. Lytle (b. 1876) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., September
26, 1876.
Son of James H. Lytle and Inez M. (Young) Lytle.
Republican. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1925-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta Theta Pi; Delta
Chi; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1906
to Kate L. Sudds. |
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James Lukens McConaughy (1887-1948) —
also known as James L. McConaughy —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
21, 1887.
Republican. College
professor; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1939-41; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1947-48; died in office 1948.
Member, Rotary;
Beta Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died March 7,
1948 (age 60 years, 138
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) —
also known as Paul V. McNutt —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 19,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; law
professor; national commander, American Legion, 1928-29; Governor of
Indiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39,
1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Beta Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary; Kiwanis.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 24,
1955 (age 63 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Richard Cunningham Patterson, Jr. (1886-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
31, 1886.
Son of Richard Cunningham Patterson and Martha Belle (Neiswanger)
Patterson.
Democrat. Gold miner;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executive
vice-president and director, National Broadcasting
Co., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;
chairman, Ogden Corp. (Utilities Power &
Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944,
1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1944-47; Guatamala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1951-53.
Methodist.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Beta Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Philip Herman Willkie (1919-1974) —
also known as Philip H. Willkie —
of Rushville, Rush
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born December
7, 1919.
Son of Edith (Wilk) Willkie (1890-1978) and Wendell
Lewis Willkie.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; banker; farmer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1948,
1960;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1949-54.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks.
Died April 10,
1974 (age 54 years, 124
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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