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Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) —
also known as Morris Abram —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., June 19,
1918.
Son of Sam Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served on
prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes trials; U.S. Representative
to United Nations European office; worked on Marshall Plan for
postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate for
nomination for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968; president of Brandeis
University, 1968-70; member,
U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1984-86.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Jewish Committee; Urban
League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a viral
infection, in a hospital
at Geneva, Switzerland,
March
16, 2000 (age 81 years, 271
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wilson Shannon Bissell (1847-1903) —
also known as Wilson S. Bissell —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in New London, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
31, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner with Grover
Cleveland and Lyman K.
Bass, 1873-82; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,
1888;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1893-95; resigned 1895; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896;
chancellor, University of Buffalo, 1902.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
6, 1903 (age 55 years, 279
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Mary Ingraham Bunting (1910-1998) —
also known as Mary I. Bunting; Polly Bunting; Mary
Ingraham; Mary Bunting-Smith —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 10,
1910.
Daughter of Henry A. Ingraham and Mary (Shotwell) Ingraham.
Democrat. Microbiologist;
college
professor; president, Radcliffe College, 1960-72; member, U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Female.
Died, in Kendal at Hanover continuing
care community, Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., January
21, 1998 (age 87 years, 195
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Henry A. Ingraham and Mary (Shotwell) Ingraham; married
1937 to
Henry Bunting (died 1954); married 1975 to Clement
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Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., April 2,
1862.
Son of Henry L. Butler and Mary J. (Murray) Butler.
Republican. University
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1888;
President of Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1912; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1920,
1928;
co-recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize in 1931; elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve; blind
in his later years.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of bronchio-pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1947 (age 85 years, 249
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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William Miller Collier (1867-1956) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Lodi, Seneca
County, N.Y., October
11, 1867.
Son of Rev. Isaac H. Collier and Frances (Miller) Collier.
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1905-09; president, George Washington University,
1917; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1921-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1956
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Angier Biddle Duke (1915-1995) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1915.
Son of Angier B. Duke (1884-1923) and Cordelia Drexel (Biddle) Duke.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1952-53; Spain, 1965-68; Denmark, 1968-69; Morocco, 1979-81.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Chancellor of Southampton College.
Hit by a car
while rollerblading,
and died as a result, in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 29,
1995 (age 79 years, 150
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Alfred Eddy (1896-1962) —
also known as Bill Eddy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.; Beirut, Lebanon.
Born, to American parents, in Sidon, Syria (now Lebanon),
March
9, 1896.
Son of William King Eddy and Elizabeth Mills (Nelson) Eddy.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; college
professor; president of Hobart College and William Smith
College, Geneva, N.Y., 1936-42; served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; U.S. Minister to Saudi Arabia, 1944-46; Middle East consultant, Arabian American
Oil
Company, 1947-62.
Episcopalian.
Died May 3,
1962 (age 66 years, 55
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Sidon, Lebanon.
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Livingston Farrand (1867-1939) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 14,
1867.
Son of Samuel Ashbel Farrand and Louise (Wilson) Farrand.
Physician;
anthropologist;
psychologist;
university
professor; president, University of Colorado, 1914-19;
chairman, Central Committee of the American Red Cross, 1919-21;
president, Cornell University, 1921-37; elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, American
Public Health Association; American
Psychological Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New
York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1939 (age 72 years, 147
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Oran Faville (1817-1872) —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Mitchell, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Manheim, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
13, 1817.
Son of Thomas Faville (1788-1860) and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West)
Faville (1794-1877).
College
professor; president, Wesleyan Female College, Delaware,
Ohio, 1853-55; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1858-60; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1864-67.
Died in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, November
2, 1872 (age 55 years, 20
days).
Interment at Harlington
Cemetery, Waverly, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Faville (1788-1860) and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West) Faville
(1794-1877); married to Maria M. Peck (1815-1903); uncle of Frederick
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Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (1853-1928) —
also known as Woodbridge N. Ferris; "The Big Rapids
Schoolmaster"; "The Good Grey
Governor" —
of Big Rapids, Mecosta
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin near Spencer, Tioga
County, N.Y., January
6, 1853.
Son of John Ferris, Jr. and Estella (Reed) Ferris.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; founder and president, Ferris Institute, later
Ferris State University; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1892; candidate for
Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1902; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1907; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1916,
1924;
Governor
of Michigan, 1913-16; defeated, 1904, 1920; president, Big Rapids
Savings Bank; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1923-28; died in office 1928.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Washington,
D.C., March 23,
1928 (age 75 years, 77
days).
Interment at Highland
View Cemetery, Big Rapids, Mich.
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Arthur Sherwood Flemming (1905-1996) —
also known as Arthur S. Flemming —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.; Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., June 12,
1905.
Republican. Member, U.S.
Civil Service Commission, 1939-48; president,
Ohio-Wesleyan University, 1948-53; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1958-61;
president, University of Oregon, 1961-68; president,
Macalester College, 1968-71.
Methodist.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1994.
Died of acute renal
failure, at a retirement
home in Alexandria,
Va., September
7, 1996 (age 91 years, 87
days).
Interment at Montrepose
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Virginia Ann Foxx (b. 1943) —
of Grandfather, Avery
County, N.C.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 29,
1943.
Republican. College
professor; president, Mayland Community College, 1987-94;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1994-2004; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 2005-.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Clifford C. Furnas —
Republican. President, State University of New York at
Buffalo; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Buell Gordon Gallagher (1904-1978) —
also known as Buell G. Gallagher —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Granite Springs, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rankin, Vermilion
County, Ill., February
4, 1904.
Son of Rev. Elmer David Gallagher and Elma Maryel (Poole) Gallagher.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; college
professor; president, Talladega College, 1933-43;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in August, 1978
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Milton Gregory (b. 1822) —
also known as John M. Gregory —
of Michigan.
Born in Sand Lake, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 6,
1822.
Son of Joseph Gregory.
Republican. Baptist
minister; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1859-64; president,
Kalamazoo College; president, Illinois Industrial University.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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of Joseph Gregory; married 1846 to Julia
Gregory; married 1881 to Louisa
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Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck (1791-1879) —
of New York.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
29, 1791.
Son of Jonathan Hasbrouck (1763-1846) and Catherine (Wynkoop)
Hasbrouck (born 1765).
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1825-27; college
professor; president of Rutgers College (now Rutgers
University), 1840-50.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
24, 1879 (age 87 years, 87
days).
Interment at First
Reformed Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
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Theodore Martin Hesburgh (b. 1917) —
also known as Theodore Hesburgh; "Father
Ted" —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 25,
1917.
Catholic
priest; president, Notre Dame University, 1952-87; member, U.S. Civil Rights
Commission, 1957-72.
Catholic.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 1964.
Still living as of 2009.
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David Jayne Hill (1850-1932) —
also known as David J. Hill —
of Lewisburg, Union
County, Pa.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., June 10,
1850.
Son of Rev. Daniel T. Hill and Lydia Ann (Thompson) Hill.
Historian;
president, Bucknell University, 1879-88; president,
University of Rochester, 1888-96; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1903-05; Netherlands, 1905-08; Luxembourg, 1905-08; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1908-11.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1932
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Son of William H. Houston and Cornelia Anne (Stevens) Houston.
Superintendent
of schools; university
professor; president, Agricultural and Mechanical College
of Texas, 1902-05; president, University of Texas, 1905-08;
chancellor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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William Lloyd Imes (1889-1986) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., December
29, 1889.
Son of Benjamin A. Imes and Elizabeth (Wallace) Imes.
Minister;
Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
president, Knoxville College, 1943-47.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1986
(age about
96 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Seth Low (1850-1916) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
18, 1850.
Son of Abiel Abbot Low (1811-1893) and Ellen Almira (Dow) Low
(1823-1850).
Republican. Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1882-85; president, Columbia
University, 1890-1900; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1902-03; defeated, 1897, 1903; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died in Bedford Hills, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
17, 1916 (age 66 years, 243
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Jacob Gould Schurman (1854-1942) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Freetown, Prince
Edward Island, May 22,
1854.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; college
professor; president, Cornell University, 1892-1920; U.S.
Minister to Greece, 1912-13; Montenegro, 1912-13; China, 1921-25; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915; U.S.
Ambassador to Germany, 1925-30.
Died in 1942
(age about
88 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Son of Rev. Ross Stevenson and Martha A. (Harbison) Stevenson.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
president, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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James Tallmadge, Jr. (1778-1853) —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
28, 1778.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1817-19; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1824; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1825-26; president of New York
University, 1830-46; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
29, 1853 (age 75 years, 244
days).
Interment at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) —
also known as Robert C. Weaver —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
29, 1907.
Son of Mortimer G. Weaver and Florence (Freeman) Weaver.
Economist;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 1962; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1966-68; first
black cabinet member; president, Baruch College, 1969;
trustee, Mount Sinai Medical
Center.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action.
The H.U.D. Headquarters building in Washington, D.C. was named for
him in 2000.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 17,
1997 (age 89 years, 200
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918) —
also known as Andrew D. White —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., November
7, 1832.
Son of Horace White (1802-1860) and Clara (Dickson) White
(1811-1882).
Republican. University
professor; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1864-67; co-founder and first
president of Cornell University, 1867-79 and 1881-85; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872
(alternate), 1884,
1912;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1872;
U.S. Minister to Germany, 1879-81; Russia, 1892-94; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1897-1902.
Member, American
Historical Association; American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., November
4, 1918 (age 85 years, 362
days).
Entombed at Sage
Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; statue at Arts
Quad, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
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