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  Anthony Boyce Akers (1914-1976) — also known as Anthony B. Akers — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla. Born near Charlotte, Atascosa County, Tex., October 19, 1914. Son of Ambrose B. Akers and Margaret (Long) Akers. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1954, 1956, 1958; U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1961-63. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Federal Bar Association. Died, probably from a heart attack, in Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, N.C., April 1, 1976 (age 61 years, 165 days). Interment at Berkeley Chapel Churchyard, Middletown, R.I.
  Relatives: Married, November 28, 1942, to Jane Pope.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Winthrop Williams Aldrich (1885-1974) — also known as Winthrop W. Aldrich — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., November 2, 1885. Son of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich and Abby Pierce Chapman (Greene) Aldrich. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, Equitable Trust Company, 1929; president, Chase National Bank, 1930-34; chairman, 1934-53; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1953-57. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Bankers Association. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 25, 1974 (age 88 years, 115 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich and Abby Pierce Chapman (Greene) Aldrich; brother of Richard Steere Aldrich; married, December 7, 1916, to Harriet Crocker Alexander (1888-1972; granddaughter of Charles Crocker; daughter of Charles Beatty Alexander; sister-in-law of Sheldon Whitehouse); uncle of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller and Winthrop Rockefeller. See Rockefeller-Aldrich-Crocker-Whitehouse family of New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Claiborne de Borda Pell (1918-2009) — also known as Claiborne Pell; "Senator Oddball" — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 22, 1918. Son of Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. and Matilda (Bigelow) Pell. Democrat. U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1964, 1996. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Council on Foreign Relations. Died, from Parkinson's disease, in Newport, Newport County, R.I., January 1, 2009 (age 90 years, 40 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Third great-grandnephew of William Charles Cole Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne; second great-grandnephew of George Mifflin Dallas; second great-grandson of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne; son of Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. and Matilda (Bigelow) Pell; married 1944 to Nuala O'Donnell. See Claiborne-Boggs family.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier

 

 


 
   
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