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Leslie Aspin (1938-1995) —
also known as Les Aspin —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., July 21,
1938.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1971-93; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1993-94.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Zeta Psi.
Died, from a stroke, at
Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., May 21,
1995 (age 56 years, 304
days).
Interment at Wisconsin
Memorial Park, Brookfield, Wis.
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Harry Hunt Atkinson (1881-1968) —
also known as Harry H. Atkinson —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, May 22,
1881.
Son of Henry R. M. Atkinson and Jessie (Erickson) Atkinson; married,
November
28, 1908, to Katherine Jackson (died 1954); married, September
1, 1961, to Cecil Payn Chapman.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Nye
County District Attorney, 1917-20; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1926-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nevada, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Zeta Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in 1968
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Achilles Ballinger (1858-1922) —
also known as Richard A. Ballinger —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Boonesboro, Boone
County, Iowa, July 9,
1858.
Son of Col. Richard H. Ballinger and Mary E. Ballinger; married, October
26, 1886, to Julia A. Bradley.
Republican. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Washington, 1894-97; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1904-06; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1909-11; resigned 1911.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 6,
1922 (age 63 years, 332
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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George Francis Barrett (b. 1907) —
also known as George F. Barrett —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
17, 1907.
Son of George Francis Barrett and Mary Frances (Sullivan) Barrett;
married, February
11, 1937, to Marcia Bates.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932,
1944,
1948,
1956;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Illinois
state attorney general, 1941-49.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zeta Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Union
League.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Burke Belknap (1885-1965) —
also known as William B. Belknap —
of Goshen, Oldham
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April 18,
1885.
Son of Alice Trumbull (Silliman) Belknap (1846-1890) and William
Richardson Belknap (1849-1914); married, September
14, 1922, to Helen Clark Strong.
Democrat. Stock
breeder; economist;
college
teacher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 59th District, 1924-28, 1934-35;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1933.
Member, American
Economic Association; Zeta Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died September
7, 1965 (age 80 years, 142
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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William Burnett Benton (1900-1973) —
also known as William Benton —
of Southport, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 1,
1900.
Son of Charles William Benton and Elma (Hixson) Benton; married 1928 to Helen
Hemingway.
Democrat. Advertising
business; introduced sound effects into television commercials;
popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show; vice-president,
University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs,
1945-47; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Zeta Psi.
The William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut is
named
for him.
Died, in the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 18,
1973 (age 72 years, 351
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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James Crawford Biggs (1872-1960) —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., August
29, 1872.
Son of William Biggs and Elizabeth Arlington (Cooper) Biggs; married
to Margie Jordan.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; mayor of Oxford, N.C., 1897-98; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1905; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1907-11; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1916;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1933-35.
Member, Zeta Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
30, 1960 (age 87 years, 154
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Howard Blackmer (1902-1951) —
also known as Samuel H. Blackmer —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., March 2,
1902.
Son of Samuel Huling Blackmer and Fanny Laura (Abbott) Blackmer;
married, July 18,
1925, to Katrina Roosevelt Schuyler.
Municipal judge in Vermont, 1929-32; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1933-35; Bennington
County State's Attorney, 1935-37; executive clerk (personal
counsel) to Gov. George
D. Aiken, 1937-38; superior court judge in Vermont, 1938-49; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1949-51; died in office 1951.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Zeta Psi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., December
25, 1951 (age 49 years, 298
days).
Interment at Old
Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
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Henry Manchester Boss, Jr. (1875-1960) —
also known as Henry M. Boss, Jr. —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
13, 1875.
Son of Henry M. Boss and Emma J. (Wilbur) Boss; married, October
20, 1906, to Louise J. Gifford.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1926, 1929-34; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Died April 9,
1960 (age 84 years, 209
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Francis Shunk Brown, Jr. (b. 1891) —
also known as Francis S. Brown, Jr. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
3, 1891.
Third great-grandson of William
Findlay; great-grandson of Francis
Rawn Shunk; grandson of Charles
Brown; son of Francis
Shunk Brown and Elizabeth (Hamm) Brown; married, February
10, 1917, to Janet Ramsey McKeen.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; common pleas court judge
in Pennsylvania 1st District, 1927-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Zeta Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Winthrop Gilman Brown (1907-1987) —
also known as Winthrop G. Brown —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Seal Harbor, Hancock
County, Maine, July 12,
1907.
Son of William Adams Brown and Helen Gilman (Noyes) Brown; married,
December
28, 1946, to Peggy Ann Bell.
Lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Laos, 1960-62; South Korea, 1964-67.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Helped to coordinate the Lend-Lease program during World War II.
Died in 1987
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Clyde R. Chapman (b. 1889) —
of Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Fairfield, Somerset
County, Maine, July 23,
1889.
Son of George Mansur Chapman and Laura Evelyn (Keene) Chapman;
married, February
14, 1919, to Eva May Humphrey.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Maine, 1920-24; Waldo
County Attorney, 1925-33; member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928; mayor of
Belfast, Maine, 1930-33; Maine
state attorney general, 1933-36.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zeta Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Alfred Comstock (1877-1949) —
also known as William A. Comstock; Bill
Comstock —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., July 2,
1877.
Son of William B. Comstock (1842-1905) and Myra (Rapelji) Comstock
(1844-1921); married, April 22,
1919, to Josephine White.
Democrat. Builder and operator of electric
railways, 1899-1922; president, State Savings Bank
(Alpena), 1906-09; real estate
business; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1913-14; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1914-16; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1915; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1920-24; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1924,
1928,
1932;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1924-30; Governor of
Michigan, 1933-34; defeated, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Zeta Psi; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died June 16,
1949 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. (1900-1986) —
Born in Richmond,
Va., March 10,
1900.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, 1953.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Zeta Psi; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in 1986
(age about
86 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Hial Darling (1859-1944) —
also known as Charles H. Darling —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., May 9,
1859.
Son of Jason L. Darling and Ellen L. (Paul) Darling; married, October
6, 1889, to Agnes Christmas Norton (1861-1941).
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Vermont, 1887-1901; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1896-98; U.S. Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, 1901-05; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1905-09.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Zeta Psi; Freemasons.
Died in 1944
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Edward Irving Edwards (1863-1931) —
also known as Edward I. Edwards —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Bergen town (now part of Jersey City), Hudson
County, N.J., December
1, 1863.
Son of William W. Edwards and Emma J. (Nation) Edwards; brother of William
D. Edwards; married, November
14, 1888, to Jule Blanche Smith (died 1928).
Democrat. General
contractor; banker; New Jersey
state comptroller, 1911-17; member of New Jersey
state senate from Hudson County, 1919; Governor of
New Jersey, 1920-23; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1920;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1923-29; defeated, 1928; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924,
1928.
Episcopalian.
Welsh
and English
ancestry. Member, American
Bankers Association; Zeta Psi; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Eagles.
Depressed over political and financial misfortunes, the deaths of
those close to him, and his own poor health, he shot and
killed
himself, in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
26, 1931 (age 67 years, 56
days).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Roscoe C. Emery (b. 1886) —
of Eastport, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Eastport, Washington
County, Maine, March 28,
1886.
Son of Oliver Emery and Josephine (Holmes) Emery; married, October
22, 1919, to Vera G. Leonard.
Republican. School
principal; partner in Emery Bros. fish packing
firm; newspaper
publisher; member of Maine
state senate 15th District, 1921-24; mayor
of Eastport, Maine, 1928-31, 1935-36.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary;
Zeta Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank George Farrington (1872-1933) —
also known as Frank G. Farrington —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
11, 1872.
Son of Franklin Leonard Farrington (1832-1922) and Cordelia (Wilson)
Farrington (1838-1925); married, September
5, 1894, to Martha Blanche French.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor of
Augusta, Maine, 1912; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Kennebec County, 1917-20; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member of Maine
state senate 7th District, 1921-24; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1928-33; died in office 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Zeta Psi.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
3, 1933 (age 60 years, 357
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Moss Gatliff (b. 1887) —
of Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky.
Born in Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky., September
12, 1887.
Son of Ancil Gatliff and Florida (Moss) Gatliff; married, February
9, 1915, to Beverly Davidson.
Democrat. Lawyer; coal
operator; member of Kentucky
Democratic State Central Committee, 1916-24.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Zeta Psi; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bertrand Wesley Gearhart (1890-1955) —
also known as Bertrand W. Gearhart; Bud
Gearhart —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., May 31,
1890.
Son of John Wesley Gearhart and Mary Elizabeth (Johnson) Gearhart.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
California convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; U.S.
Representative from California 9th District, 1935-49; defeated,
1948; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1948.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Sons of
the American Revolution; Zeta Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Among the founders of the American Legion.
Died in a hospital
at San
Francisco, Calif., October
11, 1955 (age 65 years, 133
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Fresno, Calif.
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Angier Louis Goodwin (1881-1975) —
also known as Angier L. Goodwin —
of Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Fairfield, Somerset
County, Maine, January
30, 1881.
Married 1905
to Eleanor Hardy Stone.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Melrose, Mass., 1921-23; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1925-28; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Middlesex District, 1929-41; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1943-55;
defeated, 1954; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Grange;
Zeta Psi.
Died in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 20,
1975 (age 94 years, 141
days).
Interment at Wyoming
Cemetery, Melrose, Mass.
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William Benjamin Harrison (b. 1889) —
also known as William B. Harrison —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 28,
1889.
Son of William Harrison and Virginia L. (Trezevant) Harrison;
married, June 4,
1912, to Margaret W. Allis.
Republican. Insurance
adjuster; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
secretary-treasurer, Foundry
Products Co.; president, Kentucky Refrigerating Co.; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1927-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1928,
1932,
1936
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Johnson (b. 1928) —
of San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.; Arroyo Grande, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
8, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1964;
district judge in California, 1971-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Zeta Psi; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1973.
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Herbert Carlyle Libby (b. 1878) —
also known as Herbert C. Libby —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Burnham, Waldo
County, Maine, December
28, 1878.
Son of Isaac C. Libby and Helen M. (Green) Libby; married, December
21, 1912, to Mabel E. Dunn.
Republican. Editor; superintendent
of schools; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1926-27.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary; Pi
Kappa Delta; Zeta Psi.
Interment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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Edmund Brewer Montgomery (1891-1970) —
also known as Edmund B. Montgomery —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., September
18, 1891.
Son of Robert Wishard Montgomery and Cora May (Rogers) Montgomery.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Port Limon, 1919; Barranquilla, 1920-22; Montevideo, 1922; U.S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1922-24; London, 1924; Madras, 1926-29; San Luis Potosi, 1938.
Unitarian.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Died in 1970
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Edward Thomas Moore (b. 1881) —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J., July 3,
1881.
Son of Thomas Martin Moore and Sarah (Wickham) Moore; married 1931 to Lillian
Ring.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1909-11; law
professor; vice-chair of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1934-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Zeta Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Edward Nelson (1874-1955) —
also known as John E. Nelson —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in China, Kennebec
County, Maine, July 12,
1874.
Son of Edward White Nelson and Cassandra Marden (Worthing) Nelson;
married, July 14,
1900, to Margaret Heath Crosby; father of Charles
Pembroke Nelson.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1922-33; defeated, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Zeta Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, April 11,
1955 (age 80 years, 273
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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John Ball Osborne (b. 1868) —
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 24,
1868.
Son of Edwin
Sylvanus Osborne and Ruth (Ball) Osborne; married, October
1, 1891, to Bertha J. Grinnell.
Republican. U.S. Consul in Ghent, 1889-93; Le Havre, 1912-19; lawyer; U.S.
Consul General in Le Havre, 1919-20; Christiania, 1920-21; Genoa, 1921-26; Stockholm, 1927-29; Budapest, 1932.
Member, Rotary; Loyal
Legion; Zeta Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ely Eliot Palmer (1887-1977) —
also known as Ely E. Palmer —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
29, 1887.
Son of George Frederick Palmer and Martha Josephine (Hunt) Palmer;
married, June 19,
1913, to Eno Ham.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Paris, 1913-15; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1916-21; Bucharest, 1921-26; U.S. Consul General in Bucharest, 1926-29; Vancouver, 1929-33; Jerusalem, 1933-35; Ottawa, 1935-38; Beirut, 1938-41; Sydney, 1941-44; U.S. Minister to Afghanistan, 1945-48; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1948-49.
Baptist.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Died in 1977
(age about
89 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elbert Sidney Peel, Jr. (b. 1922) —
also known as Elbert S. Peel, Jr. —
of Williamston, Martin
County, N.C.
Born in Williamston, Martin
County, N.C., February
14, 1922.
Son of Elbert S. Peel and Fannie M. (Manning) Peel; married 1957 to Lucia
Claire Hutchinson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 2nd District, 1959.
Christian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Zeta Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Kiwanis;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1959.
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George Frederick Reinhardt (1911-1971) —
also known as G. Frederick Reinhardt —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., October
21, 1911.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Vienna, 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, 1955-57; United Arab Republic, 1960-61; Italy, 1961-68; U.S. Minister to Yemen, 1960-61.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Died February
22, 1971 (age 59 years, 124
days).
Interment at Cimitero
Acattolico, Rome, Italy.
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John Garibaldi Sargent (1860-1939) —
also known as John G. Sargent —
of Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt., October
13, 1860.
Son of John Henman Sargent and Ann Eliza (Henley) Sargent; married,
August
4, 1887, to Mary L. Gordon.
Republican. Lawyer; Windsor
County State's Attorney, 1898-1900; Vermont
secretary of civil and military affairs, 1900-02; Vermont
state attorney general, 1908-12; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1924;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1925-29.
Universalist.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Died in Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt., March 5,
1939 (age 78 years, 143
days).
Interment at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Ludlow, Vt.
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Robert McGregor Scotten (1891-1968) —
also known as Robert M. Scotten —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
18, 1891.
Son of Oren Scotten and Mary Clarke (McGregor) Scotten; married, December
3, 1929, to Ann Boyd.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Asuncion, 1926-27; U.S. Minister to Dominican Republic, 1940-42; Costa Rica, 1942-43; New Zealand, 1947-48; U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, 1943-47; New Zealand, 1948-55.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Died in 1968
(age about
76 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Philip Swasey (1839-1928) —
also known as John P. Swasey —
of Canton, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Canton, Oxford
County, Maine, September
4, 1839.
Son of Dr. Benjamin K. Swasey and Mary Davis (Perley) Swasey;
married, March 4,
1862, to Mary A. Thorne.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1874; member of Maine
state senate, 1875-76; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1883-84; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1908-11; defeated, 1910.
Universalist.
Member, Zeta Psi.
Died in Canton, Oxford
County, Maine, May 27,
1928 (age 88 years, 266
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Canton, Maine.
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Sterry Robinson Waterman (1901-1984) —
also known as Sterry R. Waterman —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., June 12,
1901.
Second cousin four times removed of David
Waterman and Luther
Waterman; third cousin thrice removed of Elisha
Waterman and Thomas
Glasby Waterman; second cousin twice removed of William
Harrison Waterman; fourth cousin once removed of Alexander
Hamilton Waterman and Robert
Whitney Waterman; son of Zeno Sterry Waterman (born 1871) and
Sarah W. (Robinson) Waterman; married, May 13,
1932, to Frances Chadbourne Knight.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1936;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-70.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary; Sphinx;
Zeta Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1984
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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