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Michael Alarid (1919-2007) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo., March 13,
1919.
Son of Victor Alarid and Eutemia (Gonzales) Alarid.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; supermarket
owner; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1965-66; member of New Mexico
state senate, 1967-72, 1985-92 (34th District 1967-72, 12th
District 1985-92).
Catholic.
Member, Delta Sigma Pi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died August 1,
2007 (age 88 years, 141
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Gordon Llewellyn Allott (1907-1989) —
also known as Gordon Allott —
of Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.; Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., January
2, 1907.
Son of Leonard John Allott and Bertha Louise (Reese) Allott.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964
(delegation chair), 1972;
Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1950-55; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1955-73; defeated, 1972; member, Resolutions Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Delta Sigma Pi.
Died, of cancer, in
Swedish Medical
Center, Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., January
17, 1989 (age 82 years, 15
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Richard Porter Butrick (1894-1997) —
also known as Richard P. Butrick —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., August 6,
1894.
Son of William Wallace Butrick and Ellen Lavina (Taylor) Butrick.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Valparaiso, 1921-22; Iquique, 1922-23; U.S. Consul in Guayaquil, 1924-26; Hankow, 1927-31; SAINT John, 1932; Shanghai, 1932-38; U.S. Minister to Iceland, 1948-49.
Member, Delta Sigma Pi.
Died in 1997
(age about
102 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Eugene Cook (b. 1904) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Wrightsville, Johnson
County, Ga., April 4,
1904.
Son of James Monroe Cook and Ida (Preston) Cook.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1945-65; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1952;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1965-67.
Baptist.
Member, Delta Sigma Pi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
Elks; Lions.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Helen Getler (b. 1925) —
of Roslyn Harbor, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1925.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Delta Sigma Pi; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 1993.
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Henry Francis Grady (1882-1957) —
also known as Henry F. Grady —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
12, 1882.
Son of John Henry Grady and Ellen G. (Rourke) Grady.
Democrat. U.S. Ambassador to India, 1947-48; Greece, 1948-50; Iran, 1950-51; U.S. Minister to Nepal, 1948.
Member, American
Economic Association; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Delta Sigma Pi; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Gamma Mu.
Died, of a heart
attack, on the ocean
liner President Wilson, in the Pacific
Ocean, September
14, 1957 (age 75 years, 214
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Richard Howard Ichord II (1926-1992) —
also known as Richard Howard Ichord; Dick
Ichord —
of Houston, Texas
County, Mo.; Tantallon, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Licking, Texas
County, Mo., June 27,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1952-60; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1959-60; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1961-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1968.
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Lions;
Odd
Fellows; Phi Eta
Sigma; Delta Sigma Pi; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Suffered a heart
attack and died one week later, in a hospital
at Houston, Texas
County, Mo., December
25, 1992 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Pine
Lawn Cemetery, Houston, Mo.
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Brereton Chandler Jones (b. 1939) —
also known as Brereton C. Jones; Brerry
Jones —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.; Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio, June 27,
1939.
Son of Nedra
Jones and E.
Bartow Jones.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mason County, 1965-68; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1987-91; Governor of
Kentucky, 1991-95.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian.
Member, Delta Sigma Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-1961) —
also known as B. Carroll Reece —
of Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin near Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., December
22, 1889.
Son of John Isaac Reece and Sarah E. (Maples) Reece.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1921-31, 1933-47,
1951-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932,
1944,
1948
(speaker),
1956;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1946-48; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1958.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Economic Association; Delta Sigma Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1961
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Monte
Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
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Timothy Patrick Sheehan (1909-2000) —
also known as Timothy P. Sheehan —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 9,
1909.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1951-59; defeated,
1958, 1960; candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1959; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Delta Sigma Pi; Beta
Gamma Sigma.
Died in Resurrection Medical
Center, Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
8, 2000 (age 91 years, 213
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Ill.
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Arthur T. Vanderbilt (1888-1957) —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Short Hills, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., July 7,
1888.
Son of Lewis Vanderbilt and Alice H. (Leach) Vanderbilt.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Nathan
L. Jacobs, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1920
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944;
circuit judge in New Jersey, 1947-48; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1948-57; died in
office 1957.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta Sigma Pi; Order of the
Coif; American
Political Science Association.
Died June 16,
1957 (age 68 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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