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Anthony Dominick Andora (b. 1930) —
also known as Anthony D. Andora —
of East Paterson (now Elmwood Park), Bergen
County, N.J.; Franklin Lakes, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., November
20, 1930.
Son of Anthony A. Andora and Theresa (Matera) Andora.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1964;
chair
of Bergen County Democratic Party, 1965-69; member of New Jersey
Democratic State Committee, 1981.
Catholic.
Member, Kappa
Delta Pi; Kappa Phi Kappa; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Kiwanis;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1981.
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Relatives:
Married 1962
to Colleen Gill. |
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Laurie Calvin Battle (1912-2000) —
also known as Laurie C. Battle —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Wilsonville, Shelby
County, Ala., May 10,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1947-55; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1954; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1956;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Alabama, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kappa Phi Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Gamma Mu; Elks; Eagles; Lions.
Sponsored Battle Act, which banned U.S. assistance to countries doing
business with the Soviet Union.
Died, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
2000 (age 87 years, 358
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Clyde Atkinson Erwin (b. 1897) —
also known as Clyde A. Erwin —
of Rutherford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
8, 1897.
Son of Sylvanus Erwin and Mamie (Putnam) Erwin.
School
teacher and principal; Rutherford
County Superintendent of Schools, 1925-34; North
Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1935.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Kappa Phi Kappa; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas A. Hutto —
also known as Tom Hutto —
of St. Albans, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Democrat. College
professor; state campaign chair, Eugene
McCarthy for President, 1968, and Jimmy
Carter for President, 1976; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1970;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1972.
Unitarian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; Kappa Phi Kappa; Phi
Delta Kappa.
Still living as of 2004.
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Vernon L. Nickell (b. 1891) —
of Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Bellflower, McLean
County, Ill., March 2,
1891.
Republican. Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1943-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952.
Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Delta Pi; Kappa Phi Kappa; Exchange
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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Melvin Ernest Thompson (1903-1980) —
also known as Melvin E. Thompson —
of Valdosta, Lowndes
County, Ga.
Born in Millen, Jenkins
County, Ga., May 1,
1903.
Son of Henry J. Thompson and Eva Inez (Edenfield) Thompson.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; school
principal; superintendent
of schools; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1946-47; Governor of
Georgia, 1947-48.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Woodmen of
the World; Civitan;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kappa Phi Kappa.
Died October
3, 1980 (age 77 years, 155
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview
Cemetery, Valdosta, Ga.
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John A. Wieland (born c.1893) —
of Illinois.
Born in Illinois, about 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1935-43.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Phi
Delta Kappa; Kappa Phi Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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