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LeRoy Hagen Anderson (1906-1991) —
also known as LeRoy H. Anderson —
of Conrad, Pondera
County, Mont.
Born in Ellendale, Dickey
County, N.Dak., February
2, 1906.
Son of Peter John Anderson and Gena (Hagen) Anderson.
Democrat. Rancher;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1947-48; member of Montana
state senate, 1949-56, 1967; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Montana, 1956;
U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1957-61; defeated, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions;
Tau Beta Pi; Pi
Kappa Delta; Alpha
Chi Sigma; Pi
Kappa Alpha; American
Chemical Society.
Died, in a hospital
at Conrad, Pondera
County, Mont., September
25, 1991 (age 85 years, 235
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bennett Archambault —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Son of Albert Joseph Archambault and May (Smales) Archambault.
Republican. Manufacturer;
president, Stewart-Warner Corp.; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Tau Beta Pi; Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married to Margaret Henrietta Morgan. |
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Alex Davison Bailey (b. 1882) —
also known as Alex D. Bailey —
of La Grange, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Salem, Kenosha
County, Wis., February
14, 1882.
Son of Eugene M. Bailey and Caroline G. (Davison) Bailey.
Engineer;
utility
company executive; village
president of La Grange, Illinois, 1935-37.
Member, Newcomen
Society; Tau Beta Pi; Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Eugene M. Bailey and Caroline G. (Davison) Bailey; married, September
3, 1907, to Alice Carey (died 1929); married, October
3, 1936, to Amelia Duncan. |
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Charles Homer Baxter (b. 1879) —
also known as Charles H. Baxter —
of Loretto, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
12, 1879.
Son of Charles Ramsay Baxter and Margaret Ellen (Wright) Baxter.
Republican. Mining engineer;
college
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924.
Member, Tau Beta Pi; Rotary; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard F. Baxter (1886-1969) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June 8,
1886.
Son of Alfred Baxter and Kate (Lockwood) Baxter.
Republican. Telephone
engineer;
laundry
business; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1923-24; member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1925-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Tau Beta Pi; Rotary.
Died in 1969
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Edward Cabaniss (b. 1949) —
also known as Thomas E. Cabaniss —
of Chase City, Mecklenburg
County, Va.
Born in Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., October
16, 1949.
Son of Frank Edward Cabaniss and Myrtle (Stembridge) Cabaniss.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Tau Beta Pi.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1972
to Ann Chrystene Taylor. |
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Andrew L. Clark (b. 1921) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Mt. Hope, Fayette
County, W.Va., May 19,
1921.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mercer County, 1955-58.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Tau Beta Pi; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1958.
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Claud Robert Erickson (1900-1993) —
also known as Claud R. Erickson —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich., January
8, 1900.
Son of Carl Erickson and Mary (Hall) Erickson.
Republican. Engineer;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County
1st District, 1961-62.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Tau Beta Pi; Elks; Eagles; Freemasons.
Died December
18, 1993 (age 93 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Thelma Olga Lewis. |
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Paul Gordon Goebel (1901-1988) —
also known as Paul G. Goebel —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., May 28,
1901.
Son of Frank Goebel and Effie (Haftenkamp) Goebel.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1950-53, 1956-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1956;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1962-70; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 16th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1969.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Tau Beta Pi.
Played professional football
for four years.
Died in 1988
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Goebel and Effie (Haftenkamp) Goebel; married to Margaret E.
Callam; father of Paul
Gordon Goebel, Jr.. |
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William Kelly (b. 1854) —
of Vulcan, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in New York, April 17,
1854.
Republican. Mining engineer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Member, Tau Beta Pi; Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Philip Leber (1918-2009) —
of Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
12, 1918.
Son of Walter Leber and Bonnie Vera (Blackman) Leber.
Petroleum
engineer;
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1940-74; Governor of
Panama Canal Zone, 1967-70.
Episcopalian.
Member, Tau Beta Pi; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died August 3,
2009 (age 90 years, 325
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Curtis Emerson LeMay (1906-1990) —
also known as Curtis E. LeMay; "Old Iron
Pants"; "Demon LeMay" —
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, November
15, 1906.
Son of Erving LeMay.
General in the U.S. Air Force; American Independent candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1968.
Member, Freemasons;
Tau Beta Pi.
Died October
1, 1990 (age 83 years, 320
days).
Interment at U.S.
Air Force Academy Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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David Packard (1912-1996) —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., September
7, 1912.
Son of Sperry Sidney Packard and Ella Lorna (Graber) Packard.
Republican. Co-founder and chief executive, Hewlett-Packard
electronics and computer
company; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1969-71; director, Pacific
Gas &
Electric Co., Crocker-Citizens National Bank,
General Dynamics Corp., U.S. Steel Corp.,
Trans World Airways,
Standard Oil of
California, Caterpillar Tractor
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
Presidential Elector for California, 1972;
philanthropist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Delta Phi; Tau Beta Pi; Sigma
Xi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Stanford University Hospital,
Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March 26,
1996 (age 83 years, 201
days).
Interment at Alta
Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.
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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Son of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad
and hydroelectric
projects; lawyer; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma
Pi; Tau Beta Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roberto Sánchez Vilella (1913-1998) —
of Hato Rey, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Mayagüez, Mayagüez
Municipio, Puerto Rico, February
19, 1913.
Son of Luis Sánchez Frasqueri and Angela Vilella Vélez.
Civil
engineer; architect;
mayor
of San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1945-46; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1965-69.
Member, Tau Beta Pi.
Died in 1998
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Schildhauer (b. 1872) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New Holstein, Calumet
County, Wis., August
21, 1872.
Republican. Engineer;
business
executive; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1948.
Member, Tau Beta Pi.
Did engineering work on Panama Canal locks, 1906-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allen Simmons (b. 1891) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Somerset, Bristol
County, Mass., August 8,
1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1935-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Tau Beta Pi; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; National Rifle
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth W. Thompson (1908-1975) —
also known as Ken Thompson —
of Southfield, Oakland
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Bellefontaine, Logan
County, Ohio, February
10, 1908.
Republican. Member of Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1967-74; defeated, 1974.
Lutheran.
Member, Tau Beta Pi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., February
15, 1975 (age 67 years, 5
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Waaland (b. 1911) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Stavanger, Norway,
May
22, 1911.
Son of Thomas Waaland and Anna Marie (Simonsen) Waaland.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; glass
manufacturing executive; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Tau Beta Pi; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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