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Maad H. Abu-Ghazalah (b. 1962) —
of Pacifica, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Nablus, West
Bank, June 1,
1962.
Libertarian. Software consultant; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 2002.
Muslim.
Arabic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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Fred Joseph Agnich (1913-2004) —
also known as Fred Agnich —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., July 19,
1913.
Son of John Agnich and Angeleine (Germaine) Agnich.
Republican. Geophysicist;
executive vice-president, Geophysical Services; vice-president, Texas
Instruments Inc.; director, Texas Mid-Continet Oil and Gas
Association; chair of
Dallas County Republican Party, 1967-79, 1971-75; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1968,
1972;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1971-82; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1972-76.
Presbyterian.
Died October
28, 2004 (age 91 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Saqib Ali (b. 1975) —
of Montgomery Village, Montgomery
County, Md.; West Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
21, 1975.
Democrat. Software engineer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 39, 2007-.
Muslim.
Indian
subcontinent ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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James H. Ashcraft (b. 1944) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, January
15, 1944.
Son of Hale H. Ashcraft and Jean (Beach) Ashcraft.
Republican. Marketing rep for IBM; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, Blue
Key; Sigma
Pi; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1973.
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Michael Badnarik (b. 1954) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Hammond, Lake
County, Ind., August 1,
1954.
Libertarian. Software engineer;
candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 2000, 2002; candidate for President
of the United States, 2004; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 2006.
Slovak
ancestry.
Arrested,
in St. Louis, Mo., on October 8, 2004, along with Green Party
presidential nominee David
Cobb, while protesting
their exclusion from presidential debates.
Still living as of 2007.
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Craig Benson (b. 1954) —
of Rye, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
8, 1954.
Republican. Founder, Cabletron Systems, maker of computer network
equipment; Governor of
New Hampshire, 2003-05; defeated, 2004; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 2004.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Werner Michael Blumenthal (b. 1926) —
also known as W. Michael Blumenthal —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Oranienburg, Germany,
January
3, 1926.
Democrat. President, Bendix International, 1967-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1984;
chairman, Burroughs (1980-86), and Unisys (1986-90);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 2008;
president, Berlin Jewish Museum.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Economic Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Garcia (b. 1933) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
9, 1933.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
computer engineer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1966-67 (83rd District 1966, 77th District 1967);
resigned 1967; member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1967-78; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1978-90 (21st District 1978-83,
18th District 1983-90); resigned 1990; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988;
indicted
in 1988, along with his wife, on federal bribery
and extortion
charges;
convicted
in October 1989 and sentenced
to three years in prison
(served 104 days); the conviction was reversed on appeal; retried
and again convicted
in 1991; the second conviction was also overturned, and prosecutors
dropped the case.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Gervase A. Hephner (b. 1936) —
of Chilton, Calumet
County, Wis.
Born in Rantoul town, Calumet
County, Wis., February
5, 1936.
Democrat. Farmer;
systems analyst; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1967-86.
Member, Eagles; Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1986.
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Patricia Louise Herbold (b. 1940) —
also known as Patricia L. Herbold; Pat Herbold;
Patricia Louise Kruse —
of Montgomery, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Bellevue, King
County, Wash.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
24, 1940.
Daughter of William J. Kruse and Mary Louise Kruse.
Republican. Chemist;
lawyer;
mayor of Montgomery, Ohio, 1986; chair of
King County Republican Party, 2002-04; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Washington, 2004;
U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, 2005-.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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Scott Lanier Jameson (b. 1966) —
of Plano, Collin
County, Tex.
Born July 1,
1966.
Libertarian. Computer specialist; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Chester Arthur Johnson (b. 1919) —
also known as Chester A. Johnson —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
20, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
computer programmer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1972.
Catholic.
Still living as of 1973.
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Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (1922-2012) —
also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach —
of Washington,
D.C.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
17, 1922.
Son of Edward
Lawrence Katzenbach and Marie
Hilson Katzenbach.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1965-66; general counsel for IBM,
1969-86; director, MCI Communications,
2002-04; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Skillman, Somerset
County, N.J., May 8,
2012 (age 90 years, 112
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Randy Cameron Kelly (b. 1950) —
also known as Randy Kelly —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Rolette, Rolette
County, N.Dak., August 2,
1950.
Computer technician; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1975-90 (District 66-B 1975-82,
District 67-A 1983-90); member of Minnesota
state senate 67th District, 1991-2001; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 2002-06; defeated, 2005.
Lutheran;
later Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Ira Leitner —
of Dublin, Alameda
County, Calif.
Data network engineer;
candidate for mayor of
Dublin, Calif., 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Connie Marshall —
of Bellevue, King
County, Wash.
Dental
hygenist; university
professor; medical software business; mayor
of Bellevue, Wash., 2002-05.
Female.
Still living as of 2006.
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Paul Henry O'Neill (b. 1935) —
also known as Paul H. O'Neill —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
4, 1935.
Computer systems analyst; president, International Paper
Company, 1985-87; chairman and CEO of Alcoa Aluminum,
1987-99; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2001-02.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Stephen Leo Poizner (b. 1957) —
also known as Steve Poizner —
of Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., January
4, 1957.
Republican. Technology entrepreneur; candidate for California
state assembly 21st District, 2004; California
insurance commissioner, 2007-11; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 2008;
candidate in primary for Governor of
California, 2010.
Member, Alpha
Phi Omega; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2011.
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Thomas Turner (b. 1966) —
also known as Tom Turner —
of Macomb Township, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born October
8, 1966.
Republican. Owner of computer-aided design firm; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Ephrain Valdez (born c.1969) —
of Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark.
Born about 1969.
Republican. Information technology asset manager for Arkansas
Blue Cross-Blue Shield; chair of
Faulkner County Republican Party, 2003; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arkansas, 2004.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Arthur Kittredge Watson (1919-1974) —
also known as Dick Watson —
of New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Summit, Union
County, N.J., August
23, 1919.
Son of Thomas John Watson, Sr. (1874-1956) and Jeanette (Kittredge)
Watson.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; president (1954-63) and
chairman (1963-70) of IBM World Trade Corporation; U.S.
Ambassador to France, 1970-72.
Died in New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 26,
1974 (age 54 years, 337
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas John Watson, Jr. (1914-1993) —
also known as Thomas J. Watson, Jr. —
of Connecticut.
Born January
14, 1914.
Son of Thomas John Watson, Sr. (1874-1956) and Jeanette (Kittredge)
Watson.
President, IBM, 1952-71; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1979-81.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 1964.
Died, from complications of a stroke, in
Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
31, 1993 (age 79 years, 351
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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