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Donald B. Ayer (b. 1949) —
Born in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., April
30, 1949.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of California, 1981-86.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Thompson Bagley (b. 1928) —
also known as William T. Bagley; William Thompson
Baglietto —
of San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif.; San Anselmo, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Woodacre, Marin
County, Calif., June 29,
1928.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1960; member of California
state assembly, 1960-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Nino J. Baglietto and Rita V. (Thompson) Baglietto; married, April
23, 1949, to Doris Lorene Law; married, June 20,
1965, to Diane L. Oldham. |
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Thomas Swain Barclay (1892-1993) —
also known as Thomas S. Barclay; Tom
Barclay —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
26, 1892.
Democrat. Professor
of political science at Stanford University, 1927-57; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1948.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., December
21, 1993 (age 101 years,
329 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Reppert Barclay and Lillie (Swain) Barclay. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Wilton Wendell Blancké (1908-1971) —
also known as W. Wendell Blancké —
of California; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 29,
1908.
Advertising
executive; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Hanoi, as of 1950; U.S. Consul General in Frankfort, 1957-60; U.S. Ambassador to Congo (Brazzaville), 1960-63; Central African Republic, 1960; Chad, 1960-61; Gabon, 1960-61.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, following a stroke,
in Washington,
D.C., March
14, 1971 (age 62 years, 258
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe (1874-1938) —
also known as Benjamin F. Bledsoe —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., February
8, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1900-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1914-25;
resigned 1925; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1925.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the Revolution; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died in Crestline, San
Bernardino County, Calif., October
30, 1938 (age 64 years, 264
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Harold Boeker (1938-2003) —
also known as Paul H. Boeker —
of Ohio; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 2,
1938.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, 1977-80; Jordan, 1984-87.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, of a brain
tumor, in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., March
29, 2003 (age 64 years, 331
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Claude Stout Brinegar (1926-2009) —
also known as Claude Brinegar; Claude Rawles
Stout —
Born in Rockport, Mendocino
County, Calif., December
16, 1926.
Oil
executive; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March
13, 2009 (age 82 years, 87
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Augustus Bucklin Jr. (b. 1875) —
also known as George A. Bucklin, Jr. —
of Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born in West Hartford, Ralls
County, Mo., October
5, 1875.
University
professor; U.S. Consul in San Luis Potosi, 1908-10; Bordeaux, 1914-19; Acapulco, 1922-24; Victoria, 1924-32; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1910-14.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Augustus Bucklin and Mary Ann (Williamson) Bucklin; married
1904 to
Emeline Wood Porter. |
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Charles Ernest Bunnell (1878-1956) —
also known as Charles E. Bunnell —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Dimock, Susquehanna
County, Pa., January
12, 1878.
Democrat. Candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1914; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1914-21; first president
of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (later
University of Alaska), 1921-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at a nursing
home in Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif., November
1, 1956 (age 78 years, 294
days).
Interment at Birch
Hill Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska; statue at University
of Alaska Campus, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Walton Bunnell and Ruth (Tingley) Bunnell; married, July 24,
1901, to Mary Anna Kline. |
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John Hessin Clarke (1857-1945) —
also known as John H. Clarke —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Lisbon, Columbiana
County, Ohio, September
18, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1912;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1914-16; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1916-22.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., March
22, 1945 (age 87 years, 185
days).
Interment at Lisbon
Cemetery, Lisbon, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of John Clarke and Melissa (Hessin) Clarke. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Jesse William Curtis (b. 1865) —
also known as Jesse W. Curtis —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., July 18,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; San
Bernardino County District Attorney, 1899-1903; superior court
judge in California, 1914-23; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1923-26; justice of
California state supreme court, 1926-31.
Baptist.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Jesse Curtis and Frances Sophia (Cowles) Curtis; married, June 23,
1892, to Ida Lucinda Seymour. |
| | | Image source: History of the Bench and
Bar of Southern California (1909) |
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Raymond Joseph Daba (b. 1916) —
also known as Raymond J. Daba —
of Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., December
17, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; municipal judge in
California, 1943; candidate for Presidential Elector for California;
member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1958-60.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Marco Daba and Josephine (Paillex) Daba; married, June 4,
1944, to Margaret B. Ohlson. |
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Emerson Hugh De Lacy (1910-1986) —
also known as Hugh De Lacy —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 9,
1910.
Democrat. College
instructor; machinist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946; carpenter.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; International
Association of Machinists.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Dominican Hospital,
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., August
19, 1986 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Interment at Home of Peace Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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Walter Friar Dexter (1886-1945) —
also known as Walter F. Dexter —
of Whittier, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
21, 1886.
Republican. President,
Whittier College, 1923-34; secretary to Gov. Frank
F. Merriam; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1932;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1937-45; appointed 1937;
died in office 1945.
Quaker.
Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa; Lions.
Died October
21, 1945 (age 58 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Dexter and Margaret (Bell) Dexter; married, August
25, 1910, to Ethel Lenore Smith. |
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Carl Djerassi (1923-2015) —
of Portola Valley, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
October
29, 1923.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; university
professor; chemist
and pharmaceutical
researcher;
helped develop the oral contraceptive pill; playwright;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972.
Austrian
and Bulgarian
ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Inducted into National Inventors Hall of
Fame, 1978.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., January
30, 2015 (age 91 years, 93
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Anne H. Evans —
of Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in California.
Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 4th District, 1969-70.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women.
Still living as of 1970.
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Isaac Blair Evans (b. 1885) —
also known as Isaac B. Evans —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, May 22,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Utah, 1919-21.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Benjamin Evans and Ruth (Blair) Evans; married, June 30,
1909, to Grace Grant. |
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Joyce A. Fadem (b. 1932) —
also known as Joyce Abrams —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
25, 1932.
Democrat. College
instructor; member of California
Democratic State Committee, 1960-64, 1966-72; secretary of
California Democratic Party, 1963-67; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1964.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Pi
Lambda Theta; Pi Gamma
Mu; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Still living as of 1973.
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McIntyre Faries (1896-1994) —
of South Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Wei Hsien, Shantung, China,
of American parents, April
17, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1944,
1948,
1952;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1947-52; superior court judge
in California, 1953-66.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1994 (age 98 years, 165
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of William Reid Faries and Priscilla Ellen (Chittick) Faries;
married, October
7, 1922, to Margaret Lois Shorten; married to Geraldyne
Brewer. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Buell Gordon Gallagher (1904-1978) —
also known as Buell G. Gallagher —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Granite Springs, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rankin, Vermilion
County, Ill., February
4, 1904.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; college
professor; president,
Talladega College, 1933-43; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in August, 1978
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Elmer David Gallagher and Elma Maryel (Poole) Gallagher;
married, September
1, 1927, to June Lucille Sampson. |
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Maxwell McGaughey Hamilton (1896-1957) —
also known as Maxwell M. Hamilton —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Tahlequah, Cherokee
County, Okla., December
20, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1925-27; U.S. Minister to Finland, 1945-47.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died November
12, 1957 (age 60 years, 327
days).
Interment at Golden
Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif.
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George Juan Hatfield (1887-1953) —
also known as George J. Hatfield —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Stevinson, Merced
County, Calif.
Born, of American parents, in Waterloo, Ontario,
October
29, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1922-36; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1925-33; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1935-39; member of California
state senate, 1943-53; died in office 1953.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., November
15, 1953 (age 66 years, 17
days).
Interment at Stevinson Sunnyside Cemetery, Stevinson, Calif.
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Elinor Raas Heller (1904-1987) —
also known as Elinor R. Heller; Elinor Raas; Mrs.
Edward H. Heller —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., October
3, 1904.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1944-52; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California; Regent, University of
California, 1961-76.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died August
15, 1987 (age 82 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Stephen Horn (1931-2011) —
also known as Stephen Horn; Steve Horn —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in San Juan Bautista, San Benito
County, Calif., May 31,
1931.
Republican. Administrative assistant to Secretary of Labor James
P. Mitchell, 1959-60; legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Thomas
H. Kuchel, 1960-66; president,
California State University Long Beach, 1970-88; U.S.
Representative from California 38th District, 1993-2003; defeated
in primary, 1988.
Protestant.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died February
17, 2011 (age 79 years, 262
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gardiner Johnson (b. 1905) —
of Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
10, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1934-; member of California
state assembly, 1935-47; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1940
(alternate), 1956
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1960,
1964,
1968;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1964-68.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Joon Kim (b. 1971) —
of New York.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 26,
1971.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 2017-18.
Korean
ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2018.
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Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) —
also known as Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter
Lantos —
of Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
February
1, 1928.
Democrat. University
professor; television
news commentator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1976,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93,
12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Mu.
Arrested
for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil
disobedience action to protest
genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy
in Washington, D.C.
Died, of cancer
of the esophagus, in Bethesda
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
11, 2008 (age 80 years, 10
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David F. Levi (b. 1951) —
of California.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
29, 1951.
Republican. Lawyer;
clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Benjamin
C. Duniway, 1980-81, and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis
Powell, 1981-82; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of California, 1987-90; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 1990-2007.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Still living as of 2007.
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William Micajah Martin (1917-1992) —
also known as William M. Martin —
of Hanford, Kings
County, Calif.; West Covina, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 30,
1917.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Kings County Republican Party, 1950-53; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1952;
member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1952-53; municipal judge in
California, 1957-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Order of
the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died May 8,
1992 (age 74 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Alfred Martin and Caroline (Mandel) Martin; married, November
27, 1956, to Verna Jean Hill. |
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Robert Strange McNamara (1916-2009) —
also known as Robert S. McNamara —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 9,
1916.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; president, Ford Motor
Company, 1960-61; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1961-68; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1968; president, World Bank,
1968-81; on September 29, 1972, an attacker tried to throw him
overboard from a ferry to Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died July 6,
2009 (age 93 years, 27
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Justin Miller (1888-1973) —
also known as Justin Miller —
of Hanford, Kings
County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Crescent City, Del Norte
County, Calif., November
17, 1888.
Lawyer;
Kings
County District Attorney, 1915-18; law
professor; Associate
Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1937-45;
resigned 1945; chairman and general counsel, National Association of
Radio and
Television Broadcasters.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Sigma Rho; Delta
Chi; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died, in a hospital
at Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
17, 1973 (age 84 years, 61
days).
Interment at Grangeville
Cemetery, Armona, Calif.
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Robert Enlow O'Brian (1895-1977) —
also known as Robert E. O'Brian —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; South Laguna, Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Bryant, Fulton
County, Ill., July 22,
1895.
Democrat. Locomotive
fireman; automobile
mechanic; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; pastor; president,
Morningside College, 1931-36; Dry candidate for delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; secretary
of state of Iowa, 1937-39; appointed 1937; defeated, 1938;
president, REO Foods, Inc. (operator of a meat packing
plant), 1944-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Killed when he was hit by a
car on the Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif., October
25, 1977 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William O'Brian and Mary Catherine (Laemle) O'Brian; married 1920 to Mabel
Day. |
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David Packard (1912-1996) —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., September
7, 1912.
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;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; 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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Mahlon Fay Perkins (b. 1882) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
23, 1882.
Advertising
business; school
teacher; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Chefoo, 1911-12; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Changsha, 1917-20; Tientsin, as of 1926-27.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Perkins and Belle Louise (Benton) Perkins; married 1916 to Fanny
Earp Gooden. |
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Max Radin (1880-1950) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Kempen, Poland,
March
29, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1940.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Association of University Professors.
Died, from an intestinal
obstruction, in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., June 22,
1950 (age 70 years, 85
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Rabbi Adolph Moses Radin and Johanna (Theodor) Radin; married, July 2,
1909, to Rose Jaffe; married, June 30,
1922, to Dorothea Prall (sister-in-law of Sherwood
Anderson). |
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Condoleezza Rice (b. 1954) —
also known as Condi Rice; "Guru";
"The Steel Magnolia" —
of Stanford, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
14, 1954.
Republican. University
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1992;
U.S. National Security Advisor, 2001-05; U.S.
Secretary of State, 2005-.
Female.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2020.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John Wesley Rice, Jr. and Angelena (Ray)
Rice. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Condoleeza Rice: No
Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington
(2011) — Extraordinary,
Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family (2010) |
| | | Books about Condoleeza Rice: Dick
Morris and Eileen McGann, Condi
vs. Hillary : The Next Great Presidential Race —
Marcus Mabry, Twice
As Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power — Mary
Dodson Wade, Condoleezza
Rice : Being the Best (for young readers) — Christin
Ditchfield, Condoleezza
Rice: National Security Advisor (for young readers) —
Kevin Cunningham, Condoleezza
Rice: U.s. Secretary Of State (for young readers) |
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Clint Willis, The
I Hate Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice. . .
Reader: Behind the Bush Cabal's War on America |
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Claude George Anthony Ross (1917-2006) —
also known as Claude G. Ross —
of California.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1917.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Mexico City, 1940-41; Quito, 1941-45; U.S. Consul in Athens, 1945-49; Beirut, 1954-56; U.S. Ambassador to Central African Republic, 1963-67; Haiti, 1967-69; Tanzania, 1969-72.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
18, 2006 (age about 88
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Chester Harvey Rowell (1867-1948) —
also known as Chester H. Rowell —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., November
1, 1867.
College
instructor; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of California
Republican State Committee, 1906-11; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1912,
1928,
1936;
delegate to Progressive National Convention from California, 1912;
member, University of California Board of Regents, 1914-48; California
Republican state chair, 1916-18; member, U.S. Shipping Board,
1920-21.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Union
League.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., April
12, 1948 (age 80 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Marcus Cauffman Sloss (1869-1958) —
also known as M. C. Sloss —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
28, 1869.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1900-06; justice of
California state supreme court, 1906-19.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., May 17,
1958 (age 89 years, 78
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Sloss and Sarah (Greenebaum) Sloss; married 1899 to Hattie
L. Hecht. |
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Mathew Oscar Tobriner (1904-1982) —
also known as Mathew O. Tobriner —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April 2,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1956;
Judge,
California Court of Appeal 1st District, 1959-62; justice of
California state supreme court, 1962-82.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Order of
the Coif.
Died, from heart
trouble, at Mt. Zion Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., April 7,
1982 (age 78 years, 5
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Roger John Traynor (b. 1900) —
also known as Roger J. Traynor —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Park City, Summit
County, Utah, February
12, 1900.
Lawyer;
law
professor; justice of
California state supreme court, 1940-63; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1964-70.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Felix Traynor and Elizabeth Josephine (O'Hagan) Traynor; married,
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George Thomas Washington (1908-1971) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, Ohio, June 24,
1908.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-65.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died August
21, 1971 (age 63 years, 58
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: George
Washington |
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Washington and Janet Margaret (Thomas) Washington; married 1953 to Helen
Goodner. |
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Caspar Willard Weinberger (1917-2006) —
also known as Caspar W. Weinberger; Cap Weinberger;
"Cap the Knife" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
18, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1953-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); California
Republican state chair, 1964; member, Federal Trade Commission,
1969-70; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1970; chair, Federal Trade
Commission; director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1973-75; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1981-87.
Episcopalian.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987. To forestall any prosecution
for alleged misdeeds in connection with the Iran-Contra affair, he
was pardoned
by President George
Bush in 1992.
Died, of kidney
ailments and pneumonia,
in Eastern Maine Medical
Center, Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March
28, 2006 (age 88 years, 222
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frances Elizabeth Willis (1899-1983) —
also known as Frances E. Willis —
of Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Metropolis, Massac
County, Ill., May 20,
1899.
College
professor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Valparaiso, 1928-31; Santiago, 1931-32; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1940-43; London, 1947-50; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1953-57; Norway, 1957-61; Ceylon, 1961-64.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
She was the first
female career foreign service officer to serve as Ambassador.
Died in Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif., July 23,
1983 (age 84 years, 64
days).
Burial location unknown.
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