The Political Graveyard: Politician Professors in Colorado

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Politician Professors in Colorado
University and College Faculty, Professors, Deans

Harvey Gridley Eastman (1832-1878) — also known as Harvey G. Eastman; H. G. Eastman — of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in Marshall, Oneida County, N.Y., November 16, 1832. Republican. College professor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1868; mayor of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1869; member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County 2nd District, 1872, 1874. Died, from congestion of the lungs, in Denver, Colo., July 13, 1878 (age 45 years, 239 days). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Horace H. Eastman and Mary A. (Gridley) Eastman; married to Minerva M. Clark; first cousin of George Eastman; third cousin twice removed of Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875); fourth cousin once removed of George Bradley Kellogg and Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918).
		Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

Herbert Spencer Hadley (1872-1927) — also known as Herbert S. Hadley — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; Boulder, Boulder County, Colo. Born in Olathe, Johnson County, Kan., February 20, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-03; Missouri state attorney general, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1908, 1912, 1916; Governor of Missouri, 1909-13; law professor; Chancellor, Washington University, 1923-27. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in St. Louis, Mo., December 1, 1927 (age 55 years, 284 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.

		Relatives: Son of Maj. John Milton Hadley and Harriet (Beach) Hadley; married, October 8, 1901, to Agnes Lee; father of John Milton Hadley.
		See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, September 1908

William Russell Hochman (1921-2019) — also known as William Hochman; Bill Hochman — of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., August 28, 1921. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; college professor; historian; secretary of Colorado Democratic Party, 1961-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1968 (member, Credentials Committee; speaker). Member, American Civil Liberties Union; American Historical Association. Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo., March 23, 2019 (age 97 years, 207 days). Burial location unknown.

Relatives: Son of Julius Hochman and Ruth Hochman.

Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler (1925-2016) — also known as Shirley Hufstedler — Born in Denver, Colo., August 24, 1925. Lawyer; superior court judge in California, 1961-66; Judge, California Court of Appeal, 1966-68; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1968-79; resigned 1979; U.S. Secretary of Education, 1979-81; law professor. Female. Died in Glendale, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 30, 2016 (age 90 years, 219 days). Burial location unknown.

Byron Lindberg Johnson (1917-2000) — also known as Byron L. Johnson — of Denver, Colo. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., October 12, 1917. Democrat. Economist; university professor; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1955-56; U.S. Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1959-61; defeated, 1956, 1960, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1960, 1968. Congregationalist. Member, American Economic Association; American Political Science Association; American Association of University Professors; Phi Kappa Phi; Delta Sigma Rho. Died in Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colo., January 6, 2000 (age 82 years, 86 days). Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.

		Relatives: Married, October 22, 1938, to Catherine Elizabeth Teter.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

Willard Frank Libby (1908-1980) — also known as Willard Libby — Born in Grand Valley, Garfield County, Colo., December 17, 1908. Physical chemist; university professor; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1954; received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1960, for leading the team that developed Carbon-14 dating. Member, Alpha Chi Sigma. Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 8, 1980 (age 71 years, 266 days). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Ora Edward Libby and Eva May (Rivers) Libby; married 1966 to Leona (Woods) Marshall.
		See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: FamousScientists.org

Eri Bates Parker (1890-1976) — also known as Eri B. Parker — of Pullman, Whitman County, Wash. Born in Colorado, August 31, 1890. Engineer; college professor; mayor of Pullman, Wash., 1939-43. Died in December, 1976 (age 86 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.

Relatives: Married, December 31, 1917, to Jeanette Cody.

Sam H. Zakhem (b. 1935) — Born November 25, 1935. Republican. College professor; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1975-79; member of Colorado state senate, 1979-83; U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain, 1986-89. Lebanese ancestry. Still living as of 2014.

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