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Nancy E. Boyda (b. 1955) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
2, 1955.
Democrat. Chemist; school
teacher; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 2007-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 2008.
Female.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edwin Freemont Ladd (1859-1925) —
also known as Edwin F. Ladd —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Starks, Somerset
County, Maine, December
13, 1859.
Republican. Chemist; college
professor; president,
North Dakota Agricultural College (now North Dakota State
University), 1916-21; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1921-25; died in office 1925.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., June 22,
1925 (age 65 years, 191
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Whitmell Pugh Martin (1867-1929) —
also known as Whitmell P. Martin; Whit P.
Martin —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born near Napoleonville, Assumption
Parish, La., August
12, 1867.
Democrat. Chemist; lawyer;
District Attorney, 20th District of Louisiana, 1900-06; district
judge in Louisiana 20th District, 1906-14; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1912
(alternate), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1915-29; died in
office 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 6,
1929 (age 61 years, 237
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Thibodaux, La.
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Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) —
also known as Eugene Meyer —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1875.
Republican. Stockbroker;
banker;
instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies to create
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1928;
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
1930-33; bought the Washington Post newspaper
in 1933, and was its publisher
until 1946; president, World Bank, 1946.
Jewish.
Died, from heart
disease and cancer,
at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1959 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married 1910 to Agnes
Elizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham. |
| | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | Image source: Time Magazine, May 31,
1932 |
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Alexander Buel Trowbridge (1929-2006) —
also known as Alexander B. Trowbridge —
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., December
12, 1929.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
president, Esso Standard Oil Puerto
Rico; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68; vice-chairman, Allied
Chemical Corporation.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
27, 2006 (age 76 years, 136
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of A. Buel Trowbridge; married to Nancy Horst and Eleanor 'Ellie'
Hutzler. |
| | See also NNDB
dossier |
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