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Paul Lincoln Adams (1908-1990) —
also known as Paul L. Adams —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Bath Township, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich., April 9,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1938-42; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1942; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1956-57; resigned 1957; Michigan
state attorney general, 1958-61; appointed 1958; resigned 1961;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1960;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1962, 1964-72; appointed 1962;
defeated, 1962.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Phi
Eta Sigma; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
23, 1990 (age 82 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Vera Andrus (1896-1976) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Reedsburg, Sauk
County, Wis., August
21, 1896.
Republican. School
teacher; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from St. Clair
District, 1961-62.
Female.
Christian
Scientist. Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women; National
Education Association; Phi Beta Kappa; American
Historical Association.
Died in August, 1976
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Andrus and Alice (Barton) Andrus. |
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Vera Burridge Baits (1892-1963) —
also known as Vera Burridge —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 15,
1892.
Republican. School
teacher; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1943-57; appointed 1943.
Female.
Member, Delta
Gamma; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in 1963
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of George Theodore Burridge and Nellie (Roe) Burridge;
married, July 15,
1919, to Stuart Gordon Baits. |
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Robert Gaylord Barnes (1914-1977) —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., October
18, 1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, 1964-66; manager of international government relations,
Mobil Oil
Corporation.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., October
24, 1977 (age 63 years, 6
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Junius Emery Beal (1860-1942) —
also known as Junius E. Beal; Junius Emery
Field —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., February
23, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; real estate
broker; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1905-06; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-39; vice-president, Farmers
and Merchants Bank;
president, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street
Railway Co.; officer of gas and
electric utilities.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 24,
1942 (age 82 years, 121
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Elizabeth S. Brater (b. 1951) —
also known as Liz Brater —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
12, 1951.
Democrat. Mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1991-93; defeated, 1993; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1995-2002; member
of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 2003-.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2020.
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Dennis O. Cawthorne (b. 1940) —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich., April
29, 1940.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 98th District, 1967-78.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Chi.
Still living as of 1978.
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George Clifton Edwards Jr. (1914-1995) —
also known as George Edwards —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., August
6, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1949; probate judge in Michigan, 1951-54; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-56; appointed 1954; resigned
1956; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1956-62; appointed 1956; resigned
1962; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1963-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
American
Judicature Society.
Died in 1995
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1957-58 |
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Eugene B. Elliott (1896-1971) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., April 6,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1935-48; appointed 1935;
resigned 1948.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died September
25, 1971 (age 75 years, 172
days).
Interment at Adrian
Center Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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Michael Ference Jr. (1911-1996) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Whiting, Lake
County, Ind., November
6, 1911.
Democrat. University
professor; scientist;
vice-president for research, Ford Motor
Company; member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 1960-63; defeated, 1963.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 24,
1996 (age 84 years, 261
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Bacon Fletcher (1932-2012) —
also known as Peter B. Fletcher —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born, in Beyer Hospital,
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
29, 1932.
Republican. President of credit bureau; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1967; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1976;
member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1977-81; member of Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1980-84; appointed 1980.
Methodist.
Scottish,
English,
and French
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Died, in the Gilbert Residence nursing
home, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
28, 2012 (age 80 years, 212
days).
Cremated.
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Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (b. 1959) —
also known as Jennifer M. Granholm; Jennifer Judith Alfreda
Granholm —
of Northville Township, Wayne
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Vancouver, British
Columbia, February
5, 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Michigan
state attorney general, 1999-2002; Governor of
Michigan, 2003-10.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of
Fame, 2004.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert James Harris (1930-2005) —
also known as Robert J. Harris; Bob Harris —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
5, 1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; law
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1969-73.
Jewish.
Lithuanian
ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died, of brain
lymphoma, in Scio Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 10,
2005 (age 74 years, 278
days).
Interment at Arborcrest
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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David Emil Heineman (b. 1865) —
also known as David E. Heineman —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
17, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1916, 1918.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Emil S. Heineman and Fanny (Butzel) Heineman; married, May 14,
1919, to Tessa Demmon. |
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James H. Heinze (b. 1914) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., September
4, 1914.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; insurance
executive; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 45th District, 1967-72; defeated
in primary, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Tau Delta; Navy
League.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Hillegonds (b. 1949) —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., March 4,
1949.
Republican. Legislative and administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. Philip
Ruppe; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1979-96 (54th District 1979-92,
88th District 1993-96); Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1995-96; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1992;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Reformed
Church in America. Member, Jaycees;
Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1996.
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Karl K. Leibrand (1902-1967) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Isabella
County, Mich., October
1, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; Bay
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1935-36; Bay
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1939-42; circuit
judge in Michigan 18th Circuit, 1944-53; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 24th Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in 1967
(age about
64 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of G. C. Leibrand and Minnie (Kilburn) Leibrand; married to Shirley
L. Hodge. |
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George Van Ness Lothrop (1817-1897) —
also known as George V. N. Lothrop —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Easton, Bristol
County, Mass., August
8, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
state attorney general, 1848-51; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1856, 1860; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1860;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S. Minister
to Russia, 1885-88.
English
ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in 1897
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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John Butlin Martin Jr. (1909-1989) —
also known as John B. Martin, Jr. —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., October
3, 1909.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1949-50; Michigan
state auditor general, 1951-54; defeated, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1952; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964,
1968;
candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1956; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1957-69; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 17th Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Rotary;
Grange;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Farm
Bureau; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in 1989
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Butlin Martin and Althea (Winchester) Martin; married 1934 to Helen
Hickam. |
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Wade Hampton McCree Jr. (1920-1987) —
also known as Wade H. McCree, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, July 3,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-61; appointed 1954; resigned
1961; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-66; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1966-77; resigned
1977; U.S. Solicitor General, 1977-81; law
professor.
Unitarian.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, from a heart
attack and bone
cancer in Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
30, 1987 (age 67 years, 58
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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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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Arthur Edson Blair Moody (1902-1954) —
also known as Blair Moody —
of Michigan.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
13, 1902.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1951-52; defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, during his campaign
for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, of a heart
ailment and pneumonia,
in University Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 20,
1954 (age 52 years, 157
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Thomas William Nadal (b. 1875) —
also known as Thomas W. Nadal —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Milroy, Rush
County, Ind., June 17,
1875.
Republican. College
professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1911-17; appointed 1911; acting president,
Olivet College, Olivet, Mich., 1915-16; president,
Drury College, Springfield, Mo., 1917.
Congregationalist.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Modern
Language Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Nadal and Jerusha (Richey) Nadal; married, June 2,
1909, to Kathryne Dillingham Wyckoff. |
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1911 |
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Susan Bieke Neilson (1956-2006) —
of Grosse Pointe Woods, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
27, 1956.
Lawyer;
circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1991-2005; appointed 1991; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 2005-06; died in
office 2006.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, Soroptimists;
Phi Beta Kappa; Catholic
Lawyers Society.
Died, of pulmonary
failure due to myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
25, 2006 (age 49 years, 151
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Ronald Bieke and Sheila Bieke. |
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James Kerr Pollock (1898-1968) —
also known as James K. Pollock —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa., May 25,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Washtenaw County
1st District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi Beta Kappa;
Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died October
4, 1968 (age 70 years, 132
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James Kerr Pollock and Ella (Newton) Pollock; married to Agnes
Marie Haun. |
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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
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Joseph Charles Satterthwaite (1900-1990) —
also known as Joseph C. Satterthwaite —
of Tecumseh, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Tecumseh, Lenawee
County, Mich., March
14, 1900.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Guadalajara, 1927-29; U.S. Consul in Baghdad, 1937-39; Damascus, as of 1944; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1949-53; Burma, 1955-57; South Africa, 1961-65.
Quaker.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died November
19, 1990 (age 90 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin John Turanchik (born c.1956) —
also known as Ed Turanchik;
"Choo-Choo" —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born about 1956.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; lawyer; real estate
developer; Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1990-2000; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2011.
Catholic.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 2011.
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Relatives: Son
of John Turanchik; married 1992 to Jenny
Pierson. |
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Arthur J. Tuttle (1868-1944) —
of Leslie, Ingham
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Leslie Township, Ingham
County, Mich., November
8, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; Ingham
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1899-1902; member of Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1907-10; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1911-12; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1912-44;
died in office 1944; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1924; president, Peoples Bank of
Leslie; director, Leslie Home Telephone
Co.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Maccabees;
Woodmen;
Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died December
2, 1944 (age 76 years, 24
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Leslie, Mich.
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Paul F. Voelker (b. 1875) —
of Michigan.
Born in Evart, Osceola
County, Mich., September
20, 1875.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; college
professor; president
of Olivet College, 1920-24; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1933-35; defeated, 1935.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Delta.
Interment at Hersey
Cemetery, Hersey, Mich.
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Elizabeth A. Weaver —
of Glen Arbor, Leelanau
County, Mich.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Republican. Probate judge in Michigan, 1970; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1987-94; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1995-; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1999-.
Female.
Member, Federalist
Society; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Gerhard Mennen Williams (1911-1988) —
also known as G. Mennen Williams;
"Soapy" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
23, 1911.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
Michigan, 1949-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1966; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1968-69; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1971-86; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1983-86.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks; Moose; Amvets;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Order of
Ahepa; Grange;
Americans
for Democratic Action; United
World Federalists.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
2, 1988 (age 76 years, 344
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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