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Lawrence A. Appley (1904-1997) —
of Glen Ridge, Essex
County, N.J.; Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., April
22, 1904.
Republican. Personnel manager, Buffalo Division, Socony Vacuum Oil
Company, 1930-34; vice-president, Vick Chemical Company,
1941-46; vice-president, Montgomery Ward department
stores, 1946-48; president, American Management Association,
1948-68; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Chi Phi;
Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., April 4,
1997 (age 92 years, 347
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Joseph Earl Appley and Jessie (Moore) Appley; married, September
1, 1927, to Ruth G. Wilson. |
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John Thomas Connor (1914-2000) —
also known as John T. Connor; Jack Connor —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
3, 1914.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1965-67.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Kappa Psi.
President and CEO of the Merck pharmaceutical
company from 1955; chairman and CEO of Allied Chemical,
1967-79.
Died, of cancer,
at Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
6, 2000 (age 85 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mosswood
Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass.
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George W. Merck (1894-1957) —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Rupert, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
29, 1894.
Republican. Chemist; president (1925-49) and chairman
(1949-57), Merck & Co., pharmaceutical
makers; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1948;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1956.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died the next day, in Orange Memorial Hospital,
Orange, Essex
County, N.J., November
9, 1957 (age 63 years, 225
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Merck and Friedrike (Schenck) Merck; married, September
22, 1917, to Josephine Carey Wall; married 1926 to Serena
Stevens. |
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article |
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1952 |
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Franklin Murphy (1846-1920) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
3, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; varnish
manufacturer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1885; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President), 1900,
1904;
Governor
of New Jersey, 1902-05; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1904-12; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1908.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
24, 1920 (age 74 years, 52
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.; statue erected 1925 at Weequhaic
Park, Newark, N.J.
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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. |
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dossier |
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