The Political Graveyard: Phi Beta Kappa Politicians in New Mexico

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Phi Beta Kappa
Politician members in New Mexico

Brian Norton Baird (b. 1956) — also known as Brian Baird — of Vancouver, Clark County, Wash. Born in Chama, Rio Arriba County, N.M., March 7, 1956. Democrat. Psychologist; university professor; U.S. Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1999-; defeated, 1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 2000, 2004, 2008. Protestant. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2014.

		Relatives: Son of William N. 'Bill' Baird and Edith S. Baird; married to Rachel Nugent.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier

William O. Hall (1914-1977) — of Joseph, Wallowa County, Ore. Born in Roswell, Chaves County, N.M., May 22, 1914. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1967-71; director general, U.S. Foreign Service, 1971. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Society for Public Administration. Died November 8, 1977 (age 63 years, 170 days). Interment at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Ore.

		Relatives: Son of William O. Hall and Margaret (Barnard) Hall; married, September 19, 1943, to Jayne Bowerman (daughter of Jay Bowerman).
		See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial

Patrick Jay Hurley (1883-1963) — also known as Patrick J. Hurley — of Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M. Born in Oklahoma, January 8, 1883. Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924, 1932; U.S. Secretary of War, 1929-33; general in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Minister to New Zealand, 1942; U.S. Ambassador to China, 1944-45; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Mexico, 1946, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1952 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1956. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sigma Chi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died July 30, 1963 (age 80 years, 203 days). Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.

Robert Moody McKinney (1910-2001) — also known as Robert M. McKinney — of New Mexico. Born in Shattuck, Ellis County, Okla., August 28, 1910. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1961-63. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. During World War II, he helped develop the Tiny Tim rocket, which was used against German tanks in the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944. Editor and publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper for 52 years. Died, of pneumonia, at New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 24, 2001 (age 90 years, 300 days). Burial location unknown.

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