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Theodore Carter Achilles (1905-1986) —
also known as Theodore C. Achilles —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
29, 1905.
Newspaper
work; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, as of 1932; Rome, as of 1933; while serving as director of the State
Department's Division of Western European Affairs in 1947-49, was one
of the main architects of the North Atlantic Treaty, the founding
document of NationalO; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1956-60.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Suffered an embolism,
and died, in the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., April 8,
1986 (age 80 years, 100
days).
Entombed at St.
John's Church Cemetery, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
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Francis William Holbrook Adams (1904-1990) —
also known as Francis W. H. Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 26,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1935; New York
City Police
Commissioner, 1954-55.
Catholic.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, from heart
failure, in the Devon Manor convalescent
home, Devon, Chester
County, Pa., April
20, 1990 (age 85 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert A. Adams and Frances (Bennett) Adams; married, June 21,
1930, to Katherine Quinn. |
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J. Seward Bodine (1903-1966) —
of Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y., September
21, 1903.
Lawyer;
county judge in New York, 1949; Judge of New York Court of Claims,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta Theta Pi.
Died in January, 1966
(age 62
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Sturges Buck (b. 1875) —
also known as George S. Buck —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Hyde Park (now part of Chicago), Cook
County, Ill., February
10, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County Auditor, 1912-17; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1918-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Boswell R. Buck and Maria Catherine (Barnes) Buck; married, October
6, 1903, to Louise Hussey. |
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Paul Clement Daniels (1903-1986) —
also known as Paul C. Daniels —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., October
26, 1903.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Valparaiso, as of 1929; La Paz, as of 1931; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1947; Ecuador, 1951-53.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1986
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Patrick Francis Eagan (1897-1967) —
also known as Edward P. F. Eagan; Eddie
Eagan —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Denver,
Colo., April
26, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Won the gold
medal as light-heavyweight boxer at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp,
Belgium; as member of a four-man bobsleigh team, won another gold
medal at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1948.
Member, American
Legion; Beta Theta Pi.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 14,
1967 (age 70 years, 49
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Union Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Oscar Ross Ewing (b. 1889) —
also known as Oscar R. Ewing —
of Fieldston, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind., March 8,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1943-45; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1944
(alternate; Vice-Chair;
speaker),
1948.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Daniel Finley (b. 1893) —
also known as Harold D. Finley —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., November
4, 1893.
Secretary and assistant to Sir Wilfred T. Grenfell, medical
missionary, 1915-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Vice Consul in Le Havre, 1920-23; Naples, 1923; U.S. Consul in Patras, 1926; Naples, 1926-27; Edinburgh, 1927-30; Bordeaux, 1933-36; Mexico City, as of 1943; Managua, 1945; Algiers, 1945; U.S. Consul General in Algiers, as of 1947-49.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Anson Finley and Mary Bell (Ostrom) Finley; married, October
20, 1920, to Virginia Sampson Wheat. |
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Alexander H. Garnjost —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 4th District, 1924-34.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Military
Order of Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1924 |
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James Taber Loree (b. 1888) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., April 6,
1888.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Railway
official; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1932.
Catholic.
Member, Beta Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Leonor Fresnol Loree and Jessie (Taber) Loree; married, March
23, 1927, to Miriam G. Collins. |
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Almon W. Lytle (b. 1876) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., September
26, 1876.
Republican. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1925-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta Theta Pi; Delta
Chi; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Lytle and Inez M. (Young) Lytle; married 1906 to Kate
L. Sudds. |
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James Lukens McConaughy (1887-1948) —
also known as James L. McConaughy —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
21, 1887.
Republican. College
professor; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1939-41; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1947-48; died in office 1948.
Member, Rotary;
Beta Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died March 7,
1948 (age 60 years, 138
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) —
also known as Paul V. McNutt —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 19,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; law
professor; national commander, American Legion, 1928-29; Governor of
Indiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39,
1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1940,
1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Beta Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Kiwanis.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
24, 1955 (age 63 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (1886-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
31, 1886.
Democrat. Gold miner;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executive
vice-president and director, National Broadcasting
Co., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;
chairman, Ogden Corp. (Utilities Power &
Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944,
1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1944-47; Guatemala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1951-53.
Methodist.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Beta Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Philip Herman Willkie (1919-1974) —
also known as Philip H. Willkie —
of Rushville, Rush
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born December
7, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; banker; farmer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1948,
1960;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1949-54.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks.
Died April
10, 1974 (age 54 years, 124
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962) —
also known as Owen D. Young —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
27, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; financier;
industrialist;
chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio
Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the
founders of the National Broadcasting
Company (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of
German war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Beta Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., July 11,
1962 (age 87 years, 257
days).
Interment at Van
Hornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
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