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Jaime Benitez=Rexach (1908-2001) —
also known as Jaime Benitez —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Vieques, Vieques
Municipio, Puerto Rico, October
29, 1908.
Lawyer;
university professor; chancellor
of the University of Puerto Rico, 1942-66; president
of the Puerto Rico University System, 1966-71; Resident
Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico, 1973-77;
defeated, 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Puerto Rico, 1976.
Puerto
Rican ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, May 30,
2001 (age 92 years, 213
days).
Interment at Cementerio
de Santa Maria Magdalena, Santa Maria, Puerto Rico.
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Lou Gold —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Grants Pass, Josephine
County, Ore.
College instructor; Pacific candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1996.
Still living as of 1996.
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Willis Chatman Hawley (1864-1941) —
also known as Willis C. Hawley —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born near Monroe, Benton
County, Ore., May 5,
1864.
Republican. School
principal; college professor; president,
Willamette University, 1893-1902; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1907-33.
Member, Woodmen;
Elks.
Co-sponsor of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff.
Died July 24,
1941 (age 77 years, 80
days).
Interment at City
View Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Ross McCormick (b. 1927) —
of Albany, Linn
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., October
27, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer;
university professor; candidate for Oregon
state house of representatives, 1962.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Freemasons;
Elks.
Still living as of 1970.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus Ross McCormick and Helen (Kalbus) McCormick; married, August
6, 1955, to Nancy Kathleen Bohman. |
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Charles Linza McNary (1874-1944) —
also known as Charles L. McNary —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born near Salem, Marion
County, Ore., June 12,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
law school dean; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1913-14; appointed 1913; Oregon
Republican state chair, 1916-17; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1917-18, 1918-44; appointed 1917, 1918; died
in office 1944; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., February
25, 1944 (age 69 years, 258
days).
Original interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.; reinterment at Belcrest
Memorial Park, Salem, Ore.
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Kenneth John O'Connell (b. 1909) —
also known as Kenneth J. O'Connell —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Bayfield, Bayfield
County, Wis., December
8, 1909.
Lawyer;
law professor; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1958-.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel W. O'Connell and Kathryn B. (Smith) O'Connell; married, June 2,
1938, to Evelyn L. Wachsmuth. |
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Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994) —
also known as Linus Pauling —
of California.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
28, 1901.
Chemist;
university professor; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1962; received the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry in 1954, the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1962, and the Lenin
Peace Prize in 1968-69.
Unitarian;
later Atheist.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Big Sur, Monterey
County, Calif., August
19, 1994 (age 93 years, 172
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oswego Pioneer Cemetery, Lake Oswego, Ore.
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Paul Martin Simon (1928-2003) —
also known as Paul Simon —
of Makanda, Jackson
County, Ill.
Born in Eugene, Lane
County, Ore., November
29, 1928.
Democrat. University professor; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1955-63; member of Illinois
state senate, 1963-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1969-73; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1972
(alternate), 1996;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1975-85 (24th District 1975-83,
22nd District 1983-85); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1985-97; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1988,
1992.
Lutheran.
Died, following heart
surgery, in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., December
9, 2003 (age 75 years, 10
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Jackson County, Ill.
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Gary Stevens (b. 1941) —
of Kodiak, Kodiak
Island Borough, Alaska.
Born in McMinnville, Yamhill
County, Ore., August
21, 1941.
Republican. University professor; candidate for Alaska
state senate District C, 1996; member of Alaska
state house of representatives 6th District, 2001-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2001.
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Vickie Valdez —
of Independence, Polk
County, Ore.; Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Socialist. College instructor; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
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