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Herman Carl Andersen (1897-1978) —
also known as H. Carl Andersen —
of Tyler, Lincoln
County, Minn.
Born in Newcastle, King
County, Wash., January
27, 1897.
Republican. Farmer; livestock
breeder; civil engineer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 12, 1935-36; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1939-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1960.
Lutheran.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., July 26,
1978 (age 81 years, 180
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Danebod
Lutheran Cemetery, Tyler, Minn.
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Hubert Vinton Carpenter (1875-1941) —
of Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash.
Born January
29, 1875.
Engineer; college
professor; mayor
of Pullman, Wash., 1908-09; Dean, College of Mechanic Arts and
Engineeering, State College of Washington (now Washington State
University), 1917-41.
Died November
15, 1941 (age 66 years, 290
days).
Interment at Associated
Order of United Workers Cemetery, Pullman, Wash.
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George Fletcher Cotterill (1865-1958) —
also known as George F. Cotterill —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Oxford, England,
November
18, 1865.
Democrat. Engineer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1902 (at-large), 1916 (1st
District); member of Washington
state senate, 1907-11; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1912-14; defeated, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1920; commissioner, Port of Seattle,
1922-34.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
13, 1958 (age 92 years, 329
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Daniel Jackson Evans (b. 1925) —
also known as Daniel J. Evans —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
16, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; civil
engineer; served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1956-64; Governor of
Washington, 1965-77; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Washington, 1968,
1972
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1983-89.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) —
also known as Robert H. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
15, 1904.
Mining
engineer; lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1942-44; special
assistant to Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures,
and director, Paramount International Films;
when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of
the movie
theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger with
American Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president of
the ABC television
network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie
theater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie
studio, 1963-69.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien; married, August
27, 1927, to Ellen Ford. |
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Frank T. Ostrander (born c.1892) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Colorado, about 1892.
Republican. Engineer; member of Washington
state senate 45th District, 1947.
Burial location unknown.
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Eri Bates Parker (1890-1976) —
also known as Eri B. Parker —
of Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash.
Born in Colorado, August
31, 1890.
Engineer; college
professor; mayor
of Pullman, Wash., 1939-43.
Died in December, 1976
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Delmage Ross (1872-1939) —
also known as J. D. Ross —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Chatham, Ontario,
November
9, 1872.
Electrical
engineer; Seattle superintendent of lighting (electric
power), 1911-39; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1935-37; administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, 1937.
Died, from a heart
attack, following surgery for stomach
and intestinal
ailments, in the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March
14, 1939 (age 66 years, 125
days).
Interment at Ross Family Burial Site, Newhalem, Wash.
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Relatives:
Married 1907 to Alice
M. Wilson. |
| | | Mount
Ross, in Whatcom
County, Washington, is named for
him. — Ross Dam
(built 1937-49), on the Skagit River, in Whatcom
County, Washington, is named for
him. — Ross Lake,
a reservoir in Whatcom
County, Washington, which also extends into British
Columbia, Canada, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS J. D. Ross (built 1943 at Portland,
Oregon; sold and renamed SS Lampsis; sank during a storm
in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1966) was originally named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "J.D. Ross, one of the
greatest Americans of our generation, was an outstanding
mathematician and equally great engineer. He had also the practical
ability to make things work in the spirit of public opinion and
successful business. More than that, he was a philosopher and lover
and student of trees and flowers. His successful career and
especially his long service in behalf of the public interest are
worthy of study by every American boy." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad
and hydroelectric
projects; lawyer; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma
Pi; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler;
married, July 21,
1917, to Hariette P. Jamieson. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Morris K. Snyder (1874-1961) —
also known as Mike Snyder —
of Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash.
Born December
29, 1874.
Engineer; college
professor; mayor
of Pullman, Wash., 1923-26.
Died November
28, 1961 (age 86 years, 334
days).
Interment at Associated
Order of United Workers Cemetery, Pullman, Wash.
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John N. Todd (born c.1886) —
of Mercer Island, King
County, Wash.
Born in Nebraska, about 1886.
Democrat. Engineer; member of Washington
state senate 31st District, 1943-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Milford Frank Vanik (1906-2003) —
also known as Mel Vanik —
of Bellevue, King
County, Wash.
Born July 29,
1906.
Aeronautical
engineer; mayor
of Bellevue, Wash., 1977-78.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
at Cascade Vista Convalescent
Center, Redmond, King
County, Wash., January
30, 2003 (age 96 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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