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Politician Professors in Washington
University and College Faculty, Professors, Deans

  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
  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.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Gordon Evans Dean (1905-1958) — also known as Gordon E. Dean — Born in Seattle, King County, Wash., December 28, 1905. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; law professor; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-53; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1950-53. Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy fog, crashed and burned, about 300 yards short of the airport runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass., August 15, 1958 (age 52 years, 230 days). Interment at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. John Marvin Dean; married 1930 to Adelaide Williamson; married, December 19, 1953, to Mary Benton Gore (first cousin once removed of Albert Arnold Gore; second cousin of Albert Arnold Gore Jr.).
  Political family: Gore family of Carthage, Tennessee.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Emerson Hugh De Lacy (1910-1986) — also known as Hugh De Lacy — of Seattle, King County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Seattle, King County, Wash., May 9, 1910. Democrat. College instructor; machinist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1940; U.S. Representative from Washington 1st District, 1945-47; defeated, 1946; carpenter. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; International Association of Machinists. Died, from prostate cancer, in Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, Calif., August 19, 1986 (age 76 years, 102 days). Interment at Home of Peace Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of John Byron De Lacy and Abigail Anna 'Abbie' (Green) De Lacy; married, December 23, 1932, to Betty Marie Jorgensen; married 1949 to Hester Holm Sondergaard; married, June 23, 1961, to Dorothy Rose Baskin.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) — also known as William O. Douglas — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima County, Wash. Born in Maine, Otter Tail County, Minn., October 16, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law professor; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1948. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; United World Federalists; American Bar Association; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Alpha Delta; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Washington, D.C., January 19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, August 16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to Kathleen Heffernan.
  Cross-reference: Warren Christopher — William A. Norris
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website
  Books by William O. Douglas: Of Men and Mountains (1982) — My wilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) — Go East, Young Man (1974) — The Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas (1980)
  Books about William O. Douglas: Bruce Allen Murphy, Wild Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas — Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution — James F. Simon, Independent Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas
  Percy Warren Green (b. 1889) — also known as P. Warren Green — of Pullman, Whitman County, Wash.; Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Booth's Corner, Delaware County, Pa., August 18, 1889. Republican. College professor; lawyer; Delaware state attorney general, 1933-39; appointed 1933. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Green and Elizabeth Ellen (Talley) Green; married, December 17, 1931, to Maria Ellen Reynolds.
  Alfred R. Halvorson — of Pullman, Whitman County, Wash. Crop and soil scientist; university professor; mayor of Pullman, Wash., 1991-95. Still living as of 1995.
  Bertha Knight Landes (1868-1943) — also known as Bertha Knight — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Ware, Hampshire County, Mass., October 19, 1868. Republican. Lecturer; writer; mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1926-28; defeated, 1928. Female. Congregationalist. Member, Soroptimists; League of Women Voters. First woman mayor of a large American city. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 29, 1943 (age 75 years, 41 days). Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Daughter of Charles Sanford Knight and Cordelia (Cutter) Knight; married, January 2, 1894, to Henry Landes.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Bertha Knight Landes: Sandra Haarsager, Bertha Knight Landes of Seattle : Big-City Mayor
  John Fleming Main (b. 1864) — also known as John F. Main — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Mercer County, Ill., September 10, 1864. Republican. Lawyer; law professor; superior court judge in Washington, 1910-12; justice of Washington state supreme court, 1912-31; chief justice of Washington state supreme court, 1923-26. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William R. Main and Sarah M. (Fleming) Main; married, June 29, 1892, to Mary G. Crouch.
  Connie Marshall — of Bellevue, King County, Wash. Dental hygenist; university professor; medical software business; mayor of Bellevue, Wash., 2002-05. Female. Still living as of 2006.
  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.
  Relatives: Married, December 31, 1917, to Jeanette Cody.
  Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) — also known as Marguerite Ray — of Washington. Born in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., September 3, 1914. Democrat. University professor; marine biologist; host of weekly television show "Animals of the Sea," on KCTS-TV in Seattle; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1972-75; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1973-75; Governor of Washington, 1977-81; defeated in primary, 1980. Female. Died, from a bronchial infection, in Fox Island, Pierce County, Wash., January 2, 1994 (age 79 years, 121 days). Interment at Fox Island Cemetery, Fox Island, Wash.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Dixy Lee Ray: Mary Ellen Verheyden-Hilliard, Scientist and Governor, Dixy Lee Ray (for young readers)
  Al Runte (born c.1947) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born about 1947. University professor; historian; candidate for mayor of Seattle, Wash., 2005. Still living as of 2005.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler; married, July 21, 1917, to Hariette P. Jamieson.
  See also Wikipedia article
  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.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Zephyr Rain Teachout (b. 1971) — also known as Zephyr R. Teachout — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Seattle, King County, Wash., October 21, 1971. Democrat. Lawyer; law professor; candidate for Governor of New York, 2014. Female. Still living as of 2016.
  Relatives: Daughter of Peter Teachout and Mary (Miles) Teachout.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Earl Edward Wegner — of Pullman, Whitman County, Wash. Veterinarian; college professor; dean, College of Veterinary Science, State College of Washington (now Washington State University), 1921-47; mayor of Pullman, Wash., 1927-30. Burial location unknown.
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