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Richard Arrington Jr. (b. 1943) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala., October
19, 1943.
Democrat. University
professor; mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1979-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1996.
African
ancestry. Member, Sigma Xi; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 1999.
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Leroy George Augenstein (1928-1969) —
also known as Leroy G. Augenstein —
of Holt, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., March 6,
1928.
Republican. Biophysicist;
university
professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1967-69; died in office 1969.
Protestant.
Member, Sigma Xi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Killed when his twin-engine plane crashed
during the landing approach to Beech Airport,
near Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., November
8, 1969 (age 41 years, 247
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Roy H. Augenstein; married 1950 to
Elizabeth Schmalfuss. |
| | | Books by Leroy G. Augenstein: Come,
let us play God |
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John Stothoff Badeau (1903-1995) —
also known as John S. Badeau —
of Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
24, 1903.
Minister;
missionary;
university
professor; president,
American University in Cairo, 1945-53; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1961-64.
Christian
Reformed; later Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Xi; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died, from sepsis,
in Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J., August
25, 1995 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery, Jamesburg, N.J.
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Douglas Kent Bereuter (b. 1939) —
also known as Doug Bereuter —
of Utica, Seward
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Cedar Bluffs, Saunders
County, Neb.
Born in York, York
County, Neb., October
6, 1939.
Republican. Member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1975-78; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1979-2004; resigned
2004; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1992.
Lutheran.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Earl Lauer Butz (1909-2008) —
also known as Earl L. Butz —
of West Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Albion, Noble
County, Ind., July 3,
1909.
Economist;
university
professor; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1971-76.
Member, Alpha
Gamma Rho; Sigma Xi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Alpha
Zeta; Kiwanis.
Resigned
in 1976 following a furor
over a racist
joke. In 1981, he pleaded
guilty to income
tax evasion; sentenced
to five years in prison
(served 30 days) and fined
$10,000.
Died in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., February
2, 2008 (age 98 years, 214
days).
Interment at Tippecanoe
Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Ind.
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Grace Holmes Carlson (b. 1906) —
also known as Grace Carlson —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
13, 1906.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1940 (Trotskyist Anti-War), 1946
(Revolutionary Workers); Socialist Workers candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1948.
Female.
Member, Sigma Xi; Pi
Lambda Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Barry Commoner (1917-2012) —
also known as "Paul Revere of Ecology" —
of Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 28,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; biologist;
university
professor; Citizens candidate for President
of the United States, 1980; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
30, 2012 (age 95 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isidore Commoner and Goldie (Yarmolinksy) Commoner; married to
Gloria Gordon; married 1980 to Lisa
Feiner. |
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article |
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James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) —
also known as James B. Conant —
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
26, 1893.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chemist;
university
professor; President
of Harvard University, 1933-53; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1955-57.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; Alpha
Chi Sigma; American
Philosophical Society; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., February
11, 1978 (age 84 years, 322
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Mortimer Elwyn Cooley (b. 1855) —
also known as Mortimer E. Cooley —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., March
28, 1855.
Democrat. Engineer;
university
professor; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American
War; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1924.
Member, Sigma
Phi; Sigma Xi; Freemasons;
American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Blake Cooley and Achsah Bennett (Griswold) Cooley; married,
December
25, 1879, to Caroline Elizabeth Mosely. |
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Harvey Feldmeier (1871-1936) —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
27, 1871.
Democrat. Engineer;
commissioner of public works, Little Falls, 1912-36; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1928.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sigma Xi; American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; Elks.
Died in 1936
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Church
Street Cemetery, Little Falls, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Maximilian Feldmeier and Elvire (d'Asnoy) Feldmeier; married, November
24, 1915, to Lela B. Lumley. |
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Michael Ference Jr. (1911-1996) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Whiting, Lake
County, Ind., November
6, 1911.
Democrat. University
professor; scientist;
vice-president for research, Ford Motor
Company; member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 1960-63; defeated, 1963.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 24,
1996 (age 84 years, 261
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John William Gardner (1912-2002) —
also known as John W. Gardner —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
8, 1912.
Republican. University
professor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1965-68.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Sigma Xi; Kappa
Delta Pi; American
Psychological Association; Common
Cause.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; founder of Common Cause in 1970.
Died, from complications of prostate
cancer, in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., February
16, 2002 (age 89 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Milton Willits Glenn (1903-1967) —
also known as Milton W. Glenn —
of Margate City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., June 18,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1950-57; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1957-65.
Member, Union
League; American
Legion; Sigma Xi.
Died in Margate City, Atlantic
County, N.J., December
14, 1967 (age 64 years, 179
days).
Interment at West
Creek Cemetery, West Creek, N.J.
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William Marion Jardine (1879-1955) —
also known as William M. Jardine —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Oneida
County, Idaho, January
16, 1879.
College
professor; agronomist;
president,
Kansas State Agricultural College, 1918-25; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1925-29; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1930; Kansas
state treasurer, 1933-34; appointed 1933; resigned 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma Xi; Beta
Theta Pi; Alpha
Zeta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Gamma
Sigma Delta; Freemasons;
Rotary;
American
Forestry Association; Farm
Bureau.
Died January
17, 1955 (age 76 years, 1
days).
Interment at Logan
City Cemetery, Logan, Utah.
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Christian Nephi Jensen (b. 1880) —
also known as Christian N. Jensen —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Ephraim, Sanpete
County, Utah, June 18,
1880.
College
professor; president,
Brigham Young College, 1913-20; Utah
superintendent of public instruction, 1921-33.
Member, Sigma Xi; Gamma
Sigma Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Sarah Van Hoosen Jones (1892-1972) —
of Rochester, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Rochester, Oakland
County, Mich., June 23,
1892.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1944-55; defeated, 1955.
Female.
Member, Zonta; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Sigma Xi; Pi Beta
Phi.
Died in 1972
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Stoney
Creek Cemetery, Rochester Hills, Mich.
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Vladimir Karapetoff (b. 1876) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia,
January
8, 1876.
Socialist. Engineer;
university
professor; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1913; candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1920, 1924; candidate for New York
state senate 41st District, 1932.
Christian.
Member, American
Association of University Professors; Sigma Xi; Phi Mu
Alpha; Theta
Xi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nikita Karapetoff and Anna (Ivanova) Karapetoff; married, August
2, 1904, to Frances Lulu Gillmor. |
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Hugh Kaul (b. 1906) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
10, 1906.
President-treasurer, Kaul Lumber
Company; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1939-42, 1947-50; major in the
U.S. Army during World War II.
Protestant.
Member, Rotary;
Sigma Xi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Lanzel Kaul and Virginia Roy (Head) Kaul. |
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Douglas J. LaFollette (b. 1940) —
of Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, June 6,
1940.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin,
1972;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 22nd District, 1973-74; secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1975-79, 1983-; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1988.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi.
Still living as of 2000.
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Charles Davenport Lockwood (1877-1949) —
also known as Charles D. Lockwood —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
11, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stamford; elected 1912;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920;
delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Xi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
6, 1949 (age 72 years, 25
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Lee Loevinger (1913-2004) —
of Minnesota; Washington,
D.C.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
24, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1960-61; member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1963-68.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma Xi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Federal
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died April
26, 2004 (age 91 years, 2
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gustavus Loevinger and Millie (Strouse) Loevinger; married, March 4,
1950, to Ruth E. Howe. |
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Donald Macnaughtan Jr. (b. 1939) —
also known as Don Macnaughtan —
of New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va.
Born April
13, 1939.
Democrat. Chemist;
member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1991-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma Xi.
Still living as of 1997.
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Married to Marlene Acker. |
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Daniel Walter Morehouse (1876-1941) —
also known as D. W. Morehouse —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn., February
22, 1876.
Astronomer;
university
professor; president,
Drake University, 1922-41; Dry candidate for delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma Xi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
21, 1941 (age 64 years, 334
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Drake Municipal Observatory, Waveland Park, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Philleo Nash (1909-1987) —
of Wisconsin Rapids, Wood
County, Wis.
Born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood
County, Wis., October
25, 1909.
Democrat. Anthropologist;
cranberry
grower; Wisconsin
Democratic state chair, 1955-57; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1959-61; Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of
Indian Affairs, 1961-66.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma Xi; Theta
Delta Chi.
Died October
12, 1987 (age 77 years, 352
days).
Cremated.
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Melvin Nord (b. 1918) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
3, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; chemical
engineer;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6th
District, 1961-62.
Member, Sigma Xi.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sol Nord and Rose (Hertzoff) Nord; married to Eleanor
Greenbaum. |
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David Packard (1912-1996) —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., September
7, 1912.
Republican. Co-founder and chief executive, Hewlett-Packard
electronics and computer
company; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1969-71; director, Pacific
Gas &
Electric Co., Crocker-Citizens National Bank,
General Dynamics Corp., U.S. Steel Corp.,
Trans World Airways,
Standard Oil of
California, Caterpillar Tractor
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; philanthropist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Delta Phi; Tau Beta
Pi; Sigma Xi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Stanford University Hospital,
Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March
26, 1996 (age 83 years, 201
days).
Interment at Alta
Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.
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Russell Wilber Peterson (1916-2011) —
also known as Russell W. Peterson —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Portage, Columbia
County, Wis., October
3, 1916.
Republican. Textile
researcher
for du Pont chemical
company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1964
(alternate), 1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
Delaware, 1969-73; defeated, 1972.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; Phi
Eta Sigma.
Died February
21, 2011 (age 94 years, 141
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) —
also known as William C. Sproul —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Octoraro, Lancaster
County, Pa., September
16, 1870.
Republican. Farmer; manufacturer;
journalist;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1897-1919; resigned 1919; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1920,
1924;
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1920.
Quaker.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; Phi
Kappa Psi; Grange;
Freemasons;
Elks; Union
League; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died March
21, 1928 (age 57 years, 187
days).
Interment at Chester
Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul;
married, January
21, 1892, to Emeline Wallace Roach. |
| | | Sproul Hall, a residence hall at Pennsylvania
State University,
University Park, State
College, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The Sproul State
Forest, in Clinton
County, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
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Governors Association biography |
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Melvin Thomas (1885-1942) —
of Charleston, Coles
County, Ill.
Born in Mason
County, W.Va., May 12,
1885.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Illinois
state senate 34th District, 1937-41; defeated, 1940.
Member, Sigma Xi.
Died in Charleston, Coles
County, Ill., January
31, 1942 (age 56 years, 264
days).
Interment at Roselawn Cemetery, Charleston, Ill.
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Dale Edward Wolf (b. 1924) —
also known as Dale E. Wolf —
of near Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb., September
6, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
vice-president of pharmaceutical
business for the E. I. Du Pont chemical
company; Delaware Director of Development, 1987-88; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1989-92; Governor of
Delaware, 1992-93.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma Xi; Alpha
Zeta.
Still living as of 2014.
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