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Leonard Ackerman II (b. 1921) —
also known as Lee Ackerman —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Clayton, St. Louis
County, Mo., October
29, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
airplane pilot; newspaper
reporter; advertising
business; real estate
investor; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1951-52.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Melville Ackerman and Ruth (Corday) Ackerman; married, December
22, 1943, to Leslie Rogers. |
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David Agema (b. 1949) —
also known as Dave Agema —
of Grandville, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., February
11, 1949.
Republican. Airline pilot; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 74th District, 2007-12; member of
Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 2012-16; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 2016.
Dutch
ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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Martin Charles Ansorge (1882-1967) —
also known as Martin C. Ansorge —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., January
1, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1921-23; defeated,
1912, 1914, 1916, 1922; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1927, 1928, 1929; director,
United Air Lines, 1934-51.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion.
Co-sponsor of the Edge-Ansorge bill to create the New York Port
Authority. Represented Henry
Ford in negotiations over his formal apology for anti-Semitic
books and articles he had published.
Died, in the Ansonia Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
4, 1967 (age 85 years, 34
days).
Interment at Temple
Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Suzanne S. Azar (b. 1946) —
also known as Suzie Azar; Suzanne Schmeck —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., 1946.
Flight instructor; mayor of
El Paso, Tex., 1989-91; defeated, 1991.
Female.
Still living as of 1991.
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Jim Bates (b. 1941) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Denver,
Colo., July 21,
1941.
Democrat. Banker;
aerospace business; U.S.
Representative from California 44th District, 1983-91; defeated,
1990; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1984.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles E. Beatley Jr. (1916-2003) —
also known as Charles E. Beatley; Chuck
Beatley —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Ohio, May 17,
1916.
Democrat. Airline pilot; mayor
of Alexandria, Va., 1967-76, 1979-85; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1986.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., December
29, 2003 (age 87 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.
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Laurence Powers Bonfoey (1884-1948) —
also known as Laurence P. Bonfoey —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo., June 29,
1884.
Democrat. Insurance
business; vice-president, Monroe Drug
Company; president, Monroe Color and
Chemical Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; chairman,
Illinois Aeronautics Commission, 1933-37.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 12,
1948 (age 64 years, 13
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Beverly Holcumb Bonfoey and Anna May (Webb) Bonfoey; married, June 17,
1908, to Octavia Rebecca Monroe. |
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Jean Paul Bradshaw (d. 1970) —
of Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1944; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1964; board chairman, Ozark Air
Lines.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., 1970.
Interment at Maple
Park Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Frank Brady (b. 1942) —
of Euless, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born July 18,
1942.
Libertarian. Airplane pilot; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 2000, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Jack Thomas Brinkley (1930-2019) —
also known as Jack T. Brinkley —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Faceville, Decatur
County, Ga., December
22, 1930.
Democrat. School
teacher; pilot in U.S. Air Force; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1965-66; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1967-83.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., January
23, 2019 (age 88 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wesley Ernest Brown (b. 1907) —
also known as Wesley E. Brown —
of Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan.
Born in Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan., 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; Reno
County Attorney, 1935-39; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; corporate secretary and attorney, Aircraft Woodwork
Manufacturers, 1942-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kansas, 1956;
U.S.
District Judge for Kansas, 1962-79; took senior status 1979.
Burial location unknown.
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Dean N. Browning (born c.1956) —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born about 1956.
Republican. Financial officer, airplane charter firm; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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James Bruce (1892-1980) —
of Eccleston, Baltimore
County, Md.; Finksburg, Carroll
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
23, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
vice-president, National Dairy
Products Corp.; director, Republic Steel Co.;
director, Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway;
director, American Airlines; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1940
(alternate), 1952,
1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1947-49.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose.
Died July 17,
1980 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Interment somewhere
in Baltimore, Md.
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William Armistead Moale Burden (1906-1984) —
also known as William A. M. Burden —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 8,
1906.
Analyst of aviation industry; founder of Wall Street
investment firm; chairman of Union Texas Natural Gas Corporation;
director, Allied Chemical
Co., Columbia Broadcasting
System, and Lockheed Aircraft; president, Museum of Modern Art
in New York, 1953-59, 1962-65; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1959-61.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of heart
disease, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1984 (age 78 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Carter Lane Burgess (1916-2002) —
also known as Carter L. Burgess —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., December
31, 1916.
Insurance
agent; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; while
stationed in England, he delivered a message from Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower to Gen. Charles de Gaulle, then in North Africa,
informing him of the plans to invade Normandy; business
executive; chief executive officer of Trans World Airlines
(TWA), 1956-57; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1968-69.
Episcopalian.
Died, following two strokes,
at Pheasant Ridge Nursing
Home, Roanoke,
Va., August
18, 2002 (age 85 years, 230
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
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Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) —
also known as Prescott S. Bush —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 15,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
director, Pan American Airways; director, Columbia Broadcasting
System (CBS); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1948,
1956
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of lung
cancer, in the Memorial Hospital
for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1972 (age 77 years, 146
days).
Interment at Putnam
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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Francis W. Cole (c.1883-1966) —
Born about 1883.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 2nd District,
1933; chairman, Travelers Insurance
Companies, 1945-55; director, Chase National Bank and
United Aircraft Corporation.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
7, 1966 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen A. Davis (b. 1946) —
also known as Stephen Davis —
of Tumacacori, Santa Cruz
County, Ariz.; Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
28, 1946.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; airline pilot;
member of Arizona
state senate 9th District, 1975-76; Commodore's Staff Aide to
Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard; Libertarian candidate
for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1984; horse
trainer; ranch
manager; in his writings, he argues that HIV "cannot" cause AIDS,
that AIDS is not contagious, that people tested as positive are
perfectly healthy, and that the epidemic was caused by drug companies.
Scientologist.
Still living as of 2012.
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Gould Cooke Dietz (1868-1948) —
also known as Gould Dietz —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Anamosa, Jones
County, Iowa, May 26,
1868.
Republican. Lumberman;
aviation pioneer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1932,
1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Groveland (now part of Minnetonka), Hennepin
County, Minn., June 29,
1948 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Oliver Perry Ditch (b. 1937) —
also known as Oliver P. Ditch —
of Woodbridge, Prince
William County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La., September
29, 1937.
Republican. Colonel, U.S. Air Force; data systems
manager for Hughes Aircraft Co.; web site
developer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 2008;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,
2012.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2012.
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Gerard T. Doyle (b. 1956) —
also known as Jerry Doyle —
of California.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 16,
1956.
Republican. Corporate jet pilot; actor
in films and television series; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 24th District, 2000.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry Belin du Pont Jr. (1898-1970) —
also known as Henry B. du Pont —
of Greenville, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., July 23,
1898.
Republican. Vice-president, director, DuPont chemical
company; director, North American Aviation Corp. and General
Motors; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,
1936
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., April
13, 1970 (age 71 years, 264
days).
Interment at Du
Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Belin du Pont and Eluthera (Bradford) du Pont; married, October
24, 1928, to Margaret Wilson Lewis; married, February
24, 1949, to Emily Tybout (du Pont) Smith; nephew of Pierre
Samuel du Pont, William Kemble du Pont (who married Ethel
Fleet Hallock) and Edward
Green Bradford Jr.; grandson of Edward
Green Bradford II; great-grandson of Edward
Green Bradford; great-grandnephew of Henry
DuPont; first cousin of Lammot
du Pont Copeland and Reynolds
du Pont; first cousin once removed of Thomas
Coleman du Pont, Alfred
Irénée du Pont, Francis
Irenee du Pont, Elizabeth
Bradford du Pont Bayard and Pierre
Samuel du Pont IV; first cousin twice removed of Henry
Algernon du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Charles
Irénée du Pont; second cousin of Francis
Victor du Pont, Thomas
Francis Bayard III and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin once removed of Eugene
Lammot, Eleuthere
Irenee du Pont and Richard
Henry Bayard; second cousin five times removed of Timothy
Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Bailey
Frye Adams; eighth great-grandson of George
Wyllys and John
Haynes. |
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family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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memorial |
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Harold Hunter Emmons (1875-1962) —
also known as Harold H. Emmons —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 30,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary-treasurer, Regal Motor Car
Company, 1913-17; in charge of aviation engine construction
for Army and Navy during World War I; officer, Stout Metal
Airplane Co.; organizer and director, National Air
Transport Co.; organizer and president, Aircraft
Development Corp., Northwest Airways, Inc.; organizer and
general counsel, Stinson Aircraft Corp.; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1928;
Detroit Police
Commissioner, 1930; candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, in Jennings Memorial Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 20,
1962 (age 86 years, 324
days).
Interment at Roseland
Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.
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Henry H. Eng (b. 1948) —
also known as Hank Eng —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
7, 1948.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; aerospace engineer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 6th District, 2008.
Jewish.
Chinese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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David Ted Eyre (1946-2017) —
also known as D. Ted Eyre —
of Murray, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Rawlins, Carbon
County, Wyo., August
14, 1946.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; airline pilot;
mayor
of Murray, Utah, 2014-17; died in office 2017.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Murray, Salt Lake
County, Utah, August
25, 2017 (age 71 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Gardner Fuller (1895-1978) —
also known as William G. Fuller —
of Euless, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
11, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; airplane pilot;
airport manager; aircraft manufacturing executive; mayor of
Euless, Tex., 1963-68.
Died November
3, 1978 (age 83 years, 265
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
City of Euless |
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James Arthur Gibbons (b. 1944) —
also known as Jim Gibbons —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Sparks, Washoe
County, Nev., December
16, 1944.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; geologist;
airline pilot; lawyer;
member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1989-93; U.S.
Representative from Nevada 2nd District, 1997-2006; Governor of
Nevada, 2007-11; defeated, 1994.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2014.
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Danilo Goodrich (1916-1983) —
also known as Danilo Ogden Goodrich Del Castillo —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
November
12, 1916.
Member, public
relations staff for Pan American Airways; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Haiti in Miami,
Fla., 1943-50.
Cuban
and French
Canadian ancestry.
Died in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., June 29,
1983 (age 66 years, 229
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Napoleon Joseph Dumais and Maria Raquel Del Castillo; married, September
9, 1936, to Isabel Lamazares. |
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27, 1946 |
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Bruce Green (born c.1938) —
of South Elgin, Kane
County, Ill.
Born about 1938.
Libertarian. Airline pilot; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1978, 1980.
Still living as of 1980.
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Isabella Selmes Greenway (1886-1953) —
also known as Isabella S. Greenway; Isabella Selmes;
Isabella Ferguson; Mrs. John C. Greenway; Mrs. Harry
Orland King —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Ajo, Pima
County, Ariz.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Boone
County, Ky., March
22, 1886.
Democrat. Innkeeper;
rancher;
owner, Gilpin Air Lines; manager of copper mining
interests; member of Democratic
National Committee from Arizona, 1928-34; U.S.
Representative from Arizona at-large, 1933-37.
Female.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., December
18, 1953 (age 67 years, 271
days).
Interment at Dinsmore
Homestead Cemetery, Near Burlington, Boone County, Ky.
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Jay Sterner Hammond (1922-2005) —
also known as Jay S. Hammond —
of Bristol
Bay Borough, Alaska; Port Alsworth, Lake and
Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 21,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
airplane pilot; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1959-65; member of Alaska
state senate, 1967-72; Governor of
Alaska, 1974-82.
Died in Port Alsworth, Lake and
Peninsula Borough, Alaska, August
2, 2005 (age 83 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert W. Harrington —
of East Ann Arbor (now part of Ann Arbor), Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Airline pilot; mayor
of East Ann Arbor, Mich., 1955-56.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Clark Hoover Jr. (1903-1969) —
also known as Herbert Hoover, Jr. —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in London, England,
August
4, 1903.
Republican. Petroleum
geologist;
mining
engineer;
inventor;
president, Aeronautical Radio,
Inc., 1930; U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1954-57; director, Monsanto
Chemical
Company; director, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation; director,
Southern California Edison
Company; director, Hanna Mining
Company; director, Pacific Mutual Insurance
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1960.
Died, of cancer,
in Huntington Community Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 9,
1969 (age 65 years, 248
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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William Rowland Hopkins (1869-1961) —
also known as W. R. Hopkins; "Chautauqua
Bill" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., July 26,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
industrial real estate
developer; promoter of Cleveland Short Line Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916;
city
manager of Cleveland, Ohio, 1924-30; he was fascinated by
aviation, in 1925, he successfully advocated purchase of land
for an airport, the first
municipal airport in the United States.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
9, 1961 (age 91 years, 198
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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David Sinton Ingalls (1899-1985) —
also known as David S. Ingalls —
of Hunting Valley, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
28, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1927-29; U.S. Assistant Secretary
of the Navy for Aeronautics, 1929-32; director, City of Cleveland
Department of Public Health and Welfare, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1940,
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1956;
member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1940; vice-president and general
manager, Pan American Air Ferries, 1941-42; commander, Pearl
Harbor Naval Air Station; executive, Pan American World
Airways; newspaper
publisher.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Skull
and Bones.
Died in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April
26, 1985 (age 86 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lloyd M. Ives (born c.1917) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born about 1917.
Democrat. Airline pilot; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1959.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Edward Kersting (b. 1916) —
also known as Robert Kersting —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa, August
26, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
test pilot and executive, Howard Aircraft Co.;
president, Red Rock Ranches and
Arizona Aviation Co.; secretary, treasurer, director, Savage
Industries, Inc., Sun States Land and
Development Co.; director, general counsel, Insurance
Corporation of America; president, general counsel, Yavapai Hotels
Corp.; director, Prescott Utilities
Corp.; member of Arizona
Democratic State Central Committee, 1951-70; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Fraternal
Order of Police.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustus Henry Kersting and Eva (Schaub) Kersting; married, February
29, 1968, to Fracine Bassett. |
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Richard Albert Kiah (1915-1971) —
also known as Richard A. Kiah —
of Brewer, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Brewer, Penobscot
County, Maine, December
24, 1915.
Manager, Northeast Airlines; mayor of
Brewer, Maine, 1958.
Died in Brewer, Penobscot
County, Maine, April
12, 1971 (age 55 years, 109
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Dan Able Kimball (1896-1970) —
also known as Dan A. Kimball —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March 1,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; vice-president,
General Tire & Rubber Co.; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1951-53;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964;
president and chairman, Aerojet General Corporation; director,
Continental Airlines.
Congregationalist.
Died July 30,
1970 (age 74 years, 151
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William J. Knight (1929-2004) —
also known as Pete Knight —
of Palmdale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., November
18, 1929.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; mayor of
Palmdale, Calif., 1988-92; member of California
state assembly, 1993-96; member of California
state senate 17th District, 1997-2004; died in office 2004.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Air Force test pilot who holds the speed record for winged
aircraft: 4,250 mph flying the Bell X-15.
Died, from acute
myelogenous leukemia, in City of Hope Hospital,
May
7, 2004 (age 74 years, 171
days).
Interment at Desert
Lawn Memorial Park, Palmdale, Calif.
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Albert C. Krause —
also known as Pete Krause —
of Euless, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Airline pilot; mayor of
Euless, Tex., 1969-75.
Still living as of 2009.
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Image source:
City of Euless |
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John Armand Lafore Jr. (1905-1993) —
also known as John A. Lafore, Jr. —
of Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Bala, Montgomery
County, Pa., May 25,
1905.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1950-57; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1957-61;
president, Kellett Aircraft Corp., 1961.
Member, Union
League.
Died January
24, 1993 (age 87 years, 244
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred J. Lane (1932-2009) —
also known as Al Lane —
of Mission Hills, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, July 7,
1932.
Airplane pilot; member of Kansas
state house of representatives 25th District, 1989-2003.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
3, 2009 (age 77 years, 88
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Lane and Mary Ann (Nardone) Lane; married to Peggy
Wright. |
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Jeffrey Lynn Latas (b. 1958) —
also known as Jeff Latas —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born January
10, 1958.
Democrat. Airline pilot; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona 8th District, 2006.
Still living as of 2008.
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Ora Miner Leland (1876-1962) —
also known as Ora M. Leland —
of New York.
Born in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., June 28,
1876.
Progressive. Candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1912.
Dean of
the College of Engineering and Architecture at the University of
Minnesota; developed the Aeronautical Engineering Department
in 1928-29.
Died March
30, 1962 (age 85 years, 275
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Thomas F. Lewis (1924-2003) —
also known as Tom Lewis —
of North Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
26, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served
in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; aircraft
industry executive, 1957-73; real
estate and investments, 1972-82; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1973-81; member of Florida
state senate, 1981-83; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1983-95 (12th District 1983-93, 16th
District 1993-95); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1984.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Moose; Exchange
Club; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died August
1, 2003 (age 78 years, 279
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Marilyn Laird Lloyd (1929-2018) —
also known as Marilyn Lloyd; Rachael Marilyn Laird;
Mrs. Mort Lloyd; Marilyn Lloyd Bouquard —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., January
3, 1929.
Democrat. Owned and operated radio
station WTTI, Dalton, Ga., and Executive Aviation,
Winchester, Tenn.; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1975-95.
Female.
Died in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., September
19, 2018 (age 89 years, 259
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George N. Lopano —
of North Tarrytown (now Sleepy Hollow), Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Airline auditor;
candidate for mayor
of North Tarrytown, N.Y., 1965.
Still living as of 1965.
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Peter Francis Mack Jr. (1916-1986) —
also known as Peter F. Mack, Jr. —
of Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.
Born in Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill., November
1, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; airplane
pilot; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1949-63; defeated,
1962, 1974, 1976.
Died in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., July 4,
1986 (age 69 years, 245
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Martin Anthony Matich (1927-2008) —
also known as Martin A. Matich —
of Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Loma Linda, San
Bernardino County, Calif., September
6, 1927.
Engineer;
grading
contractor; his company built over 1,000 miles of roads,
including major expressways and interchanges, as well as
airport runways, flood control channels, landfills, and major
buildings; mayor of
Colton, Calif., 1958-60; director, San Bernardino Community Hospital.
Catholic.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Navy
League; American
Arbitration Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., April
19, 2008 (age 80 years, 226
days).
Interment at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery, Colton, Calif.
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Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) —
also known as Howard M. Metzenbaum; "Senator
No"; "Headline Howard" —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 4,
1917.
Democrat. Lawyer;
airport parking
lot and car
rental business; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of Ohio
state senate, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1952
(alternate), 1964;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1974, 1977-95; defeated, 1970.
Jewish.
Died in Aventura, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March
12, 2008 (age 90 years, 282
days).
Interment at Mayfield
Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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William T. Milleson (b. 1907) —
of Springfield, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Springfield, Hampshire
County, W.Va., September
16, 1907.
Democrat. Farmer;
aviator; director, First National Bank of
Romney; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1937-42, 1975-80 (Hampshire
County 1937-42, 34th District 1975-80).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grange;
Theta
Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Ruritan;
Lions;
Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas Milleson and Susie French (Taylor) Milleson; married, December
26, 1940, to Avery Heiskel Pancake. |
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Earnest Millican Jr. (b. 1923) —
of Euless, Tarrant
County, Tex.; Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C.
Born in Minters Chapel, Tarrant
County, Tex., August
29, 1923.
Worked in management positions in aircraft manufacturing, at
General Dynamics Fort Worth; mayor of
Euless, Tex., 1957-61.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph Louis Mlakar (born c.1951) —
also known as Joseph Mlakar; Joe Mlakar —
of Fontana, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born about 1951.
Democrat. Aircraft mechanic; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy (1878-1937) —
also known as Grayson M. P. Murphy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1878.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Commissioner
of the American Red Cross in Europe, 1917; financier;
director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, Goodyear Tire
and Rubber
Company, Anaconda Copper Mining
Company, National Aviation Corporation; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
18, 1937 (age 58 years, 303
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Andrea Fischer Newman (b. 1958) —
also known as Andrea L. Fischer —
of Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in 1958.
Republican. Lawyer;
senior vice president for governmental affairs, Northwest
Airlines; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1992,
2000
(alternate); member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1995-.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2005.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Philip Fischer and Myrna Fischer; married to Frank
Newman. |
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Byron Rufus Newton (1861-1938) —
also known as Byron R. Newton —
of Bayside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Wirt town, Allegany
County, N.Y., August
4, 1861.
Newspaper
reporter; poet;
interested in aviation during its early days; helped organize
airplane races; private secretary to William
G. McAdoo; publicity director for Woodrow
Wilson's presidential campaign in 1912; U.S. First Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-17; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1917-21; New York City Tax Commissioner, 1938.
Suffered a stroke,
and died eight days later, in Bayside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March
20, 1938 (age 76 years, 228
days).
Interment at Flushing
Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Jacqueline Cochran Odlum (1906-1980) —
also known as Jacqueline C. Odlum; Jackie Odlum;
Bessie Lee Pittman; Jacqueline Cochran —
Born in Muscogee, Escambia
County, Fla., May 11,
1906.
Republican. Beautician;
airplane pilot; during World War II, she trained many women
pilots for duty ferrying supplies; she was the first
woman ever to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, the first
woman pilot ever to break the sound barrier, and to exceed Mach 2; in
1952, she was one of the leaders of the "Draft Ike" movement to
nominate Dwight
D. Eisenhower for president; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 29th District, 1956; elected to
Aviation Hall of
Fame, 1971.
Female.
Died in Indio, Riverside
County, Calif., August
7, 1980 (age 74 years, 88
days).
Interment at Coachella
Valley Public Cemetery, Coachella, Calif.
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Gladys O'Donnell (b. 1904) —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 2,
1904.
Republican. Aviation business; flight instructor; oil
production; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1936
(alternate), 1940,
1952,
1956
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1960
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Soroptimists.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to George Osmer Berry. |
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Donald C. Olson (b. 1953) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska.
Born in Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska, June 18,
1953.
Democrat. Commercial pilot; physician;
member of Alaska
state senate District S, 2001-.
Still living as of 2001.
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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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Edwin Wendell Pauley, Sr. (1903-1981) —
also known as Edwin W. Pauley —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Indiana, January
7, 1903.
Democrat. President, Fortuna Petroleum,
and involved in other oil
companies; Regent, University of California, 1938-72; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1944; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1944
(speaker),
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1944-47; part owner of the
Los Angeles Rams football
team; director, Western Airlines.
Died July 28,
1981 (age 78 years, 202
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Edwin Arthur Phillips (b. 1952) —
also known as Ed Phillips —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born, in Alton Memorial Hospital,
Alton, Madison
County, Ill., July 30,
1952.
Republican. Meteorologist;
radio and
television broadcaster; airplane and helicopter pilot;
member of Arizona
state senate 28th District, 1991-94.
Episcopalian;
later Jewish.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Charles Phillips and Ada Mae (Russell)
Phillips. |
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Arthur J. Powell (born c.1928) —
Born about 1928.
Aerospace engineer;
Free Energy candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Hawaii, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Michael D. Protack (b. 1957) —
Born October
23, 1957.
Republican. Airline pilot; candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 2004, 2008; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 2006.
Still living as of 2008.
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Merrill K. Riddick (1895-1988) —
of Philipsburg, Granite
County, Mont.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., March 7,
1895.
Aviator; candidate in Democratic primary for Governor of
Montana, 1960, 1968; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1972.
Died, of cancer,
in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., March 9,
1988 (age 93 years, 2
days).
Interment at Baltimore
National Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Jack E. Robinson III —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Republican. Airline executive; founder, Oceanic Digital
Communications (provider of cell
phone service in the Caribbean); Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 2000, 2009 (primary); candidate for
secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 2002; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 2006.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Roy R. Romer (b. 1928) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Garden City, Finney
County, Kan., October
31, 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer; farm
implement dealer; helped develop Centennial Airport; ran a
flying school; owned a ski resort; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1959-63; member of Colorado
state senate, 1963-67; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1966; Colorado
state treasurer, 1977-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2008;
speaker, 1988;
Governor
of Colorado, 1987-99; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1997-99; school superintendent
for Los Angeles, 2001-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 2004.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Paul Schrade (b. 1924) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Newhall (now part of Santa Clarita), Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., December
17, 1924.
Democrat. Aerospace manufacturing worker; president,
United Auto Workers local representing workers at North American
Aviation; later, western regional
director, United Auto Workers; early supporter of Cesar
Chavez's efforts to unionize farm workers; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956,
1968,
1972;
supported and worked for Robert
F. Kennedy's presidential campaign, and on June 5, 1968, when
Kennedy was shot, Schrade was one of five others who were also shot and
wounded.
German
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Relatives: Son
of Florence Anna (Keil) Schrade and William Theodore Schrade; nephew
of Henry
Gottlieb Schrade. |
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Tom Smisek —
of Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Aeronautical engineer;
mayor
of Coronado, Calif., 1996-2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Image source:
San Diego International Airport |
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John Fife Symington Jr. (1910-2007) —
also known as J. Fife Symington, Jr. —
of Lutherville, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Lutherville, Baltimore
County, Md., August
27, 1910.
Republican. Airline pilot; airline executive; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1958, 1960, 1962;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, 1969-71.
Died, in the Gilchrist Center for hospice
care, Baltimore,
Md., December
9, 2007 (age 97 years, 104
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md.
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John Harper Trumbull (1873-1961) —
also known as John H. Trumbull —
of Plainville, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., March 4,
1873.
Republican. Organizer and president, Trumbull Electric Manufacturing
Co.; board chairman, Colonial Air Transport, Inc.; director
and treasurer, Plainville Realty
Co.; president, Plainville Trust Co.;
director, Connecticut Light &
Power Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1920
(alternate), 1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President; member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1932,
1936
(speaker);
member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1921-24; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922-30; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1925; Governor of
Connecticut, 1925-31; defeated, 1932; delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 5th District,
1933.
Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Humane
Society.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 21,
1961 (age 88 years, 78
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Plainville, Conn.
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Togiola Talalelei A. Tulafono (b. 1947) —
also known as Togiola T. A. Tulafono —
of Pago Pago, American
Samoa; Utulei Village, American
Samoa.
Born in Aunu'u Island, American
Samoa, February
28, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, South Pacific Airways, 1976-78; district judge
in American Samoa, 1978-80; member of American
Samoa senate, 1980-84, 1989-96; Lieutenant
Governor of American Samoa, 1997-2003; Governor of
American Samoa, 2003-; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from American Samoa, 2004,
2008;
candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from American Samoa, 2014.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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W. Dean Watkins (b. 1931) —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, 1931.
Aeronautical engineer;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2000.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2000.
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Charles H. Weber —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Real estate
business; vice-president and director, National Air Lines;
vice-president, National Amusements, Inc.; secretary-treasurer, Mark
Time Parking
Meter Corp.; owner of gasoline
service station; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1932; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District; elected 1934, 1940;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1952,
1956.
Burial location unknown.
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Allen Weh (born c.1943) —
of Los Ranchos de Albuquerqu, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born about 1943.
Republican. Owner, aircraft charter and leasing company;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair); New Mexico
Republican state chair, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899-1992) —
also known as Cornelius V. Whitney;
"Sonny" —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
20, 1899.
Democrat. Co-founder and chairman of Pam American Airways;
chairman, Hudson Bay Mining and
Smelting
Company; horse
breeder; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1932; along with David
O. Selznick, he helped to finance and produce Hollywood
films in the 1930s and 1940s.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., December
13, 1992 (age 93 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude (Vanderbilt) Whitney; married, March 5,
1923, to Marie Norton (who later married William
Averell Harriman); married, September
29, 1931, to Gladys Crosby Hopkins; married, June 18,
1941, to Eleanor Searle; married, January
24, 1958, to Mary Lou (Schroeder) Hosford; grandson of William
Collins Whitney; grandnephew of Henry
Melville Whitney; great-grandson of Henry
B. Payne and James
Scollay Whitney; second great-grandson of Henry
Collins Flagg; first cousin of William
Henry Vanderbilt III and John
Hay Whitney; first cousin once removed of Frances
Payne Bolton; second cousin of William
Armistead Moale Burden and Oliver
Payne Bolton; second cousin once removed of Shirley
Carter Burden Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Mackie Burgess. |
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family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morton
family; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott
family of Ohio and New York; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Evan Erastus Young (1878-1946) —
also known as Evan E. Young —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Kenton, Hardin
County, Ohio, August
17, 1878.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Harput, 1905-08; Salonika, 1908-09; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1911-12; Dominican Republic, 1925-29; U.S. Consul General in Halifax, 1913-19; Constantinople, as of 1920; vice-president, Pan-American
Airways, Inc., 1936.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1946
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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