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Robert Darwood Alexander (1944-2017) —
also known as Robert D. Alexander; Bob
Alexander —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
31, 1944.
Served in the Peace Corps; school
teacher; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1974 (Human
Rights), 1992 (Democratic primary); member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1977-79; Democratic candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 2004.
Unitarian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April
26, 2017 (age 72 years, 177
days). His body was
donated to the Michigan State University Medical School.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Gibson Alexander and Dorothy (Darwood) Alexander; married
to Julie Horn. |
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Maurice Darrow Bean (b. 1928) —
of Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Gary, Lake
County, Ind., September
9, 1928.
Served in the Peace Corps; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Ambassador to Burma, 1977-79.
Member, Omega
Psi Phi.
Still living as of 1991.
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Carol Bellamy (b. 1942) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., January
14, 1942.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1973-77 (23rd District 1973-74, 25th District
1975-77); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1985; candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1990; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New York.
Female.
Still living as of 1993.
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Chris Beutler (b. 1944) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., November
14, 1944.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; served in the U.S. Army
during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
founder, Beutler Title
Company; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature 28th District, 1979-86, 1991-2006;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 2000,
2008;
mayor
of Lincoln, Neb., 2007-.
Still living as of 2011.
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James Andrew Courter (b. 1941) —
also known as James A. Courter; Jim
Courter —
of Hackettstown, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., October
14, 1941.
Republican. Served in the Peace Corps; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1979-91 (13th District 1979-83,
12th District 1983-91); candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1989.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Drew Saunders Days III —
also known as Drew S. Days III —
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Peace Corps; U.S. Solicitor General, 1993-96; law
professor.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1996.
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Christopher John Dodd (b. 1944) —
also known as Christopher J. Dodd; Chris
Dodd —
of North Stonington, New London
County, Conn.; Norwich, New London
County, Conn.; East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn., May 27,
1944.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1975-81; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1981-2011; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1995-97; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 2008.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph R. Donovan Jr. —
of Virginia.
Served in the Peace Corps; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Consul General in Hong Kong, 2008-09; U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, 2016-.
Still living as of 2019.
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James Edward Doyle (b. 1945) —
also known as James E. Doyle; Jim Doyle —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Peace Corps; Dane
County District Attorney, 1977-82; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1991-2003; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Governor
of Wisconsin, 2003-11.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Gregory W. Engle —
of Colorado.
Born in Colorado.
Served in the Peace Corps; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Ambassador to Togo, 2003-05.
Still living as of 2008.
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Sam Farr (b. 1941) —
of Carmel, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 4,
1941.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; member of California
state assembly, 1981-93; U.S.
Representative from California 17th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Melanie Fesmire —
of Indio, Riverside
County, Calif.
Served in the Peace Corps; lawyer; mayor of
Indio, Calif., 2000-01, 2004-.
Female.
Still living as of 2005.
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John Raymond Garamendi Jr. (b. 1945) —
also known as John Garamendi —
of Walnut Grove, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Camp Blanding, Clay
County, Fla., January
24, 1945.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; member of California
state assembly 7th District, 1974-76; member of California
state senate, 1976-90 (13th District 1976-84, 5th District
1984-90); candidate for Governor of
California, 1982, 1994; candidate for California
state controller, 1986; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member, Platform Committee, 1988;
California
insurance commissioner, 1991-95, 2003-07; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California; U.S. Deputy Secretary of the
Interior, 1995-98; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 2007-09; U.S.
Representative from California, 2009-18 (10th District 2009-13,
3rd District 2013-18).
Basque,
Italian,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Chi.
Still living as of 2018.
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Patricia W. Garamendi —
also known as Patti Garamendi; Patricia
Wilkinson —
of Walnut Grove, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; candidate for California
state senate 5th District, 1990; candidate for California
state assembly 26th District, 1991; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 11th District, 1992; associate
director, U.S. Peace Corps, 1993-98; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California.
Female.
Still living as of 2012.
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Robert S. Gelbard (b. 1944) —
of Washington.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1944.
Served in the Peace Corps; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Ambassador to Bolivia, 1988-91; Indonesia, 1999-2001; lobbyist.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Polin Gray (b. 1945) —
also known as James P. Gray; Jim Gray —
of Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
14, 1945.
Served in the Peace Corps; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1989-2009; candidate in
Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from California 46th District, 1998; Libertarian
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 2004; Libertarian candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2012; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California.
Still living as of 2020.
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Tony Patrick Hall (b. 1942) —
also known as Tony P. Hall —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, January
16, 1942.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; real estate
agent; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1969-72; member of Ohio
state senate, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1979-2002; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1996
(speaker),
2000.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Paul Brentwood Henry (1942-1993) —
also known as Paul B. Henry —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Rockford, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 9,
1942.
Republican. Served in the Peace Corps; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1975-78; appointed 1975; resigned 1978;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1976;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 91st District, 1979-82; member of
Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1983-85; resigned 1985; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1985-93 (5th District 1985-93, 3rd
District 1993); died in office 1993.
Christian
Reformed.
Died July 31,
1993 (age 51 years, 22
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Gregory J. Hobbs Jr. (b. 1944) —
of Colorado.
Born in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., December
15, 1944.
Served in the Peace Corps; lawyer; law
clerk for Judge William
E. Doyle, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1971-72; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1996-2015; appointed 1996; retired
2015.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif.
Still living as of 2015.
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Michael M. Honda (b. 1941) —
also known as Mike Honda —
of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Walnut Grove, Solano
County, Calif., June 27,
1941.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; member of California
state assembly, 1996-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from California 15th District, 2001-; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 2008.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2014.
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Quintin Mecke (b. 1972) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Fort Washington, Montgomery
County, Pa., December, 1972.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 2007.
Still living as of 2007.
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James Powers Moody (1935-2019) —
also known as James P. Moody; Jim Moody —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Richlands, Tazewell
County, Va., September
2, 1935.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; university
professor; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1977-78; member of Wisconsin
state senate 9th District, 1979-82; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1983-93.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
22, 2019 (age 83 years, 201
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Brian Patrick Moore (b. 1943) —
also known as Brian P. Moore —
of Washington,
D.C.; Spring Hill, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born June 8,
1943.
Served in the Peace Corps; candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1990 (Independent), 1994 (Republican
primary), 1998 (Independent); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 5th District, 2002; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2006; Socialist candidate for President
of the United States, 2008.
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Relatives: Son
of Nicholas Moore and Rose (Cunningham) Moore; married 2003 to Peggy
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Thomas J. Murphy (b. 1944) —
also known as Tom Murphy —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born August
15, 1944.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 17th District, 1981; mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1994-2006; defeated in primary, 1989;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996
(speaker),
2000,
2004;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Andrew Nichols (c.1937-2001) —
also known as Andy Nichols —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born about 1937.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; physician;
medical
school professor; member of Arizona
state house of representatives 13th District, 1993-2000; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 2000;
member of Arizona
state senate 13th District, 2001; died in office 2001.
Disciples
of Christ.
Suffered a heart
attack, collapsed in his office
at the Arizona State Senate office building, and was pronounced dead
on arrival at St. Joseph's Hospital,
Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April
19, 2001 (age about 64
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Joseph O'Brien (b. 1930) —
also known as Lawrence J. O'Brien; Larry
O'Brien —
of Syosset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Queens Village, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., May 5,
1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
candidate for New York
state senate 3rd District, 1962; served in the Peace Corps.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2002.
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Thomas Evert Petri (b. 1940) —
also known as Thomas E. Petri; Tom Petri —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Marinette, Marinette
County, Wis., May 28,
1940.
Republican. Served in the Peace Corps; lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 2nd District, 1973-79; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1974; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1979-.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Davison Rockefeller IV (b. 1937) —
also known as Jay Rockefeller —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 18,
1937.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1967-68;
secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1969-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1972
(alternate), 1976
(alternate), 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1977-85; defeated, 1972; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1985-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Trilateral
Commission.
Still living as of 2014.
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Hugh Edwin Rodham (b. 1950) —
also known as Hugh E. Rodham —
of Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in 1950.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1994.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 2011.
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Richard Allan Roth —
of Michigan.
Served in the Peace Corps; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Ambassador to Senegal, 2002-05; Guinea-Bissau, 2002-.
Still living as of 2005.
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Brenda Brown Schoonover (b. 1939) —
also known as Brenda Schoonover —
of Maryland.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., 1939.
Served in the Peace Corps; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Ambassador to Togo, 1997-2000.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Joe Serna Jr. (c.1939-1999) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif., about 1939.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; college
professor; mayor
of Sacramento, Calif., 1993-99; died in office 1999; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1996.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died of kidney
cancer and complications of diabetes,
in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., November
7, 1999 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Donna Edna Shalala (b. 1941) —
also known as Donna E. Shalala —
of Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
14, 1941.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; university
professor; president,
Hunter College, City University of New York, 1980-88; chancellor,
University of Wisconsin, 1988-92; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1993-2001; president,
University of Miami, 2001-15; U.S.
Representative from Florida 27th District, 2019-.
Female.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; American
Federation of Teachers.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2011.
Still living as of 2019.
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Christopher Hunter Shays (b. 1945) —
also known as Chris Shays —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
18, 1945.
Republican. Served in the Peace Corps; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1975-87; candidate for mayor
of Stamford, Conn., 1983; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1987-.
Christian
Scientist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Alphonso Taft III (b. 1942) —
also known as Bob Taft —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
8, 1942.
Republican. Served in the Peace Corps; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1977-81; Hamilton
County Commissioner, 1981-90; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1986; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1991-99; Governor of
Ohio, 1999-2007; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 2004;
in 2005, he pleaded no
contest to four misdemeanors involving failure
to disclose gifts, and was fined
$4,000; subsequently reprimanded
by the Ohio Supreme Court.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Paul Efthemios Tsongas (1941-1997) —
also known as Paul E. Tsongas —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
14, 1941.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1979-85; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1992.
Greek
ancestry.
Died of liver
damage caused by cancer
treatment, and pneumonia,
at Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
18, 1997 (age 55 years, 339
days).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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R. Barrie Walkley (b. 1944) —
of Gasquet, Del Norte
County, Calif.
Born in 1944.
Served in the Peace Corps; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Ambassador to Guinea, 2001-04; Gabon, 2004-Sao Tome & Principe, 2004-.
Still living as of 2006.
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James Thomas Walsh (b. 1947) —
also known as James T. Walsh —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., June 19,
1947.
Republican. Served in the Peace Corps; business
executive; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1989-2009 (27th District 1989-93,
25th District 1993-2009).
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Michael Delavan Ward (b. 1951) —
also known as Mike Ward —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., January
7, 1951.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 34th District, 1989-93; defeated,
1987; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1995-97; defeated,
1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1996.
Still living as of 2002.
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Marilyn Weisner —
also known as Marilyn Hogan —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1980.
Female.
Still living as of 1980.
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Thomas J. Weisner —
also known as Tom Weisner —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1996;
mayor
of Aurora, Ill., 2007-.
Member, Urban
League.
Still living as of 2011.
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Thomas Westerman Wolf (b. 1948) —
also known as Tom Wolf —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., November
17, 1948.
Democrat. Served in the Peace Corps; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 2015-.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2016.
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Relatives: Son
of William Trout Wolf and Cornelia Rohlman (Westerman) Wolf; married
1975 to
Frances Donnelly. |
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Michael E. Wooley —
Served in the Peace Corps; lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 2007.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Optimist
Club.
Still living as of 2007.
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