Very incomplete list! | |  LeRoy Hagen Anderson (1906-1991) — also known asLeRoy H. Anderson — of Conrad,PonderaCounty, Mont.Born in Ellendale,DickeyCounty, N.Dak.,February2, 1906.Democrat.Rancher;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1947-48; member ofMontanastate senate, 1949-56, 1967; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Montana,1956;U.S.Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1957-61; defeated,1954; candidate forU.S.Senator from Montana, 1960.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Lions;Tau BetaPi;PiKappa Delta;AlphaChi Sigma;PiKappa Alpha;American Chemical Society.Died, in ahospitalat Conrad,PonderaCounty, Mont.,September25, 1991 (age85 years, 235days).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Bancroft (1875-1936) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Rockford (now part of Wilmington),New CastleCounty, Del.,May 18,1875.Democrat.Chemicalengineer;executive, Joseph Bancroft & Sonschemicalmanufacturing firm; director ofrailroadsandinsurancecompanies; candidate forGovernor ofDelaware, 1924.Quaker. Member,American Chemical Society;ThetaXi;Freemasons;Elks.Injured in afall downstairs, and died a few days later, frompneumonia,in the HomeopathicHospital,Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 6,1936 (age60 years, 354days).Interment atWilmingtonand Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del. | | Charles Harry Benedict (b. 1876) — of Lake Linden,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,September24, 1876.Democrat.Metallurgist;worked for copperminingcompanies;inventor,ammonia leaching process for copper; director, Federal ReserveBank ofMinneapolis, 1919-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1920,1928(alternate).Jewish. Member,American Chemical Society;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Joseph Benedict and Hannah (Goldsmith) Benedict; married,February4, 1902, to Lena Manson. |
| | Lloyd Campbell Bird (1894-1978) — also known asLloyd C. Bird — ofRichmond,Va.Born inHighlandCounty, Va.,August1, 1894.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate senate 43rd District, 1943-50; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Virginia,1944.Methodist.Member,Kiwanis;American Chemical Society.Died inChesterfieldCounty, Va.,April20, 1978 (age83 years, 262days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Albert Sprague Coolidge (1894-1977) — also known asAlbert S. Coolidge — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January23, 1894.Socialist.Chemist;candidate forsecretaryof state of Massachusetts, 1922; candidate forU.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1934, 1936.Member,American Chemical Society. Died in Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,August31, 1977 (age83 years, 220days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Frederic Shurtleff Coolidge and Elizabeth Penn (Sprague) Coolidge;married,September22, 1915, to Margaret Stewart Coit; first cousin once removed ofAlbertArnold Sprague. |
| | Allan R. Cullimore (b. 1884) — of South Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.,March 2,1884.Civilengineer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; Dean, laterPresident, Newark College of Engineering;delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,1947.Member,AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers;American ChemicalSociety;NewcomenSociety.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Cullimore and Mary Pearce (Joy) Cullimore; married,March25, 1912, to Edith Van Alst. |
| | Homer C. Fritsch (1894-1957) — of Grosse Pointe Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Piqua,MiamiCounty, Ohio,July 23,1894.Chemist;executive vice-president, Parke Davispharmaceuticalcompany;villagepresident of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, 1948-50;mayorof Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1950-57; died in office 1957.Member,American Chemical Society;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners.Collapsed and died in the lobby of the Ritz CarltonHotel,Montreal,Quebec,April8, 1957 (age62 years, 259days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Seabury C. Mastick (b. 1871) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; near Pleasantville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,July 19,1871.Republican.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1904;served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, WarnerChemicalCompany; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1921-22;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 26th District, 1923-34; defeated, 1934.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Elks;American BarAssociation;American Chemical Society.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1896 to AgnesE. Warner. |
| | Thomas Herbert Norton (b. 1851) — also known asThomas H. Norton — of White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Rushford,AlleganyCounty, N.Y.,June 30,1851.Republican.Chemist;newspapereditor;universityprofessor;librarian;U.S. Consul inHarput, 1900-05;Smyrna, 1905-06;Chemnitz, 1906-14.Presbyterian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;DeltaKappa Epsilon;American Chemical Society.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Robert Norton and Julia Ann Granger (Horsford) Norton;married,December27, 1883, to Edith Eliza Ames. |
| | Russell Wilber Peterson (1916-2011) — also known asRussell W. Peterson — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Portage,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.,October3, 1916.Republican.Textileresearcherfor du Pontchemicalcompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1964(alternate),1972(delegation chair);Governor ofDelaware, 1969-73; defeated, 1972.Unitarian.Member,American Chemical Society;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaXi;PhiEta Sigma.DiedFebruary21, 2011 (age94 years, 141days).Burial location unknown. | | H. Rivington Pyne (b. 1892) — of Far Hills,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January16, 1892.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1936-38;member ofNewJersey state senate from Somerset County, 1942-47;delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention from SomersetCounty, 1947.Member,American Chemical Society. Burial location unknown. | | Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999) — also known asGlenn T. Seaborg;Glenn TeodorSjöberg —Born in Ishpeming,MarquetteCounty, Mich.,April19, 1912.Democrat.Physicalchemist;universityprofessor; received theNobelPrize in Chemistry, 1951; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission,1961-71.Swedishancestry. Member,AlphaChi Sigma;American Chemical Society.Died in Lafayette,ContraCosta County, Calif.,February25, 1999 (age86 years, 312days).Cremated. | | Paul Harold Todd Jr. (1921-2008) — also known asPaul H. Todd, Jr. — of Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.Born in Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,September22, 1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; founded andled KalamazooSpiceExtraction Co. (now Kalsec); candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Kalamazoo County2nd District, 1961;U.S.Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1965-67; defeated,1962, 1966, 1974.Protestant.Member,AmericanEconomic Association;American Chemical Society.DiedNovember18, 2008 (age87 years, 57days).Burial location unknown.
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