51 Notable alumni of
Lawrence University
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Lawrence University is 1388th in the world, 486th in North America, and 455th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 51 notable alumni from Lawrence University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jeffrey Jones
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Jeffrey Duncan Jones is an American actor, known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus (1984), Edward R. Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice (1988), Dr. Skip Tyler in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Eddie Barzoon in The Devil's Advocate (1997), and A.W. Merrick in both Deadwood (2004–2006) and Deadwood: The Movie (2019).
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Campbell Scott
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actorstage actorfilm director
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Campbell Scott is an American actor, producer and director. His roles include Steve Dunne in Singles, Mark Usher in House of Cards, Joseph Tobin in Damages, Richard Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Boris Kuester von Jurgens-Ratenicz in Royal Pains, as well as narration in The Men Who Built America.
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Kaja Kallas
- Occupations
- business undergraduatepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Kaja Kallas is an Estonian politician and diplomat. She was the first female prime minister of Estonia, a role she held from 2021 until 2024, when she resigned in advance of her appointment as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Since 2024, she has served as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission in the second von der Leyen Commission.
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Dominic Fumusa
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Dominic Fumusa is an American stage and screen actor known for starring in the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie.
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Lorena Hickok
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- journalistbiographer
- Biography
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Lorena Alice "Hick" Hickok was an American journalist and long-term friend and possibly romantic partner of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Edna Ferber
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- journalistplaywrightpoetscreenwriterwriter
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Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. She helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in 1922, into a play (Minick) and it was thrice adapted to film, in 1925 as the silent film Welcome Home, in 1932 as The Expert, and in 1939 as No Place to Go.
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Josh Sawyer
- Occupations
- video game developercomputer scientistvideo game director
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Joshua Eric Sawyer, more commonly known and credited as Josh Sawyer, J.E. Sawyer, or JSawyer, is an American video game designer, known for his work on role-playing video games.
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Marjorie Liu
- Occupations
- novelistlawyercomics writerwriterjurist
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Marjorie M. Liu is an American New York Times best-selling author and comic book writer. She is acclaimed for her horror fantasy comic Monstress, and her paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels including The Hunter Kiss and Tiger Eye series. Her work for Marvel Comics includes NYX, X-23, Dark Wolverine, and Astonishing X-Men. In 2015 Image Comics debuted her creator-owned series Monstress, for which she was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best New Series. In 2017 she won a Hugo Award for the first Monstress trade paperback collection. In July 2018 she became the first woman in the 30-year history of the Eisner Awards to win the Eisner Award for Best Writer for her work on Monstress.
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Terry Moran
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Terry Moran is an American journalist, currently Senior National Correspondent at ABC News. Based in Washington, D.C., Moran covers national politics and policy, reporting from the Trump White House, the Supreme Court, and the campaign trail for all ABC News programs. Previously, Moran served as ABC's Chief Foreign Correspondent from 2013 to 2018; as co-anchor of the ABC News show Nightline from 2005 to 2013; and as Chief White House Correspondent from 1999 to 2005.
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Thomas A. Steitz
- Occupations
- biologistchemistbiophysicistcrystallographeruniversity teacher
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Thomas Arthur Steitz was an American biochemist, a Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University, and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, best known for his pioneering work on the ribosome.
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David Oreck
- Occupations
- spokesperson
- Biography
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David Irving Oreck was an American entrepreneur, business salesman, and speaker. He founded Oreck Corporation, manufacturers of vacuum cleaners and air purifiers, and was known for his appearances in its television commercials.
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Richard C. Bush
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 78)
- Enrolled in Lawrence University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- writerpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Richard C. Bush III is an American political scientist, foreign policy analyst, and a specialist in China affairs. Since 2002, he has served as the director of Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies of the Brookings Institution, and concurrently as the inaugural Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies.
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Jennifer Baumgardner
- Occupations
- writerwomen's rights activistfilm producer
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Jennifer Baumgardner is a writer, activist, filmmaker, and lecturer whose work explores abortion, sex, bisexuality, rape, single parenthood, and women's power. From 2013 to 2017, she served as the Executive Director/Publisher at The Feminist Press at the City University of New York (CUNY), a feminist institution founded by Florence Howe in 1970.
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Pawo Choyning Dorji
- Occupations
- photographerfilm directorscreenwriter
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Pawo Choyning Dorji Druk Thuksey is a Bhutanese filmmaker and photographer. His feature directorial debut Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019) was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. His second film The Monk and the Gun (2023) was shortlisted for the Best International Feature Film for the 96th Academy Awards.
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John A. Kimberly
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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John Alfred Kimberly was an American manufacturing executive, a founder of Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin.
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Barbara Lawton
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Barbara Lawton is an American businesswoman and politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin who is the President and CEO of Americans for Campaign Reform. A member of the Democratic Party, Lawton was the 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. She became the first woman elected to the position in 2002, as the running mate of former Democratic Governor Jim Doyle. Lawton was re-elected on November 7, 2006. She was co-founder and Director of External Affairs for Issue One, a nonprofit whose goal is to reduce the influence of money in politics.
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Harry N. MacLean
- Years
- 1943-.. (age 82)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Harry MacLean is a writer and lawyer living in Denver, Colorado, who writes true crime books and won an Edgar Award for his book In Broad Daylight (1988).
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Bruce Iglauer
- Occupations
- music executive
- Biography
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Bruce Iglauer is an American businessman and record producer who founded Alligator Records as an independent record label featuring blues music.
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Jose Luis Romero Hicks
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- businesspersonpoliticianlawyer
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José Luis Romero Hicks is a private legal, economic and financial consultant and managing partner of the law firm Romero Hicks & Galindo. He is also a member of the Mexican Council on Foreign Affairs.
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Alanna Heiss
- Occupations
- exhibition curator
- Biography
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Alanna Heiss is the Founder and Director of Clocktower Productions, a non profit arts organization, online radio station, and program partnership with six cultural institutions in three boroughs in New York. She founded The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc. in 1971, an organization focused on using abandoned and underutilized New York City buildings for art exhibitions and artists' studios, of which P.S.1 was a part. She served as the director of P.S.1 and its later incarnation, the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA PS1) from its founding in 1976 until her retirement in 2008. She is recognized as one of the originators of the alternative space movement.
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Tom Neff
- Occupations
- university teacherscreenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
- Biography
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Thomas Linden Neff -, known as Tom Neff, is an American film executive, director and producer, born in Chicago, Illinois. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Tom Zoellner
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Tom Zoellner is an American author and journalist. He is the author of popular non-fiction books which take multidimensional views of their subject. His work has been widely reviewed and has been featured on The Daily Show. His 2020 book Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire was a finalist for the Bancroft Prize in history and in 2021 won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.
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Scott L. Klug
- Enrolled in Lawrence University
- In 1975 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianjournalistnews presenterbusinesspersonvice president
- Biography
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Scott Leo Klug is an American lobbyist, author, and businessman, as well as a former politician and television reporter. From 1991 to 1999, he was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin, representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district.
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Walter Samuel Goodland
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Walter Samuel Goodland was an American lawyer and politician and the 31st Governor of Wisconsin. He was a member of the Republican Party and attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.
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Kathleen Krull
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writer
- Biography
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Kathleen Krull was an author of children's books and a former book editor.
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Robert J. Gamble
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Robert Jackson Gamble was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph A. Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble, members of South Dakota's prominent Gamble family.
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Eben E. Rexford
- Occupations
- horticulturistpoetwriterfloriculturistlyricist
- Biography
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Eben Eugene Rexford was an American writer and poet, and author of lyrics to popular and gospel songs.
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Justus Henry Nelson
- Years
- 1850-1937 (aged 87)
- Occupations
- missionary
- Biography
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Justus Henry Nelson established the first Protestant church in the Amazon basin and was a self-supporting Methodist missionary in Belém, Pará, Brazil for 45 years.
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Donald W. Sweeting
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- pastor
- Biography
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Donald William Sweeting is an American university chancellor, educator, professor, and ordained pastor. He is currently the chancellor of Colorado Christian University, having previously served as the school's president from 2016-2022, and before that as president of Reformed Theological Seminary, in Orlando, Florida.
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Jon Richards
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Jonathan David Richards is an American attorney, judge, and Democratic politician. He currently serves as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County, since his appointment on September 22, 2020, by Governor Tony Evers. He previously represented Milwaukee for 16 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a candidate for Attorney General of Wisconsin in 2014.
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David Mulford
- Occupations
- diplomatbanker
- Biography
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David Campbell Mulford is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to India from February 23, 2004 to January 15, 2009, and served as Vice-Chairman International of Credit Suisse from 2009 to 2016. He is currently a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, focusing on research, writing, and activities related to global economic integration, including the legal and political environments of trade agreements and their management. He also concentrates his efforts on economic growth in the Indian subcontinent and the trend of receding globalization in developed economies.
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Carl Wood Riddick
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- politicianjournalisteditor
- Biography
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Carlos Wood Riddick was an American politician and businessman. He served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana's 2nd congressional district.
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Lester Johnson
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Lester Roland Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
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Melvin Baldwin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Melvin Riley Baldwin was an American railroad engineer and Democratic politician. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives, representing Minnesota in the Fifty-third Congress. Earlier, he served in the Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac through most of the American Civil War.
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William Warner
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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William Warner was an American lawyer and politician based in Kansas City, Missouri. He became mayor of Kansas City in 1871, serving a one year term. He later represented Missouri in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
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John Rankin Gamble
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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John Rankin Gamble was a lawyer and politician from South Dakota. He was born in Alabama, New York in 1848, and was the brother of Robert J. Gamble and uncle of Ralph Abernethy Gamble.
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James A. Frear
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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James Archibald Frear was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
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Walter North
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Walter North is an American diplomat. He served as the United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu between 2012 and 2016. He began his service as ambassador on December 4, 2012.
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Webster Everett Brown
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Webster Everett Brown was a U.S. representative from Wisconsin.
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Thomas R. Hudd
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Thomas Richard Hudd was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from northeast Wisconsin. He served three years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 5th congressional district from 1886 to 1889. He previously served 10 years in the Wisconsin Senate and two years in the State Assembly, and served various local offices.
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John S. Mills
- Years
- 1906-1996 (aged 90)
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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John S. Mills, was a major general in the United States Air Force. He attended Lawrence College.
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Julia Colman
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Julia Colman was an American temperance educator, activist, editor and writer of the long nineteenth century. She served as superintendent of literature in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
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John Miller Baer
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- politician
- Biography
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John Miller Baer was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota.
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Louise Manning Hodgkins
- Occupations
- journalisteditor
- Biography
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Louise Manning Hodgkins was an American educator, author, and editor from Massachusetts. After completing her studies at Pennington Seminary and Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy, she became a teacher and preceptress at Lawrence College, before receiving a Master of Arts degree from that institution in 1876. She taught at Wellesley College for over a decade before turning her attentions to writing and editing. Her main works included Nineteenth Century Authors of Great Britain and the United States, Study of the English Language, and Via Christi. She served as editor of The Heathen Woman's Friend, the first organ of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and also edited Milton lyrics: L'allegro, Il penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas and Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum. She died in 1935.
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William Baer
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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William Joseph Baer is an American lawyer who served as the Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division under the administration of President Barack Obama. He is a partner at the American law firm Arnold & Porter, where he works in antitrust law and white collar defense. Since January 2020, Baer has been a visiting fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.
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James O'Neill
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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James O'Neill was an American lawyer, jurist, and Republican politician. He served 24 years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in western Wisconsin. Earlier, he had served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Clark County.
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Melvin H. Schlytter
- Years
- 1890-1959 (aged 69)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Melvin H. Schlytter was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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Duncan McGregor
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Duncan McGregor was an American politician and educator.
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Leslie Joan Baier
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Leslie Joan Baier is an American scientist. She is a senior investigator in diabetes molecular genetics at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
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Angie F. Newman
- Occupations
- lecturerwriter
- Biography
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Angie F. Newman was an American social reform activist who worked as a lecturer, temperance leader, and writer during the long nineteenth century. She served as Superintendent of Jails and Prisons, and also of flower mission work for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU); and as Vice-president General of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was an acting member of the National Council of Women and the Woman's Relief Corps. Newman was the first woman delegate ever elected to the Quadrennial General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). She was appointed Western Secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the MEC and also worked for the MEC's National Home Missionary Society.
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Walter E. Garrey
- Occupations
- physiologist
- Biography
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Walter Eugene Garrey was an American physiologist and department head of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He was known especially for his studies of the heart. He served as president of the American Physiological Society in 1938 and 1939.
