100 Notable alumni of
Norwich University
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Norwich University is 986th in the world, 360th in North America, and 338th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Norwich 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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Wishnutama
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- journalistcreative directorinternational forum participantchief executive officer
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Wishnutama Kusubandio is a former Indonesian journalist. He was co-founder and CEO of NET. Mediatama Television, from founding on 18 May 2013 until his resignation on 22 October 2019. He served as Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy under Joko Widodo between 23 October 2019 and 22 December 2020.
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Lynda Bird Johnson Robb
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- politician
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Lynda Bird Johnson Robb is the elder daughter of the 36th U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. She served as chairwoman of the Board of Reading is Fundamental, the nation's largest children's literacy organization, as well as chairwoman of the President's Advisory Committee for Women. She is a magazine editor who served as First Lady of Virginia from 1982 to 1986, and as Second Lady of Virginia from 1978 to 1982. She is the oldest living child of a U.S. president, following the death of John Eisenhower on December 21, 2013.
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George Dewey
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- military officerwriter
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George Dewey was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained that rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War, with the loss of only a single crewman on the American side.
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Laurentino Cortizo
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- international forum participantpolitician
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Laurentino "Nito" Cortizo Cohen is a Panamanian politician who has served as the President of Panama since 2019. Previously, he served as President of the National Assembly and Minister of Agricultural and Livestock Development. Cortizo was also a member of the National Assembly between 1994 and 2004, serving a year as chamber president.
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Pierre Garçon
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- player of American football
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Pierre Andre Garçon is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Norwich University and Mount Union College, and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He also played five seasons with the Washington Redskins and two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers.
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Mike Brown
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- Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitionermixed martial arts fighter
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Mike Brown is an American mixed martial arts trainer and former fighter who is the head MMA coach for American Top Team. As a mixed martial arts fighter, Brown was a former WEC Featherweight Champion and also competed in the Featherweight division of the UFC before retiring in 2014 to become a full-time MMA coach. He is the head coach for many current UFC fighters, including Dustin Poirier, Alexandre Pantoja, Bo Nickal, Mateusz Gamrot and Renato Moicano.
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Nazanin Afshin-Jam
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- modelsingermusicianhuman rights activistbeauty pageant contestant
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Nazanin Afshin-Jam is an Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, author, public speaker and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Canada 2003. She is also president and co-founder of Stop Child Executions, as well as the founder of The Nazanin Foundation. She immigrated to Canada with her family in 1981 and is married to Peter MacKay, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
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Horatio Seymour
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- politicianlawyer
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Horatio Seymour was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 United States presidential election, losing to Republican Ulysses S. Grant.
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Frederick Townsend Ward
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- military personnel
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Frederick Townsend Ward was an American sailor and soldier of fortune known for his military service in Imperial China during the Taiping Rebellion.
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John N. Abrams
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- military personnel
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General John Nelson Abrams was a United States Army four-star general who commanded the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command from 1998 to 2002.
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Gideon Welles
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- journalistlawyerpoliticianeditor
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Gideon Welles, nicknamed "Father Neptune", was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, a cabinet post he was awarded after supporting Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election. Although opposed to the Union blockade of Southern ports, he duly carried out his part of the Anaconda Plan, largely sealing off the Confederate coastline and preventing the exchange of cotton for war supplies. This is viewed as a major cause of Union victory in the Civil War, and his achievement in expanding the Navy almost tenfold was widely praised. Welles was also instrumental in the Navy's creation of the Medal of Honor.
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Grenville M. Dodge
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- businesspersonexplorerpoliticianengineercivil engineer
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Grenville Mellen Dodge was a Union Army officer on the frontier and a pioneering figure in military intelligence during the Civil War, who served as Ulysses S. Grant's intelligence chief in the Western Theater. He served in several notable assignments, including command of the XVI Corps during the Atlanta Campaign.
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William Huntington Russell
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- politicianbusinessperson
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William Huntington Russell was an American businessman, educator, and politician. Notably, he was a co-founder of the Yale University secret society Skull and Bones, along with Alphonso Taft.
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Thomas Green Clemson
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- politiciandiplomat
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Thomas Green Clemson was an American politician and statesman, serving as Chargés d'Affaires to Belgium, and United States Superintendent of Agriculture. He served in the Confederate Army and founded Clemson University in South Carolina. Historians have called Clemson "a quintessential nineteenth-century Renaissance man."
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Alfred M. Gray, Jr
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- military officer
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Alfred Mason Gray Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1 July 1987 until his retirement on 30 June 1991 after 41 years of service.
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Ernest N. Harmon
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- modern pentathlete
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Major General Ernest Nason Harmon was a senior officer of the United States Army. He served in both World War I and World War II, and is best known for his actions in reorganizing the 1st Armored Division after the debacle in February 1943 at the Battle of Kasserine Pass during the Tunisian campaign.
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Connie Morella
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- diplomatpoliticianprofessor
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Constance Morella is an American politician and diplomat. She represented Maryland's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003. She served as Permanent Representative from the U.S. to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 2003 to 2007. She is on American University's faculty as an Ambassador in Residence for the Women & Politics Institute. She was appointed to the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) by President Barack Obama in 2010.
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Gordon R. Sullivan
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- military personnel
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Gordon Russell Sullivan was a United States Army general, who served as the 32nd Chief of Staff of the Army and as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sullivan also served as acting Secretary of the Army.
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Alvan E. Bovay
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- politicianlawyer
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Alvan Earle Bovay was an American politician and one of the founders of the Republican Party. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1859 and 1860, representing Fond du Lac County.
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Keith Aucoin
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- ice hockey player
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Keith M. Aucoin is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Carolina Hurricanes, Washington Capitals, New York Islanders, and St. Louis Blues.
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Allen Doyle
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- professional golfer
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Allen Michael Doyle is an American professional golfer. Though a talented golfer, Doyle elected not to turn pro after graduating from Vermont's Norwich University. He moved to the south where he owned and operated a driving range in Georgia. In his free time he played in elite amateur events, winning the Georgia Amateur and Sunnehanna Amateur several times each. At the age of 46, Doyle turned professional and had extraordinary success as a pro, winning three events on the Nike Tour and 11 events on the Champions Tour, including the U.S. Senior Open twice.
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Thomas Bragg
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- politicianlawyer
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Thomas Bragg was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 34th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1855 through 1859. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Cabinet. He was the older brother of General Braxton Bragg. They were direct descendants of Thomas Bragg (1579–1665) who was born in England and settled in the Virginia Colony.
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Truman Seymour
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- military officerpainter
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Truman Seymour was a career soldier and an accomplished painter. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of major general. He was present at the Battle of Fort Sumter. He commanded the Union troops at the Battle of Olustee, the only major Civil War battle fought in Florida.
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Edward H. Brooks
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- military personnel
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Lieutenant General Edward Hale Brooks was a highly decorated senior officer of the United States Army, a veteran of both World War I and World War II, who commanded the U.S. Second Army during the Korean War. He received the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for heroism as a junior officer in World War I and, remaining in the army during the interwar period, rose to command the 2nd Armored Division during the Battle of Normandy as well as VI Corps during the subsequent defeat of German forces in World War II.
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James Van Ness
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- politicianlawyer
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James Van Ness was an American politician who served as the 6th Mayor of San Francisco from 1855 to 1856.
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Kenneth Cooper Alexander
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- politician
- Biography
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Kenneth Cooper Alexander is an American politician currently serving as mayor of Norfolk, Virginia.
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George W. Clinton
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- lawyerpoliticianbotanistjudge
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Hon. George William Clinton was a New York lawyer, politician, judge, author, and amateur naturalist. He served as mayor of Buffalo, New York from 1842 to 1843.
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Horatio Wright
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- military officerengineer
- Biography
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Horatio Gouverneur Wright was an engineer and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He took command of the VI Corps in May 1864 following the death of General John Sedgwick. In this capacity, he was responsible for building the fortifications around Washington DC, and in the Overland Campaign he commanded the first troops to break through the Confederate defenses at Petersburg. After the war, he was involved in a number of engineering projects, including the Brooklyn Bridge and the completion of the Washington Monument, and served as Chief of Engineers for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Willie Johnston
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William J. Johnston was a drummer boy in Company D of the 3rd Vermont Infantry during the American Civil War. When his division was routed during the Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula Campaign of June to July 1862, he was the only drummer to come away with his instrument. His superiors considered this a meritorious feat, given that the regiment's other soldiers had thrown away their guns and equipment to lighten their loads as they retreated. As a result, he received the Medal of Honor in 1863; at age 13, he remains the youngest recipient of the award.
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Sharifa Alkhateeb
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- writer
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Sharifa Tahiya Alkhateeb was an American writer, researcher and teacher on cultural communication and community building for Islam and Muslims in the United States. She was involved in feminist causes, domestic violence prevention, as well as interfaith and educational organizations. She founded the first nationwide organization for Muslim women in the US and was the first woman to receive the Community Service Award from the Islamic Society of North America.
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William Rutherford Mead
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- architectengineer
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William Rutherford Mead was an American architect who was the "Center of the Office" of McKim, Mead, and White, a noted Gilded Age architectural firm. The firm's other founding partners were Charles Follen McKim (1847–1909) and Stanford White (1853–1906).
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Robert H. Milroy
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- military officer
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Robert Huston Milroy was a lawyer, judge, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War, most noted for his defeat at the Second Battle of Winchester in 1863.
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George Colvocoresses
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- military officerexplorer
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George Musalas "Colvos" Colvocoresses was a Greek-American Navy officer who commanded the Saratoga during the American Civil War. From 1838 up until 1842, he took part in the United States Exploring Expedition, which explored large regions of the Pacific Ocean.
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Isaac D. White
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- military personnel
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Isaac Davis White was a senior officer in the United States Army who commanded the U.S. Army, Pacific (USARPAC) from July 1957 to March 1961. He was commissioned in the cavalry in 1923 and went on to serve in World War II and the Korean War. Because of his extensive experience in tank warfare, at his retirement Armor magazine dubbed him "Mr. Armor".
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Frederick W. Lander
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- writerexplorermilitary officerpoetcivil engineer
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Frederick William Lander was a transcontinental United States explorer, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a prolific poet.
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David E. Quantock
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David E. Quantock is a retired Lieutenant General of the United States Army who served as Inspector General of the United States Army from 2014 to 2018.
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James H. Ward
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- military officer
- Biography
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Commander James Harmon Ward was the first officer of the United States Navy who was killed during the American Civil War.
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Edward Hatch
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- military officer
- Biography
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Edward Hatch was a career American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he became the first commander of the 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, a buffalo soldier regiment with African-American troops commanded by White officers.
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Robert F. McDermott
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- military officer
- Biography
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Brigadier General Robert Francis McDermott was the first permanent Dean of the Faculty at the United States Air Force Academy, and later served as Chairman and CEO of USAA. He is often referred to as the "Father of Modern Military Education" for his contributions to that field.
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Thomas A. Bussiere
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Enrolled in Norwich University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Thomas A. Bussiere is a United States Air Force general who has served as commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command since December 7, 2022. He most recently served as the deputy commander of the United States Strategic Command from 2020 to 2022. He attended St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont (1981), and was commissioned in 1985 through ROTC at Norwich University. Bussiere previously served, as Commander, Alaskan Command, United States Northern Command.
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Michael Dubie
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- military officer
- Biography
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Michael D. Dubie is a United States Air Force officer who attained the rank of lieutenant general while serving as the deputy commander of United States Northern Command from 2012 to 2015. From 2006 to 2012 he was Adjutant General of the State of Vermont, serving as the senior uniformed officer in the state responsible for the organization, training and equipage of the 4,000 members of the Vermont Army and Air National Guard. As adjutant general, he also served as inspector general, quartermaster general and head of the State Military Department, including Veterans Affairs.
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Ernest W. Gibson Jr
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- politicianjudgelawyer
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Ernest William Gibson Jr. was an American attorney, politician, and judge. He served briefly as an appointed United States Senator, as the 67th governor of Vermont, and as a federal judge.
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George P. Buell
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- military officer
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George Pearson Buell was an American civil engineer and soldier. He served as a Union Army general during the American Civil War, and remained in the United States Army following the conflict.
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James M. Burt
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- military personnel
- Biography
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James Montross Burt was a United States Army armor officer who received the Medal of Honor for his valor in the Battle of Aachen during World War II.
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Clarence Ransom Edwards
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- military officer
- Biography
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Major General Clarence Ransom Edwards was a senior United States Army officer, known as the first Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, and commander of the 26th Division in World War I.
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Kurtis McLean
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- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Kurtis McLean is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He currently serves as assistant coach for Kiekko-Espoo in the Finnish Mestis.
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Charles D. Drake
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- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Charles Daniel Drake was a United States senator from Missouri and Chief Justice of the Court of Claims.
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Shanti Sethi
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- soldier
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Shanti Sethi is an American naval officer and the only Indian-American woman and the 15th female officer to command a major US Navy combat warship. She commanded the guided missile destroyer USS Decatur from 15 December 2010 to May 2012. From 2021 to 2022, she served as the Navy's Senior Military Advisor to the Secretary of the Navy. From February 2022 until the Fall of 2022, she was detailed o the Office of the Vice President as Executive Secretary and Defense Advisor. She is now detailed to the National Security Council as Director for Talent Management and Recruiting.
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Ansel Briggs
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- politician
- Biography
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Ansel Briggs was an American pioneer who rose from a stagecoach driver to a member of the Iowa Territorial House of Representatives (1842–1846) and the first Governor of Iowa (1846–1850).
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Thomas E. G. Ransom
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- military officer
- Biography
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Thomas Edwin Greenfield Ransom was a surveyor, civil engineer, real estate speculator, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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Henry Stanton Burton
- Enrolled in Norwich University
- Studied in 1835
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Henry Stanton Burton was a graduate of West Point, a career American Army officer who served in the Second Seminole War, Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
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Caleb Lyon
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- politician
- Biography
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Caleb Lyon was Governor of Idaho Territory from 1864 to 1865 during the last half of the American Civil War.
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Edward Stanly
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Edward W. Stanly was an American lawyer and politician. He was a North Carolina politician and orator who represented the southeastern portion of the state in the United States House of Representatives for five terms. In 1857, Stanly ran for Governor of California, but lost to John B. Weller. Politicians of the mid-nineteenth century remarked that Stanly bore a strong physical resemblance to William H. Seward, though this resemblance lessened over time.
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Harry A. "Paddy" Flint
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- military personnel
- Biography
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Colonel Harry Albert "Paddy" Flint was an officer of the United States Army who served with distinction during World War II. Although at 56 years of age he was considerably older than was considered generally acceptable for field-grade front-line infantry officers, he is most known for leading the 39th Infantry Regiment from its service in Sicily from July 1943 until he was mortally wounded six weeks after the Normandy landings in June 1944.
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Cindy Jaynes
- Enrolled in Norwich University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- naval officer
- Biography
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Cindy Louise Jaynes is an American retired rear-admiral. An aeronautics maintenance specialist, she managed several programs relating to US Navy aircraft. Jaynes became the first female flag officer in Naval Air Systems Command when she was promoted to rear-admiral on 1 August 2012. She retired from the US Navy on 1 May 2016.
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Edward Dean Adams
- Enrolled in Norwich University
- 1861-1864 graduated with bachelor's degree
- In 1897 graduated with Master of Science
- In 1906 graduated with Doctor of Laws
- In 1908 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Edward Dean Adams was an American businessman, banker, power broker and numismatist. He was the president of Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company which built the first hydroelectric power plants in Niagara Falls, New York. The Adams Power Plant Transformer House is named after him. He was "conspicuously successful in corporate reorganizations". Adams appeared on the cover of Time magazine on May 27, 1929.
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Qi Xueqi
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- military personnel
- Biography
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Qi Xueqi was an anti-Japanese commander of the Kuomintang (KMT).
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Hiram Iddings Bearss
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- military officer
- Biography
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Hiram Iddings Bearss was an officer of the United States Marine Corps who received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Philippine–American War and the Distinguished Service Cross for his valor in World War I.
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Leonard F. Wing
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- military officerlawyer
- Biography
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Leonard Fish Wing Sr., nicknamed "Red", was a Vermont political figure and a division commander in the United States Army during World War II.
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William Little Lee
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- judge
- Biography
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William Little Lee was an American lawyer who became the first chief justice of the Supreme Court for the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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John A. Mead
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- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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John Abner Mead was a Vermont physician, businessman and politician who served as 47th lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1908 to 1910, and the 53rd governor of Vermont, from 1910 to 1912.
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Norman Cooling
- Enrolled in Norwich University
- Studied Russian
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Norman Lee "Norm" Cooling is a retired Brigadier General in the United States Marine Corps, who most recently served as the Assistant Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies & Operations, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps and who previously served a number of roles during deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom, notably as the battalion commander of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.
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John G. McCullough
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- politicianbusinesspersonlawyer
- Biography
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John Griffith McCullough was an American state legislator, businessperson and attorney. He served as Attorney General of California during the Civil War, and the 49th governor of Vermont from 1902 to 1904.
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Edward Curtis Smith
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- politicianbusinesspersonlawyer
- Biography
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Edward Curtis Smith was an American attorney, businessman, and politician from Vermont. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as the 47th governor of Vermont from 1898 to 1900.
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Edmund Rice
- Biography
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Edmund Rice was a soldier in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient who achieved the rank of Brigadier General.
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Samuel B. Pettengill
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- politicianwriterlawyer
- Biography
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Samuel Barrett Pettengill was a U.S. representative from Indiana, representing Indiana's 3rd congressional district and nephew of William Horace Clagett.
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Truman B. Ransom
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Truman Bishop Ransom was a Vermont educator and military officer who served as President of Norwich University and commander of a regiment in the Mexican–American War. He was killed at the Battle of Chapultepec.
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William Henry Wills
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- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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William Henry Wills was an American politician from the U.S. state of Vermont. He was the 61st lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1937 to 1941 and the 65th governor of Vermont from 1941 to 1945. In 1944, Wills was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.
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James Porter
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- military personnel
- Biography
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James Ezekiel Porter was one of General Custer's eleven officers killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand, and Porter was among the first verified casualties of the historic battle alerting the world to the demise of Custer's group. According to several historians, Porter led troops in a defensive action at the Little Bighorn. Porter also served in the American South during the Reconstruction Era, where, according to a comrade, he respectably served "Ku Klux" duty while the 7th Cavalry was charged with eradicating the Ku Klux Klan and illegal distilling.
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Samuel E. Pingree
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Samuel Everett Pingree was a lawyer, a U.S. politician of the Republican Party, and an American Civil War veteran who received the Medal of Honor.
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Arlie Pond
- Occupations
- baseball playermilitary physician
- Biography
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Dr. Erasmus Arlington "Arlie" Pond was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles from 1895 to 1898, as well as a doctor in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War and World War I.
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Donald E. Edwards
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Donald E. Edwards was an American military officer. He was most notable for his service as adjutant general of the State of Vermont from 1981 to 1997. The adjutant general is the senior uniformed officer in the state and responsible for the organization, training and equipping of nearly 4,000 members of the Vermont Army and Air National Guard. His position as Adjutant General also included appointment as Inspector General and Quartermaster General, and head of the State Military Department, including the Veterans Affairs office.
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George Partridge Colvocoresses
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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George Partridge Colvocoresses was a United States Navy rear admiral. He was the son of Captain George M. Colvocoresses, the adopted son of Captain Alden Partridge, founder of Norwich University in Vermont. George P. was a graduate of the Norwich University class of 1866 and led a distinguished military career.
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Bruce M. Lawlor
- Enrolled in Norwich University
- Graduated with Master of Science in national security studies
- Occupations
- military officerpolitician
- Biography
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Major General Bruce M. Lawlor (born January 24, 1948) is a retired United States Army officer. He is prominent as the first commander of Joint Task Force-Civil Support. In addition, he was one of five White House staff members who wrote the plan to create the Department of Homeland Security, and he was the first DHS Chief of Staff.
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W. Russell Todd
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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William Russell Todd was a United States Army major general who served as commander of the 1st Cavalry Division from 1976 to 1978. He graduated from Norwich University in 1950, and was the university's president from 1982 to 1992.
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Jonas M. Platt
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Jonas Mansfield Platt was highly decorated officer in the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general. A veteran of three wars, Platt is most noted for his service during Vietnam War as assistant division commander, 3rd Marine Division and commander of Task Force Delta. He was also a member of so-called "Chowder Society", special Marine Corps Board, which was tasked to conduct research and prepare material relative to postwar legislation concerning the role of the Marine Corps in national defense.
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Levi Knight Fuller
- Occupations
- politicianinventor
- Biography
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Levi Knight Fuller was the 44th governor of Vermont from 1892 to 1894.
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Samuel T. Wellman
- Occupations
- businesspersoninventor
- Biography
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Samuel Thomas Wellman, was an American steel industry pioneer, industrialist, and prolific inventor. Charles M. Schwab of Bethlehem Steel described Samuel T. Wellman as "the man who did more than any other living person in the development of steel". Wellman was a close friend of electrical pioneer George Westinghouse, and he was also president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers from 1901 to 1902.
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Charles A. Coolidge
- Biography
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Charles Austin Coolidge, Jr. was a United States Army soldier who served in the American Civil War, the American West, Spanish–American War, and in Asia before retiring in 1903 as a brigadier general.
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Jason R. Holsman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jason R. Holsman is a politician from the U.S. state of Missouri. He is currently a member of the Missouri Public Service Commission and a former member of the Missouri Senate for the 7th district in Jackson County.
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Brian Dempsey
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brian S. Dempsey is an American politician who represented the 3rd Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 2017. At the time of his resignation in 2017, he was the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Edward Bancroft Williston
- Enrolled in Norwich University
- In 1855 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Biography
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Edward Bancroft Williston was a brigadier general in the United States Army. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War.
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Portus Baxter
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Portus Baxter was a nineteenth-century banker, farmer, and politician from Vermont. He served three terms as a U.S. Representative from the state's 3rd Congressional District from 1861 to 1867.
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Horace Chapin Henry
- Occupations
- banker
- Biography
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Horace Chapin Henry was an early Seattle businessman and founder of the Henry Art Gallery and Firland Tuberculosis Hospital.
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Harry Bates Thayer
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Harry Bates Thayer, was an American electrical and telephone businessman.
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Dustin Allard Degree
- Years
- 1985-.. (age 39)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dustin Allard Degree is a politician from the city of St. Albans in the U.S. state of Vermont. A Republican, he represented St. Albans in the Vermont General Assembly during the 2011-2012 biennial session. Degree graduated from Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans in 2003, attended the Tilton School in 2004, and attended Norwich University and the University of Vermont. He worked in the office of Governor Jim Douglas.
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Ryland Fletcher
- Occupations
- politicianfarmer
- Biography
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Ryland Fletcher was an American farmer, politician, the 20th lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1854 to 1856, and then was the 24th governor of Vermont from October 10, 1856, to October 10, 1858.
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Henry Clay Wood
- Biography
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Henry Clay Wood was a career officer in the United States Army who attained the rank of brigadier general. A Union Army veteran of the American Civil War, he is most notable for his actions at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, which resulted in award of the Medal of Honor.
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Alonzo Jackman
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Alonzo Jackman was a Vermont educator and military officer. He is prominent for developing and implementing a system for receiving and training troops for the Union Army during the American Civil War, and for commanding troops on the Vermont border with Canada following the St. Albans Raid.
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Frank Liebel
- Occupations
- player of American football
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Frank Edward Liebel was a professional American football end/defensive back in the National Football League. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
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Jefferson P. Kidder
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Jefferson Parish Kidder was an American lawyer and jurist. He served as the non-voting delegate from the Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives. Kidder was the only Democratic lieutenant governor of Vermont until John J. Daley in 1965.
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Harold Denny Campbell
- Occupations
- United States Naval Aviator
- Biography
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Harold Denny Campbell was a United States Marine Corps major general who served in World War I and World War II. He is most noted for his service as an aviation officer who commanded the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing in the Pacific theater and on the staff of Lord Mountbatten during World War II.
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Alfred Marshall Bailey
- Occupations
- zoologistornithologist
- Biography
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Alfred Marshall Bailey was an American ornithologist who was associated with the Denver Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature and Science) in Colorado for most of his working life.
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Thaddeus M. Buczko
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thaddeus M. Buczko was an American politician who served as a Salem, Massachusetts city councillor, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as Massachusetts Auditor. Additionally, from 1981 to 1996, Buczko served as a justice of the Essex County Probate and Family Court; Buczko, retired in 1996.
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Dunbar R. Ransom
- Years
- 1831-1897 (aged 66)
- Biography
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Dunbar R. Ransom was a United States Army officer and veteran of the American Civil War. He is notable for having commanded Union Army artillery units throughout the conflict.
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Thomas O. Seaver
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Thomas Orville Seaver rose to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War and received the Medal of Honor, America's highest military decoration, for his actions at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. After the war Seaver was admitted to the Vermont bar and practiced law, serving as a judge for many years, until his death.
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Francis William Billado
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Francis William Billado was a Vermont attorney and military officer who served as Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard.
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Reginald M. Cram
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Reginald Maurice Cram was a United States Air Force officer who served as the adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard.
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George E. Bryant
- Occupations
- politicianjudge
- Biography
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George Edwin Bryant was an American lawyer, judge, and Republican politician. He served as a Union Army officer during the American Civil War and afterwards served as a brigadier general in the Wisconsin National Guard. He also served four years in the Wisconsin Legislature, representing Dane County, and was appointed Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Property by Governor Robert M. La Follette, serving from 1901 until his death in 1907.
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Theodore S. Peck
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Theodore Safford Peck was an American Civil War veteran who received the Medal of Honor. He also attained the rank of major general as Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard.
