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2018
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Harold Alden was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota back in 1903 to William and Harriet. He graduated from George Washington University with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics. He was also awarded the Ruggles Prize for excellence in Mathematics. He continued his education at John Hopkins Universi...
10/31/2018
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William Anderson was born in Walla Walla, Washington back in 1928 to Otto and Audrey. His father was a farmer while his mother had been an opera singer. His parents divorced when he was 15, he went to live with his mother moving to Seattle. He graduated from Lakeside School. Continuing his educat...
10/30/2018
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John West was born in Linlithgow, Scotland back in 1809. Sometime before 1849 he immigrated to Quebec, Canada working as a millwright. In 1849, he left his family and job for the California Gold Rush. A year later with little gold for all of his efforts he again moved to Astoria, Oregon working a...
10/29/2018
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Charles Fremont was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania back in 1899 to William and Hannah. His family moved to Washington, Pennsylvania in 1911. His father opened up a drug store later expanding it to a grocery store. Charles was an outstanding athlete at Washington High School. In 1920, he ...
10/28/2018
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Margaret Floy was born in New York City, New York back in 1871 to Francis and Elizabeth. She was the only child so to pass time she read, long before she started school. In school, she learned French and German. In 1886, she graduated from high school at 15. She entered Vassar College in Poughk...
10/27/2018
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Wesley Anthony was born in Baltimore, Maryland back in 1927. He graduated from high school in Washington, D.C. After graduation, he attended Howard University. In 1945, he was nominated for admission to the Naval Academy. One of his classmates Jimmy Carter would later become the 39th President of...
10/26/2018
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Thomas Augustus was born in Salem, Massachusetts back in 1854. Sorry I don’t have any more information about his childhood. I can tell you he worked as a bookkeeper and a carpenter before working with Charles Williams at a machine shop in Boston.Subsequently he was hired by a professor at Boston ...
10/25/2018
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George Louis was born in Kortrjik, Belgium back in 1871. He resided in Brussels attaining a degree in chemistry from the University of Bonn in Germany. Around 1897 he arrived in the United States taking up residence in New York. It was while in Central America around 1906 that he had an idea f...
10/24/2018
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Emily Warren was born in Cold Spring, New York back in 1843 to Sylvanus and Phebe. Her thirst for education was never-ending. She attended school at Georgetown Visitation Academy in Washington, D.C. in 1864, during the American Civil War she visited her brother and Met Washington. They married a ...
10/23/2018
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Edward Kirk was born in Ludlow, Vermont to Waters and Caroline. His family come to the American from England back in 1635. His great-grandfather fought in the American Revolution. He was educated in the public schools before moving to Three Oaks, Michigan in 1858. After reaching adulthood he w...
10/22/2018
