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2021
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Milt Machlin was born in New York City, New York back in 1924. After just one year of college he enlisted in the United States Army serving in the Asia Pacific Theatre. After the war, he attended Brown University, continuing his education he earned a second from the Sorbonne in Paris.After grad...
08/31/2021
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James Grover McDonald was born in Coldwater, Ohio back in 1886. His parents operated a hotel moving to Albany, Indiana to operate a second one. He attended the Indiana University, Bloomington in 1909, completing a master’s degree in History, Political Science and International Relations 1910. ...
08/30/2021
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Eugene F. McDonald was born in Syracuse, New York back in 1886 to Frazier and Betty. Earning his money while a schoolboy reading electric meters. He quit school at the end of his sophomore year taking a factory job with the Franklin Automobile Company. He moved to Chicago in 1904 where he work...
08/29/2021
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Eleanor Josephine Macdonald was born in Somerville, Massachusetts back in 1906 to Angus and Catherine. He attended Radcliffe College graduating in 1928 with a A.B in music, history of literature and English. After graduation she performed as a professional cellist for four years. later she stu...
08/28/2021
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Catherine Macfarland was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania back in 1877 to john and Nettie. Her mother convinced her to get into the medical field. At the age of 16 she entered the University of Philadelphia in 1893 earing a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 1895. She continued her education ...
08/27/2021
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John Alexander Macdonald was born in Ramshorn parish in Glasgow, Scotland back in 1815 to Hugh and Helen. In 1820, the family moved to Kingston, Canada. In 1829, his father was appointed a magistrate for the Midland District west of Kingston. When he was 10 the family sent him to Midland Distr...
08/26/2021
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William Macewen was born in Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Scotland back in 1848. He studied medicine at the University of Glasgow, graduating with a medical degree in 1872. He helped revolutionize surgery by developing antisepsis, thus decreasing drastically the enormous mortality of surgical p...
08/25/2021
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Charles Blair Macdonald was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario to naturalized American parents. He grew up in Chicago. In 1872, he was sent to St. Andrews University, while there he took up playing golf with a vengeance. He returned to Chicago in 1874 becoming a stockbroker for the next 17 years.I...
08/24/2021
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Michael Francis Egan was born in Ireland back in 1761. He joined the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscan order) and studied at the Old University of Leuven and at Charles University in Prague. After graduation he received minor orders, subdiaconate and diaconate at Mechelen, Belgium. In 1785 he w...
08/23/2021
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Sandra Lea Lynch was born in Oak Park, Illinois back in 1946. After graduation from high school she attended Wellesley College where she received a B.A. in 1968. She continued her education receiving a J.D. for the Boston University School of Law in 1981. She was an editor of the Boston Univer...
08/22/2021
