Marion G. Coleman
It may be surprising to learn that a private company would build and fund a YMCA facility on its property just for the benefit of its employees. In the late…
Read MoreRuth Iona Lyster
There are some people who love to teach and others who love to learn. Iona’s life was filled with both, making her a beloved instructor throughout her 65-year career. The…
Read MoreWilliam Alexander Lamberton
The Lamberton lineage is linked to Ireland, but Bill’s parents arrived long before the potato famine of the 1840s that forced many to leave. Bill was the youngest of three…
Read MoreAnne Veronica Ward
Helen Keller was the first blind woman to graduate from a U.S. college. Just one year later, in 1905, the second blind woman to earn a degree was Anne Ward…
Read MoreRobert J. McClatchey, M.D.
“Healing the sick” was sometimes more luck than science in the mid-19th century. Robert grew up in a time and place where an alternative to “traditional” medicine known as homeopathy…
Read MoreArchibald Alexander Howell, M.D.
Archie was named after his grandfather who was also a physician. That man’s wife was the granddaughter of Colonel John Beatty who was taken prisoner during the Revolutionary War. He…
Read MoreAmos Llewellyn Pettingell
He was the son of New Englanders, born in Connecticut to a Congregational minister named John Hancock Pettingell. Amos was named after his grandfather, also a minister and a graduate…
Read MoreJohn Francis Maher
This ancient Irish surname is pronounced like Mars but without the letter “s.” John was given the name when he was born in Waterford, Ireland, but his father wasn’t there…
Read MoreFelix Emmanuel Schelling
Felix Schelling’s mother, Rose, was born in England and his father came from Switzerland. He too was named Felix, a music teacher, and they were married in Kentucky four years…
Read MoreDetlef M. Ferdinand Krogh, M.D.
To his colleagues and friends he was known as Fred but to his parents he was Detlef Marius Ferdinand Krogh. They were from Denmark but he and an older brother…
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