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Mark S. Inch (born 1960), retired US Army Major General and ninth Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (2017–2018); graduate of Wheaton College; son of Morris Inch, Wheaton Professor [4] Robert James Miller (1983–2008), US Army Special Forces staff sergeant; Medal of Honor recipient; graduate of Wheaton North High School [5]
Wheaton is also the North American headquarters for the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which moved into its new home in June 1946. [ 56 ] On March 18, 2002, St. Michael Catholic Church in downtown Wheaton was destroyed by arson by a Wheaton resident and parishioner, Adam Palinski, now serving 39 years in prison. [ 57 ]
Warren L. Wheaton was born in Pomfret, Connecticut on March 6, 1812, to James and Nancy Lyon Wheaton, both natives of New England.Wheaton's family was descended from Reformed Baptist Puritans from the United Kingdom, who helped found the First Baptist Church in Massachusetts and who were sympathetic to Roger Williams.
Meanwhile, the present-day Rez building in Wheaton began as a 70,000-square-foot warehouse. Working to a design by Skiffington Architects, Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering created a truss using existing roof framing and two existing interior columns to expand the column-free sanctuary space in the warehouse from the pre-existing 38 ...
Born and lived entire life in Chicago metropolitan area. [8] Barbara Acklin (1943–98), singer. Came to Illinois aged five and resided until her death. [9] Ron Acks (1944–living), NFL linebacker 1968–76. Acks was born, attended high school and college in Illinois. [10] Valdas Adamkus (1926–living), president of Lithuania 1998–2009 ...
Edward Breathitte Sellers, 1866 – first Wheaton College graduate of color; Timothy Stoen, 1960 – member of Peoples Temple; Jonestown defector [11] Dave Theurer – game designer; created Missile Command and Tempest for Atari; R. Timothy Ziemer – Navy admiral and global health expert
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare is a not-for-profit, Catholic health care system and housing organization sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, of Wheaton, Illinois. The system became a subsidiary of Ascension Health when the two merged in 2015.
Wheaton offers a liberal arts education leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree in more than 100 majors and minors. Students are permitted to work with faculty members to design self-declared majors. Wheaton College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. [23] The most popular majors, based on 2021 graduates, were: [24]