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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 ]
Edman Memorial Chapel at Wheaton College. Edman Memorial Chapel is an auditorium facility on the campus of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.Its primary purpose is as a chapel, though it is also used for numerous concerts and other large events.
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
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 ...
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]
A post office called Wheaton has been in operation since 1884. [6] Wheaton was designated county seat in 1886. [7] The city was named for Daniel Thompson Wheaton, a railroad surveyor. [7] One property in the city is listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Wheaton Depot, built circa 1906. [8]
James Wheaton (January 11, 1924 – June 9, 2002), was an American motion picture, stage, and television actor. Wheaton's credits include THX 1138 , Trouble Comes to Town and Sanford and Son . In the early 1950s, he moved from his native Mississippi to Los Angeles, where he found work in local radio productions.