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Born in Chicago William McCormick Blair Jr. Oct 24, 1916: Aug 29, 2015: U.S. Ambassador to Denmark (1961–1964) and U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines (1964–1967) Partner in the Chicago law firm Gerlach & O'Brien David Bohnett: Apr 2, 1956: Philanthropist and technology entrepreneur Born in Chicago John O. Butler: Businessman, dentist and ...
Preston began his career as a businessman for a manufacturing concern in Newark, New Jersey. [2] He left the business world after "amassing a comfortable fortune." [2] Preston was a professor of archeology at Princeton University in 1911–1912. [1] He also served as the president pro tem of Wells College in Aurora, New York. [1] [3]
Preston Gómez (born Pedro Gómez Martínez; April 20, 1923 – January 13, 2009) was a Cuban-born infielder, manager, coach and front-office official in Major League Baseball (MLB), best known for managing three major league clubs: the San Diego Padres (1969–72), Houston Astros (1974–75) and Chicago Cubs (1980).
Francis Preston Blair Jr. (February 19, 1821 – July 8, 1875) was a United States Senator, a United States Congressman and a Union Army major general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate , and was active in preventing the state of Missouri from being absorbed into the ...
John Fisher Preston Jr. (November 5, 1872 – July 1, 1960) was an American army officer who rose to the rank of Inspector General of the United States Army. His first conflict was the Spanish–American War serving in the 7th Infantry , and fighting in the Battle of San Juan Hill and Siege of Santiago .
Welcome to Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians.This is a memorial listing of English-language Wikipedians who have died. (Deceased Wikipedians who contributed in other languages are documented on their respective language wikis.)
Jim Cosman, 69, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs), Alzheimer's disease. [161] Richard Ben Cramer, 62, American journalist, author (What It Takes: The Way to the White House) and Pulitzer Prize winner , lung cancer. [162] Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias, 54, Portuguese Azorean historian and academic. [163]
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...