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Rawls, Palmer Harrison, 1893-1967

Bio: Palmer Harrison Rawls (b. June 10, 1893, Rock Hill, South Carolina-d. November 7, 1967, Rock Hill, South Carolina), soldier. He was a member of Battery C, 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery in the United States Army and fought in France during…

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Ransom, Harry Huntt, 1908-1976

Bio: Harry Huntt Ransom (1908-1976) was an educator and university chancellor at the University of Texas at Austin. He began teaching English at the University of Texas from 1935 to 1938, was assistant profession from 1938 to 1942, associate…

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Randolph, Paul Johnston, 1905-1990

Bio: Paul Johnston Randolph (b. September 5, 1905, Beason, Logan County, Illinois-d. November 20, 1990, Walton County, Florida), Illinois State Representative. He attended Lincoln High School, Millikin University, and the University of Illinois. He…

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Rainer, Vessie Thrasher, 1898-1987

Bio: Vessie Thrasher Rainer, also known as Mrs. R. A. Rainer, Sr. (b. Vessie Mae Thrasher, June 8, 1898-d. February 23, 1987, Butts County, Georgia), was a genealogist from McDonough, Henry County, Georgia. She married Robert Andrew Rainer in 1919.…

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Presnal, Ruthie Mae, 1925

Bio: Ruthie Mae Presnal, also known as Ruth (b. Ruthie Mae Gathright, August 12, 1925, Austin, Texas), resident of Austin, Texas. She graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in 1942 and married James K. Presnal.

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Powell, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Harrison), 1881-1960

Bio: Benjamin Harrison Powell, Sr. (1881-1960) was an attorney and friend of Lyndon B. Johnson. He had a private law practice in Texas, and also served as a judge for the 12th Judicial District and the Commission of Appeals, a branch of the Texas…

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Pirson, Jacques

Bio: Jacques Pirson was a professor at the University of Texas.

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Pfeiffer, Edward J., 1936-2006

Bio: Edward J. Pfeiffer, also known as Edward Janoskank Pfeiffer and Ede Janos Pfeiffer (b. May 5, 1936, Gyula, Hungary-d. March 15, 2006, Pasadena, California), was an author, professor, and resident of Arcadia and Pasadena, California. He attended…

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Peterson, W. M.

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Penning, Ann Cooper, 1922-2010

Bio: Ann Cooper Penning (b. Ann Elizabeth Cooper, June 20 1922, Grand Rapids, Michigan-d. 2010?, Malaga, Spain), lawyer. Penning attended the University of Michigan Law School, graduating in 1955. She worked as an administrative assistant to…

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Peden, Robert Franklin, Jr., 1911-2001

Bio: Robert Franklin Peden, Jr. (b. July 26, 1911, Fort Worth, Texas-d. February 3, 2001, Bay City, Texas), lawyer. He received his LL.B. from Cumberland University in 1933, and practiced law in Bay City, Texas beginning in 1934. Peden was also the…

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Patton, James Donald

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Patton, Eugenia Angier, 1909-1996

Bio: Eugenia Angier Patton (b. November 11, 1909-d. July 7, 1996) was the wife of Congressman Nat Patton, representative of the Seventh Congressional District of Texas from 1935 to 1945. She kept an extensive travel log of her journeys up and down…

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Patterson, Bradley H. (Bradley Hawkes), 1921-

Bio: Bradley Hawkes Patterson was born in 1921 in Newton, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1943 with A.B. and A.M. degrees. He worked as a teacher from 1943 to 1945, at the Cranbrook School for Boys in Bloomfield Hills,…

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Parton, Lee

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Parton, Edna Evelyn, 1906-1964

Bio: Edna Evelyn Parton was a resident of Marlin, Texas.

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Parry, Thomas L.

Bio: Thomas L. Parry was a resident of Raleigh, North Carolina in 1969.

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Parish, Elmer H., 1911-1985

Bio: Elmer Huel Parish (b. June 5, 1911-d. April 1985, Wichita Falls, Texas), was an attorney in Wichita Falls, Texas, and a supporter of Lyndon Johnson.

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Packer, Leo S., 1920-

Bio: Leo S. Packer (b. 1920) was an engineering executive, diplomat and consultant. He served as Assistant Postmaster General for Research and Engineering at the U.S. Postal Service from 1966 to 1969; director of technology policy and space affairs…

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Otting, Raymond Gustav, 1909-1965

Bio: Raymond Gustav Otting (b. December 19, 1909, Oklahoma-d. October 20, 1965, Austin, Texas), U.S. Post Office employee in Austin, Texas.

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Orso, Leo, 1908-1993

Bio: Leo Orso (b. February 27, 1908, Pennsylvania-d. May 10, 1993, Silver Spring, Maryland), owner of Orsonic Recording Services, founded in the mid-1950’s.

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Orfield, Gary Allan, 1941-

Bio: Garry Orfield is an author and professor of political science at UCLA.

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Oneal, Cora Maud, 1892-1999

Bio: Cora Maud Oneal was an author, historian, philanthropist, and gardener who served as the first Texas Highway Beautification Chairperson, the fourth president of the Texas Garden Club, and archivist and historian for the Texas Senate Ladies Club.…

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O'Marra, John L., 1920-

Bio: John L. O'Marra (b. 1920) was appointed Assistant Postmaster General for the Bureau of Facilities at the U.S. Postal Service in 1967.

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Oliver, Mary Belle, 1913-1981

Bio: Mary Belle Oliver, also known as Mary Belle Shindler (b. Mary Belle Goode, December 12, 1913, Lauderdale County, Alabama-d. May 23, 1981, Houston, Texas) was married to Will Henry Shindler; they had a son. She married Woodrow L. Oliver in 1973.…

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Okamoto, Yoichi R. (Yoichi Robert), 1915-1985

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Bio: Yoichi Robert Okamoto (b . 1915) was President Lyndon B. Johnson's official photographer.

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Ogden, Frank

Bio: Frank Ogden wrote Quest for Courtesy, and lived in Reigate, Surrey, England.

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Odom, Will Edward, 1899-1987

Bio: Will Edward Odom (b. March 1, 1899, Ardmore, Oklahoma-d. March 4, 1987, Austin, Texas) was chairman of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. Odom is interred in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin, Texas.

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O'Connor, Lawrence Joseph, Jr., 1914-1996

Bio: Lawrence Joseph O’Connor, Jr. was a government official and energy consultant who served as an assistant director in the Office of Oil and Gasin the Department of the Interior, as Commissioner of the Federal Power Commission, and as a vice…

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Novy, Jim, 1896-1971

Bio: Jim Novy (b. 1896, Knyszyn, Poland-d. 1971), moved to Austin, Texas, in 1913. He was a friend of Lyndon B. Johnson and a Zionist advocate to the Jewish people worldwide.

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Notti, Robert Wilkinson, 1919-2009

Bio: Robert W. Notti was an employee of H. L. Hunt and a worker for the Johnson for President campaign.

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Norwood, Gus, 1916-

Bio: Gus Norwood (b. 1916) was Administrator of the Alaska Power Administration in Juneau, Alaska, Department of the Interior, 1967 to 1971.

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Norwood, Bernard, 1922

Bio: Bernard Norwood was born November 21, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts. He received his undergraduate's degree from Boston University in 1947, and his Master of Arts degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1948, and his Doctor of…

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Noelke, Walter D. (Walter Dietrich), 1940-

Bio: Walter Dietrich Noelke (b. 1940) has been a professor of Political Science at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas since 1970. His research areas include political extremism, American political thought, and the American judicial process.

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Nixon, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Aaron), 1884-1966

Bio: Lawrence Aaron Nixon (1884-1966) was a physician and voting-rights activist from El Paso, Texas. In 1923, the Texas legislature passed a law prohibiting blacks from voting in Democratic primaries. In July 1924, with the sponsorship of the NAACP,…

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Nielsen, Thomas Harold, 1930

Bio: Thomas Harold Nielsen (b. November 7, 1930, Fullerton, California), was a real estate executive. He received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Washington in 1952, and a Master’s in Business Administration from…

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Nicholson, Ralph W., 1916-1995

Bio: Ralph W. Nicholson (1916-1995) was Assistant Postmaster General during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. President Kennedy put him in charge of installations and logistics at the Post Office Department in 1961, and he later took over…

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Netherton, Ross De Witt, Jr., 1918-2010

Bio: Ross DeWitt Netherton, Jr., (b. November 6, 1918-d. April 30, 2010, Arlington County, Virginia), lawyer, served with the Commission on Highway Beautification, the Federal Highway Administration and the Department of Transportation.

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Neale, Sina Virginia Bogy, 1916-2008

Bio: Sina Virginia Bogy Neale (b. Sina Virginia Bogy, May 7, 1916, Bridgeport, Texas-d. June 8, 2008, Wichita Falls, Texas) was a resident of Wichita Falls, Texas.

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Murphy, Richard J. (Richard James), 1929-

Bio: Richard James Murphy (b. 1929) was a government official and computer company executive active in the Democratic National Party. He served as Assistant Postmaster General from 1961 to 1969, was director and CEO of the Democratic National…

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