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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
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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Mullins, James Joseph, 1914-2000
Bio: James J. Mullins was a small businessman who ran Mullins Roofing Company in Port Huron, Michigan.
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Morgan, George Allen, 1905-1997
Bio: George Allen Morgan (1905-1997) was a Foreign Service officer and diplomat from 1947 to 1969. His career in the Foreign Service included serving as first secretary of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, 1948 to 1950; service on the coordinating board…
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Moore, Joseph H., 1914-2006
Bio: Joseph H. Moore was an officer in the Unites States Air Force for 34 years, attaining the rank of Lieutenant General.
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Moore, John Cordell, 1912-
Bio: John Cordell Moore (b. 1912) was a lawyer and government official. He was a clerk to a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1939 to 1941, and he worked for the Office of Alien Property at the Department of Justice from 1947 to 1950.…
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Moller, William R.
Bio: William R. Moller was a military security officer in the United States Army in 1968. He was involved in the transfer of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s papers from Washington, D.C. to Austin, Texas. Moller was a resident of Plano, Texas in 1996.
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Moise, Edwin E., 1946-
Bio: Edwin E. Moïse is a professor of history at Clemson University.
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Minor, Michael, 1946-2008
Bio: Michael Minor, also known as Mike (b. David Michael Minor, April 21, 1946, Bowie, Texas-d. December 23, 2008, Kaufman County, Texas), lawyer, collector of historical documents and autographs. He attended Texas Christian University, Midwestern…
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Miller, Merle, 1919-1986
Bio: Merle Miller was born on May 17, 1919 in Montour, Iowa. He attended the University of Iowa from 1935 to 1938 and 1939 to 1940, and the London School of Economics from 1938 to 1939. From 1940 to 1941 he served as Washington correspondent for the…
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