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Carpenter, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1888</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Feb-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President of DuPont, 1940-48</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/690/000084438/"><font size=-1>George Catlin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jul-1796</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Dec-1872</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Portraitist painted Native Americans</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/213/000280370/"><font size=-1>June Clayworth</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jun-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>At Sword's Point</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/034/000129644/"><font size=-1>Lawrence Coughlin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Apr-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Nov-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/231/000123859/"><font size=-1>Kenneth T. Derr</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Aug-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of Chevron, 1989-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/862/000209235/"><font size=-1>Henry M. Hoyt</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Attorney</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Dec-1856</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Nov-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Solicitor General, 1903-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/248/000130855/"><font size=-1>James Karen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Nov-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Return of the Living Dead</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/818/000084566/"><font size=-1>Franz Kline</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-May-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-May-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Abstract expressionist painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/734/000161251/"><font size=-1>Harley Jane Kozak</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jan-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>All I Want for Christmas</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/791/000055626/"><font size=-1>Edward B. Lewis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-May-1918</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jul-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Drosophila</i> researcher, Nobel laureate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/723/000032627/"><font size=-1>Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Feb-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Feb-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Barefoot Contessa</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/275/000025200/"><font size=-1>Mary McDonnell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Apr-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Stands With A Fist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/067/000099767/"><font size=-1>William D. Phillips</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Nov-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Trapped atoms with laser light</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/237/000130844/"><font size=-1>Michael Schoeffling</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1960</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Jake Ryan in <i>Sixteen Candles</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/048/000222379/"><font size=-1>Michael Whalen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jun-1902</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Apr-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Wee Willie Winkie</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=black><b>DEATHS</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/679/000207058/"><font size=-1>W. A. Boyle</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Labor Leader</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Dec-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-May-1985</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>UMW President, 1963-72</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/461/000365363/"><font size=-1>Daniel J. Flood</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Nov-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-May-1994</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1945-80</td> </tr> </table> <p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=69571" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright &copy;2017 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a><br><br><a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/766/000001763/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/766/1763/s1763.jpg" width=128><br><font size="-1" face="trebuchet ms">QinetiQ and InQtel</font></a><br><br><font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font></center></div><b class="b4f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b1f"></b><br clear=left><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><b class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">Bibliographies</b><p>NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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