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<html> <head> <title>Spokane, WA</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Spokane, WA CITY Official Website: <a href="http://www.spokanecity.org/">http://www.spokanecity.org/</a> Chamber of Commerce: <a href="http://www.spokanechamber.org/" target=_blank>http://www.spokanechamber.org/</a>Visitors Bureau: <a href="http://www.visitspokane.com/" target=_blank>http://www.visitspokane.com/</a>Population: 195629 (2000 census)Founding Date: 29-Nov-1881County: <a href="/geo/862/000144430/">Spokane County</a> NEWSPAPERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Newspaper</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/media/877/000177346/">The Spokesman-Review</a></td></tr></table> SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/295/000110962/">Spokane Community College</a></td><td><center>1963</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/318/000108991/">Gonzaga University</a></td><td><center>1887</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/583/000111250/">Whitworth University</a></td><td><center>1883</center></td></tr></table> COMPANY HEADQUARTERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Company</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/228/000123856/">Potlatch Corporation</a></td><td><center>1903</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/520/000113181/">Sherman Alexie</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Business of Fancydancing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/113/000168606/">Dorrit J. Bern</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Charming Shoppes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/769/000121406/">Ryan C. Crocker</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Iraq, 2007-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/298/000205680/">Bob Crosby</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1993</tt></td> <td>The Bob Crosby Orchestra</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/728/000363636/">Malcolm R. Currie</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Hughes Aircraft, 1988-92</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/405/000349355/">Megalyn Echikunwoke</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1983</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Isabelle Tyler on The 4400</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/432/000044300/">David Eddings</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-2009</tt></td> <td>The Belgariad</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/465/000206844/">Ray Flaherty</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jul-1994</tt></td> <td>Redskins Coach, 1936-42</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/544/000056376/">Tom Foley</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-2013</tt></td> <td>Speaker of the House, 1989-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/354/000054192/">Nelson T. Hartson</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td>Solicitor of the IRS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/085/000038968/">Doc Hastings</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Washington, 1995-2015</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/284/000160801/">Paul Johansson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dan Scott on One Tree Hill</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/278/000022212/">Chuck Jones</a></td> <td><center>Cartoonist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-2002</tt></td> <td>Directed Bugs Bunny cartoons</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/370/000060190/">Kitty Kelley</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Controversial biogratrix</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/676/000099379/">Carolyn Kizer</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-2014</tt></td> <td>Yin: New Poems</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/626/000039509/">Jerry Lewis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, California 41st</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/722/000025647/">Darren McGavin</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-2006</tt></td> <td>A Christmas Story</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/837/000131444/">John McIntire</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jan-1991</tt></td> <td>Christopher Hale on Wagon Train</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/772/000166274/">Dan Monson</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Head Coach, Long Beach State</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/831/000023762/">Craig T. Nelson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Coach Hayden Fox on Coach</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/074/000039954/">George Nethercutt</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Washington, 1995-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/819/000350766/">Gale Page</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jul-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1983</tt></td> <td>Four Daughters</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/453/000162964/">Susan Peters</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1952</tt></td> <td>Random Harvest</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/848/000095563/">Debbie Rowe</a></td> <td><center>Relative</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Michael Jackson's ex-wife</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/818/000121455/">Bill Sheffield</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Alaska, 1982-86</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/616/000164124/">Tom Sneva</a></td> <td><center>Auto Racing</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Winner, 1983 Indianapolis 500</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/318/000167814/">Debra L. Stephens</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Washington Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/760/000110430/">Rollen Stewart</a></td> <td><center>Oddity</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Rainbow Man</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/869/000166371/">John Stockton</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Utah Jazz, 1984-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/844/000025769/">Julia Sweeney</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Oct-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Androgyne Pat on Saturday Night Live</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/905/000278071/">Verree Teasdale</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1987</tt></td> <td>A Midsummer Night's Dream</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/564/000030474/">Michael Winslow</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Man of 10,000 Sound Effects in Police Academy</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/938/000174416/">Clarence C. Dill</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1978</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Washington, 1923-35</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/243/000205625/">Frank Fontaine</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Aug-1978</tt></td> <td>Crazy Guggenheim</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/130/000208503/">Thomas H. Moodie</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1948</tt></td> <td>Governor of North Dakota, 1935</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/219/000130826/">Albert Salmi</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Mar-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1990</tt></td> <td>The Brothers Karamazov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/627/000397433/">Billy Tipton</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1989</tt></td> <td>Transgender bandleader</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=69515" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2017 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><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> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/360/000003351/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/360/3351/s3351.jpg" width=128> AIG-Grennberg Conections</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB 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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