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<html> <head> <title>Davenport, IA</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> Davenport, IA CITY Official Website: <a href="http://www.cityofdavenportiowa.com/">http://www.cityofdavenportiowa.com/</a> Population: 98359 (2000 census)Founding Date: 1836County: <a href="/geo/774/000142348/">Scott County</a> SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/605/000201999/">Hamilton Technical College</a></td><td><center>1969</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/601/000166103/">Marycrest International University</a></td><td><center>1939</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/603/000201997/">Kaplan University</a></td><td><center>1937</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/610/000202004/">Palmer College of Chiropractic</a></td><td><center>1897</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/479/000082233/">St. Ambrose University</a></td><td><center>1882</center></td></tr></table> MUSEUM <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Museum</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/095/000124720/">Figge Art Museum</a></td><td><center>2005</center></td></tr></table> COMPANY HEADQUARTERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Company</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/917/000124545/">Lee Enterprises</a></td><td><center>1890</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/489/000082243/">Henry Carter Adams</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1851</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1921</tt></td> <td>Public Debts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/106/000350053/">Patricia Barry</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-2016</tt></td> <td>Character actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/162/000115814/">Bix Beiderbecke</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Aug-1931</tt></td> <td>Celebrated jazz cornetist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/562/000023493/">Lara Flynn Boyle</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Mar-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Wayne's World</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/340/000025265/">Roger Craig</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former San Francisco 49ers RB</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/828/000166330/">Bill Fitch</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Longtime NBA and NCAA coach</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/353/000136942/">John Getz</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Blood Simple</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/691/000114349/">Susan Glaspell</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1948</tt></td> <td>Provincetown Players</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/623/000039506/">Jim Leach</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Iowa, 1977-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000110559/">Sue Lyon</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lolita</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/249/000063060/">Stuart Margolin</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Angel Martin on The Rockford Files</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/508/000177974/">Donald C. Nebergall</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Brenton Bank & Trust</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/636/000135231/">Mary Beth Peil</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Evelyn Ryan on Dawson's Creek</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/201/000277367/">Nat Pendleton</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1967</tt></td> <td>At the Circus</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/931/000119574/">Linnea Quigley</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/418/000079181/">Charles Edward Russell</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Sep-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1941</tt></td> <td>The Greatest Trust in the World</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/295/000177761/">Randy Shilts</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1994</tt></td> <td>Chronicler of AIDS, biographer of Harvey Milk</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/262/000129872/">Michael Sitrick</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Sitrick and Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/768/000120408/">Joan Spero</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Under Secretary of State, 1993-97</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/657/000026579/">Cary Grant</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1986</tt></td> <td>North by Northwest</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=69268" 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/581/000000581/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/581/581/s581.jpg" width=128> NPR mostly unconnected to CPB</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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