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Lawrence University

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1847 as the Lawrence Institute by William Harkness Sampson and Henry R. Colman, in 1913 became Lawrence College, and in 1964 Lawrence University.

Location:
Appleton, WI

Founding Date:
1847

Motto:
Veritas et Lux

Enrollment:
1250

Official Website:
http://www.lawrence.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Robert C. Buchanan
Business
13-May-1940   CEO of Fox River Paper, 1980-2005
Richard C. Bush III
Government
c. 1947   Former Chair, American Institute in Taiwan
Louis B. Butler, Jr.
Judge
15-Feb-1952   Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
Shaun E. Donnelly
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, 1997-2000
Edna Ferber
Novelist
15-Aug-1885 16-Apr-1968 Show Boat and Giant
Walter S. Goodland
Politician
22-Dec-1862 12-Mar-1947 Governor of Wisconsin, 1943-47
Jeffrey Jones
Actor
28-Sep-1946   Ferris Bueller's principal
Scott L. Klug
Politician
16-Jan-1953   Congressman from Wisconsin, 1991-99
Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr.
Business
1955   CEO of Baxter International, 1999-2004
Barbara Lawton
Politician
5-Jul-1951   Lt. Governor of Wisconsin
John A. Luke, Jr.
Business
24-Nov-1948   CEO of MeadWestvaco
Terry Moran
Journalist
9-Dec-1959   ABC White House Correspondent
David C. Mulford
Business
27-Jun-1937   US Ambassador to India, 2004-09
Campbell Scott
Actor
19-Jul-1961   The Spanish Prisoner
Janet Steiger
Government
10-Jun-1939 3-Apr-2004 FTC chairman, 1989-95
Thomas A. Steitz
Scientist
23-Aug-1940   Ribosomes

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard B. Parker
Diplomat
3-Jul-1923 7-Jan-2011 US Ambassador to Morocco, 1978-79
James Purdy
Author
17-Jul-1914 13-Mar-2009 Eustance Chisholm and the Works

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Robert C. Buchanan
Business
13-May-1940   CEO of Fox River Paper, 1980-2005
Mac Bundy
Government
30-Mar-1919 16-Sep-1996 National Security Advisor, 1961-66
James D. Ericson
Business
c. 1936   CEO of Northwestern Mutual, 1993-2001
Herb Kohler
Business
20-Feb-1939   Chairman and President, Kohler Co.
Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr.
Business
1955   CEO of Baxter International, 1999-2004
John A. Luke, Jr.
Business
24-Nov-1948   CEO of MeadWestvaco
Nathan M. Pusey
Educator
4-Apr-1907 14-Nov-2001 President of Harvard, 1953-71
Campbell Scott
Actor
19-Jul-1961   The Spanish Prisoner
Henry M. Wriston
Educator
4-Jul-1889 7-Mar-1978 President of Brown University, 1937-55


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