CITY

Population:
43123 (2000 census)

County:
Luzerne County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
King's College Pennsylvania	1946
Wilkes University	1933

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Bohm	Physicist	20-Dec-1917	29-Oct-1992	Particle physicist
Walter S. Carpenter, Jr.	Business	8-Jan-1888	2-Feb-1976	President of DuPont, 1940-48
George Catlin	Painter	26-Jul-1796	23-Dec-1872	Portraitist painted Native Americans
June Clayworth	Actor	9-Jun-1912	1-Jan-1993	At Sword's Point
Lawrence Coughlin	Politician	11-Apr-1929	30-Nov-2001	Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93
Kenneth T. Derr	Business	4-Aug-1936		CEO of Chevron, 1989-99
Henry M. Hoyt	Attorney	5-Dec-1856	20-Nov-1910	US Solicitor General, 1903-09
James Karen	Actor	28-Nov-1923		The Return of the Living Dead
Franz Kline	Painter	23-May-1910	13-May-1962	Abstract expressionist painter
Harley Jane Kozak	Actor	28-Jan-1957		All I Want for Christmas
Edward B. Lewis	Scientist	20-May-1918	21-Jul-2004	Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate
Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Film Director	11-Feb-1909	5-Feb-1993	The Barefoot Contessa
Mary McDonnell	Actor	28-Apr-1952		Stands With A Fist
William D. Phillips	Physicist	5-Nov-1948		Trapped atoms with laser light
Michael Schoeffling	Actor	10-Dec-1960		Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles
Michael Whalen	Actor	30-Jun-1902	14-Apr-1974	Wee Willie Winkie

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
W. A. Boyle	Labor Leader	1-Dec-1904	31-May-1985	UMW President, 1963-72
Daniel J. Flood	Politician	26-Nov-1903	28-May-1994	Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1945-80

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