Francis J. O’Malley (1909 - 1974)

Legendary professor of English at Notre Dame; mentor to    thousands of students. Cause of death: acute alcoholism

Berry O’Kelly (1970 - 1931)

Education Founder, Businessman. He was born in Orange County, North Carolina and was raised in Mason’s village. The small village had been founded at the end of the Civil War in April 1869 by Freedmen who sold lots in the 69-acre community to former slaves. His first job was in a general store in the […]

John D. O’Bryant (1931 - 1992)

Teacher. O’Bryant was the first African American to serve as a School Committee President. Born to a Pullman porter in 1931, he graduated from English High School and became a schoolteacher in 1954 and later a guidance counsel at his old high school. In 1979, with educator Mel King they founded the Roxbury Multi-Service Center […]

Shin Nukada (1970 - 1970)

Medical scholar. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

John Ignatius Nolan (1874 - 1922)

US Congressman. Educated at public schools, he worked as an iron molder, was a member of the board of supervisors for the City and County of San Francisco in 1911 and Secretary of the San Francisco Labor Council, in 1912. In 1913, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress and to the […]

Jinzo Naruse (1970 - 1970)

Prominent educator during the Meiji and Taisho eras. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Uho Nanma (1970 - 1909)

Scholar of classical Japanese studies. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Shigeru Nanbara (1970 - 1970)

Educator and political scientist. During his career, he also served as a president of Tokyo University. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Rikizo Nakajima (1970 - 1970)

Philosopher, ethicist. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Gentaro Nakajima (1970 - 1970)

A son of Chukuhei Nakajima and author, Gentaro Nakajima was serving as Japan’s Minister of Education at the time of his death. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Thomas Murray (1970 - 1623)

Tutor and later secretary ot King Charles 1st. Appointed Provost of Eton College in 1622. (bio by: David Conway)

Sensei Murakami (1970 - 1970)

Scholar. Specialized in Indian philosophy. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Dr Dale Mortensen (1939 - 2014)

Nobel Prize Winner. A longtime Northwestern University professor, he shared the 2010 Prize in Economics for the Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides model, a method of explaining the way in which ‘market frictions’, the mismatch between supply and expectations, can effect unemployment. The child of Danish immigrants, he was raised in north central Oregon, received his undergraduate degree from […]

Harold Marston Morse (1892 - 1977)

Mathematician. Morse is best known for his work in the advancement of topology and calculus. From 1935 to 1977 he taught at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. (bio by: K)

Zephaniah Swift Moore (1770 - 1823)

Educator, Religious Leader. He grew up in Wilmington, Vermont and attended Clio Hall, a private academy in Bennington. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Dartmouth College and became a Congregational clergyman, serving as Minister of the church in Leicester, Massachusetts for eleven years. Moore was a highly regarded religious leader, with several of his […]

Ernest C. Moore (1871 - 1955)

First provost of the University of California, Los Angeles (1919-1936). Namesake of ‘Moore Hall’ at UCLA. Later, president of the University of California (UC Berkley). (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Dorothea Rhoades Moore (1857 – 1942)* *Calculated relationship

Rabbi Judah Monis (1683 - 1764)

America’s first Hebrew instructor. He taught at Harvard University for 38 years, from 1722-1760. He was one of the earlist Jewish converts to Christianity in the United States. In 1735, he published the first Hebrew grammar textbook in North America. (bio by: Rich H.)  Family links:  Spouse:  Abigail Marrett Monis (1701 – 1760)* *Calculated relationship […]

Tatsukichi Minobe (1873 - 1948)

Scholar of constitutional law. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

James Millikin (1827 - 1909)

Founder of Millikin University and James Millikin National Bank, both in Decatur, Illinois.  Beginning as one of the first easterners to drive cattle west in the 1850s, James Millikin gradually became a respected livestock broker and a wealthy landowner.  In 1860, he divested his holdings to start the James Millikin National Bank, which remains a […]

Robert Andrews Millikan (1868 - 1953)

Physicist. Born in Morrison, Illinois, he was a doctor of physics and electronics scientist. As a scientist, he made numerous momentous discoveries in the fields of electricity, optics and molecular physics. In 1923, he was honored with the Nobel Prize for Physics for his study of the elementary electronic charge and the photoelectric effect. He […]

Sanji Mikami (1970 - 1970)

Historian. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Gen Troy Houston Middleton (1889 - 1976)

US Army Lieutenant General. Born in Copiah County, Mississippi, he was commissioned an officer in the US Army in 1912. In World War I, he was the youngest Colonel commanding combat American forces and was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for his actions in the Meuse-Arognne offensive. During World War II, he was Commanding […]

Jesse Mercer (1769 - 1841)

Religious Leader, Educator. He was the founder of Mercer University which was originaly located in Penfield, Georgia, later to be relocated in Macon, Georgia.  He started the “Christain Index” (formerly the “Christina Star”), and served as clerk of the Georgia Baptist Associaton from 1795 until 1816. In 1813 his hymnal, “The Cluster of Spiritual Songs” […]

Philipp Melanchthon (1497 - 1560)

Educator, Theologian. Born by the name of Philipp Schwarzerdt, after his father’s death he moved with his grandmother Elisabeth to Pforzheim, where he attended the Latin school. There he met Elisabeth’s brother the humanist Johannes Reuchlin, who influenced his work. It was Reuchlin who suggested Phillipp to change his last name to the Greek equivalent […]

Philip Mechem (1892 - 1969)

Author and educator. With his father, Charles Mechem, he was of the country’s most famed and distinguished legal writers.  Family links:  Spouse:  Catharine Evans Mechem (1900 – 1970)* *Calculated relationship

William Holmes McGuffey (1800 - 1873)

Author, Educator. With his Brother Alexander, he wrote the “McGuffey Readers”, while a professor at Miami (Ohio) University from 1823-1836. He served as President of Cincinnati College from 1836- 1839, and President of Ohio University from 1839 to 1843. From 1843 to 1845 he served as President of Woodward College in Cincinnati, Ohio. He became […]

John McElroy (1782 - 1877)

Religious and Educational Leader.  He moved to America at age 21, attended Georgetown University and became a Jesuit lay brother in 1806.  McElroy taught at Georgetown and managed its finances until becoming a priest in 1817.  In 1822 he was appointed Pastor of St. John’s Church in Frederick, Maryland, where he remained for 23 years. […]

Joseph Nash McDowell (1805 - 1868)

Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Served as a Colonel and surgeon in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. After moving to St. Louis in 1840, he founded the medical department of Kemper College, later known as McDowell Medical College. In 1847 he erected the McDowell Medical College building, which became the medical department of […]

Dr Benjamin Elijah Mays (1894 - 1984)

Educator, Social Reformer. He served as President of Morehouse College from 1940 to 1967, and was an important mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Under his guidance, “The House” gained an international reputation for excellence in scholarship, leadership and service. He was himself a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Bates College and who earned […]

Shonen Matsumura (1970 - 1970)

Scholar of agricultural science. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)