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Blake Ragsdale Van Leer (a.k.a. Blake Van Leer) (August 16, 1893 – January 23, 1956) was the fifth president of Georgia Institute of Technology, founder of Southern Polytechnic State University ...
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Antoinette Van Leer Polk, Baroness de Charette (October 27, 1847 - February 3, 1919) was an American Southern belle in the Antebellum South and (by marriage) French aristocrat in the Gilded Age. Born ...
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Maryly Van Leer Peck (June 29, 1930 – November 3, 2011) was an American academic, and the first female president of a Florida community college at Polk Community College. Peck was the first woman ...
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Isaac Wayne (1699 – November 1774) was a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly representing Chester County from 1757 to 1763. He served as captain in the Provincial Forces of Pennsylvania during ...
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Baron Athanase Charles Marie Charette de la Contrie (3 September 1832, in Nantes – 9 October 1911, in La Basse-Motte (Saint-Père, Ille-et-Vilaine)) was a French royalist military commander.
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George Howard Earle III (December 5, 1890 – December 30, 1974) was an American politician and diplomat. He was a member of the prominent Earle family and the 30th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1935 ...
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Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richardsc (February 27, 1825 – May 5, 1862) was an American military officer who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and then as a Captain in the United ...
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Carlos Clark Van Leer (October 15, 1865 – November 3, 1953) was an American military officer who served in the United States Army and later became Chief of the Personnel Classification Board in the ...
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John Pugh Van Leer (February 27, 1825 – May 5, 1862) was an American military officer who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He commanded the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry ...
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Blake Wayne Van Leer (a.k.a. Blake W. Van Leer) (January 13, 1926 – October 3, 1997) was a prominent United States Navy officer and the son of Georgia Institute of Technology's president Blake R ...
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Bernardhus Van Leer (1687–January 26, 1790) was a German-American early settler of the Province of Pennsylvania. He worked as a physician and was father of American Revolutionary War Captain Samuel Van ...
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Captain Samuel Van Leer (1747–1825) was a well known Pennsylvania Irons works owner and a United States Army officer. On outset of the American Revolutionary War, he started a military career with ent ...
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Windsor Forge Mansion, also known as Windsor Place, is an historic, American home and national historic district located in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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Ella Lillian Wall Van Leer (née Ella Lillian Wall; November 11, 1892 – August 8, 1986) was an American artist and architect, women's rights activist, and the first woman to serve in an office of ...
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George H. Earle Jr. (July 6, 1856 – February 19, 1928) was a Philadelphia lawyer and "financial diplomat" who was highly sought after to save ailing corporations from financial ruin.
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Ambassador Ralph Earle II was director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency between 1980 and 1981, and was also deputy director at the agency from 1994 to 1999. From 1978 to 1979 he served as the ...