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Adler, Felix b. August 13, 1851 d. April 24, 1933
Religious Reformer. Born in Alzey, Germany, he immigrated to the United States with his family when he was 5 or 6 years old. He graduated from Columbia College in 1870 and returned to Germany to study Continental Philosophy at the University of Heidelberg. During his studies, he was much influenced by Immanuel Kant, whose precepts were the foundation of Adler's "eliciting the best" philosophy. Upon returning to the United States in 1873, he became professor of Hebrew and Oriental Literature...[Read More] (Bio by: Hallie Garrison)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
Edwards, Joan b. February 13, 1919 d. August 26, 1981
Composer, Songwriter, Actress, Pianist. Edwards appeared in the films, "Hit Parade of 1937" (1937), and "Screen Snapshots: Holiday In Las Vegas" (1947). She wrote the songs, "Anytime" "And So It Ended" "I Love Bosco" "Darn It Baby" "That's Love" "You Can't Take It With You When You Go" "Do You Still Feel The Same?" and "Television's Tough On Love." (Bio by: K)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
Fischer, Kristie Rebecca b. September 11, 1991 d. December 2, 1991
Child Murder Victim. Subject of two books, "Circle of Fire" by Joyce Egginton, and "The Nanny Murder Trial" by Don Davis, both based on the infamous arson/murder case. The killer was never charged.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
Fubini, Guido b. January 19, 1879 d. June 6, 1943
Mathemetician. Best known for divising Fubini's Theorum, taught today in most calculus classrooms. Born in Venice, he became a professor of Math at the University of Catania in Sicily at the age of 21, and then a professor at the University of Turin from 1910 to 1938. His activities extended to many branches of mathematics, but he was a specialist in differential-projective geometry. He gained early fame in 1900 for his work on differential geometry, working with another famous mathematician...[Read More] (Bio by: BobW)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
Goldberg, Rube b. July 4, 1883 d. December 7, 1970
Cartoonist. His strips included "Boob McNutt" and "Foolish Questions". Best known for "Goldberg's Inventions" - extremely roundabout ways to a simple end, using a chain of living and mechanical agents. Won Pulitzer prize in 1948 for editorial cartooning.

See also Robinson, W. Heath , whose work was in the same vein. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
Leinsdorf, Erich b. February 4, 1912 d. September 11, 1993
Orchestra Conductor. Leinsdorf was born in Vienna, where he began his musical training at the age of 5. He studied piano with Paul Emmerich at the Hochschule in Vienna. He followed up with advanced studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and then at the University of Vienna. In 1933, he made his conducting debut in Vienna at the Musikverein. In 1934 he auditioned for Bruno Walter and Arturo Toscanini and became their musical assistant at the Salzburg Festspiele. He left Vienna a year prior to...[Read More] (Bio by: Harmonie Autographs and Music, Inc.)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
MacMahon, Aline b. May 3, 1899 d. October 12, 1991
Actress. She had large, sleepy eyes and a bittersweet face. Her family moved to New York when she was a small child. She was educated at Erasmus Hall and Barnard College and made her first professional acting appearance with the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York in "The Madras House." Her Broadway debut came the year after her graduation, in "The Mirage." She is often confused with her mother, Jennie Simon MacMahon as Aline coaxed her into an acting career at the age of 53. Aline had a long...[Read More] (Bio by: Christian Anderson)
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 6, Plot 124
Morgenthau Jr., Henry b. May 11, 1891 d. February 6, 1967
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He served as Secretary of the Treasury in all four of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Administrations, serving from 1934 until he resigned a few months into President Harry S Truman's term of office on July 22, 1945.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
Morgenthau Sr., Henry b. April 26, 1856 d. November 25, 1946
US Diplomat, Philanthropist.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
Morgenthau, Ruth b. January 26, 1931 d. November 4, 2006
Presidential Adviser. She served as foreign political adviser to Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter. She was active in the Democratic presidential campaigns of Michael Dukakis, Bill Bradley and Paul Tsongas and also served as a...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
Roth (Rutstein), Lillian b. December 13, 1910 d. May 12, 1980
Actress, Singer. She was born Lillian Rutstein in Boston to (hopeful actors) Arthur and Katie Rutstein with younger sister Anne following two years later. They were relentless in their goal to introduce the girls to show business. In 1916, when Lillian was five and Anne three, the family moved to New York City to be near the various casting offices. Education films became the start of Lillians entry into show business after becoming their living trademark as a statue holding a lamp...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 26, Grave 039
Shean (Schönberg), Al (Alfred) b. May 12, 1868 d. August 12, 1949
Vaudeville, stage, and film performer, half of the legendary team of Gallagher and Shean.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
Stern, Bill b. July 1, 1907 d. November 19, 1971
Radio Sportscaster. His first job as a sports announcer came in 1925 when he was hired to cover football games over WHAM in Rochester, New York. In 1937 Stern signed with NBC to broadcast Friday night boxing on radio. He would also do radio broadcasts of college football and baseball games through the years. Stern was best known as the host of both "The Bill Stern Sports Review" and the "Colgate Sports Newsreel", which ran on the radio from 1937 to 1956. His theatrical and vaudeville...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
Plot: Section T

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