John Lawrence Leconte

John Lawrence Leconte

male, deceased (1883)
Entomologist, ohio river, panama, entomology, beetle, American…GreatLakes
John Lawrence LeConte (May 13, 1825 - November 15, 1883) was the most important American entomologist of the 19th century, responsible for naming...
Bernie Hansen

Bernie Hansen

male
Democrat, credit, Disabilities, Human Rights, GreatLakes, United States Democratic Party…Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Bernie Hansen was a longtime Chicago alderman, serving on the Chicago Board of Aldermen from 1983 to 2002, when he retired as alderman of the 44th...
Ernest M. McSorley

Ernest M. McSorley

male, deceased (1975)
lake freighter, laker, lake superior, Canadian, fitzgerald, American…GreatLakes
Ernest Michael McSorley (September 29, 1912 - November 10, 1975) was the last captain of the ill-fated Laker-type freighter "SS Edmund Fitzgerald"....
Dwight Boyer

Dwight Boyer

male, deceased (1978)
Milwaukee, cleveland plain dealer, Maritime historian, toledo blade, GreatLakes, SS Edmund Fitzgerald…Ships and Men of the Great Lakes, Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes
Dwight Boyer (November 18, 1912 in Elyria, Ohio - October 15, 1978 in Willoughby, Ohio) was a reporter and marine historian of the Great Lakes. He...

Clarissa Pinkola Estés

female, 64 years old
Jungian psychologist, Ethno-psychology, Post trauma specialist, psychoanalysis, Union Institute & University, poet…GreatLakes
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D. (born 27 January 1945) is an American poet, psychoanalyst and post-trauma specialist who was raised in a now nearly v...

Stephen Bowen

male
Indiana University, michigan technological university, dna, Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford College, American Fisheries Society…GreatLakes, Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Stephen Bowen is the current Dean and CEO of Oxford College of Emory University. Bowen received his bachelor's degree in 1971 from Depauw...

René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle

male, deceased (1687)
French, Explorer of Canada, French nobility, mississippi river, Explorer of North America, gulf of mexico…GreatLakes
René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de LaSalle was a French explorer. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and C...

John McIntosh

male, deceased (1853)
Scottish migrant to Ontario, From toronto, emigrate, war of 1812, American, reformer…GreatLakes
John McIntosh (March 4 1796 - July 3 1853) was a Scottish-Canadian businessman, ship's captain and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in...

Rousseau Owen Crump

male, deceased (1901)
Mackinaw, Indianapolis, Ontario, Canada, Milwaukee, Erie, Libby Prison…GreatLakes
Rousseau Owen Crump was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Michigan. Crump was born in Pittsford, New York, the eldest son of...

Jacques-Félix Sincennes

male, deceased (1876)
richelieu, acadian, steamer, steamship, GreatLakes, Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Jacques-Félix Sincennes was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was born Jacques-Félix Saincennes in Deschambault, Lower Canada in 18...