Mary A. Bomar

Mary A. Bomar

female
nationalparkservice, leicester, United States National Park Service, From Leicester, Heads of United States federal agencies, Independence National Historical Park…Oklahoma City National Memorial
Mary A. Bomar is the 17th Director of the National Park Service of the United States. Raised in Leicester, England, Bomar became a U.S. citizen in...
Maggie L. Walker

Maggie L. Walker

female, deceased (1934)
banker, Maggie Lena Walker, national historic site, Jackson Ward, Businesswoman, ramkesh…nationalparkservice
Maggie Lena Walker (July 15, 1867-December 15, 1934) was an American teacher, businesswoman, and banker. She was the first woman to charter a bank...
Floyd Bennett Field

Floyd Bennett Field

male
Albany, National Register of Historic Places, Rockaway, Queen, United States Coast Guard Aviation, Gateway National Recreation Area, Aviation in New York City…nationalparkservice
Floyd Bennett Field, now defunct as an active airport, was New York City's first municipal airport. Located in Brooklyn, originally on Barren...
Horace M. Albright

Horace M. Albright

male, deceased (1987)
Georgetown University, Georgetown University alumni, Miner, Conservationist, nationalparkservice, yellowstone national park…yosemite national park, United States National Park Service
Horace Marden Albright (January 6, 1890 - March 2, 1987) was an American conservationist. Horace Albright was born 1890 in Bishop, California, the...
George Washington Parke Custis

George Washington Parke Custis

male, deceased (1857)
Eleanor Parke Custis, Germantown Academy, United States Army, nationalparkservice, arlington house, Mount Vernon
George Washington Parke Custis (April 30, 1781 - October 10, 1857), the adopted son (and also stepgrandson) of United States President George...
Conrad L. Wirth

Conrad L. Wirth

male, deceased (1993)
nationalparkservice, administrator, United States National Park Service, wikt administrator
Conrad L. Wirth (1899 - 1993) was a U.S. administrator. He served as the director of the National Park Service between 1951 and 1964.
Peter Strauss

Peter Strauss

male, 62 years old
film actor, Los Angeles Arboretum, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Miracle-Gro, XXX State of the Union, Rich Man, Poor Man…nationalparkservice
Peter Strauss (born February 20, 1947) is an American television and movie actor, perhaps best known for his roles in several television miniseries...
Gilbert Stanley Underwood

Gilbert Stanley Underwood

male, deceased (1960)
Omaha, Ahwahnee Hotel, Federal Architects Project, Bryce Canyon National Park, timberline lodge, mount hood…nationalparkservice, national park, Bryce Canyon National, Zion National, Cedar Breaks National
Gilbert Stanley Underwood (1890-1960) was an American architect best known for his National Park lodges. Born in 1890, Underwood received his B.A....
Jacob Riis Park

Jacob Riis Park

male
Fort Tilden, nationalparkservice, Rockaway Naval Air Station, Registered Historic Places in New York, rockaway beach, Rockaway Beach, Queen…Gateway National Recreation Area, National Register of Historic Places
Jacob Riis Park in the New York City borough of Queens, is part of the Jamaica Bay Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area, and managed by the...
Ben Reifel

Ben Reifel

male
Republican, Ninety-second Congress, Native American, republican party, South Dakota politician, Lakota Sioux…National Capital Planning Commission, Distinguished Service, National Arts Council, nationalparkservice, National Council
Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Reifel (September 19, 1906 - January 2, 1990), a Lakota Sioux and a Republican United States Congressman from the First District...