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Robert Holmes Bell (April 19, 1944 – June 8, 2023) was an American lawyer and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan from 1987 to 2017.
Frances Julia Farrand was born on November 22, 1878, in Lansing, Michigan.She was the eldest of four girls. Her father, Hart Augustus Farrand (1850–1938), had a grocery store in Lansing, and her mother, Effie Ann Shank (1854–1918) was an accomplished wood carver who created much of the furniture for their home.
Kenneth Wettroth Harrow (June 19, 1943 – April 14, 2024) was an American scholar and professor known for his contributions to African literature and cinema studies. He was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Michigan State University, where he specialized in African cinema, literature, and postcolonial theory.
Donald Gene Miller (born December 28, 1954), known as The East Lansing Serial Killer or simply Don Miller, is an American serial killer and rapist who committed a series of six attacks in East Lansing, Michigan from 1977 to 1978. Four of these resulted in fatalities, to which Miller would later plead guilty and received a lengthy prison ...
Richard J. Allen (August 6, 1933 – December 20, 2021) was an American politician who was a Republican member of both houses of the Michigan Legislature between 1969 and 1982. Allen was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1968 to succeed his father, Lester Allen. After serving two terms, Allen was defeated in the 1972 primary ...
He then won three consecutive Michigan State Championships in 1966, 1967 and 1968. At 21, he won the 1971 Los Angeles 9-Ball Championship. Mataya won multiple titles in his career and in 1989 became a member of the Greater Lansing Area Sports Hall of Fame.
Gordon L. Thomas (December 4, 1914 – October 15, 1997) was the mayor of East Lansing, Michigan, from 1961 to 1971.He was a Democratic candidate for delegate to a constitutional convention to rewrite the Michigan Constitution during 1961 and 1962 from Ingham County's second district.
On November 7, 1995, Pope John Paul II accepted Povish's early retirement due to poor health as bishop of the Diocese of Lansing. [3] He then served as apostolic administrator of the diocese until the installation of his successor, Bishop Carl Mengeling in January 1996. [2] Kenneth Povish died on September 5, 2003, from colon cancer in Lansing ...