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Hunter was born on January 23, 1901, in Woodville, Texas, to principal John Alexander Hunter and educator Mary Evelyn Edwards Hunter. [2]John M. Hunter grew up in La Porte, Texas, and in Jennings Island, Texas, where his father began developing a ranch under a 99-year lease. [1]
William R. Wilkerson (1890–1962), founder of The Hollywood Reporter, Flamingo Hotel and owner of such nightclubs as Ciro's; Mary Wilson (1944–2021), singer; founding member of The Supremes; Paula Winslowe (1910–1996), actress; Jack Wrather (1918–1984), investor
Ella Louise Stokes Hunter (died 1988) was an American mathematics educator who became the first African-American woman to earn a degree at the University of Virginia.She taught for many years at Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute and Virginia State College, two names for what is now Virginia State University.
Braxton was originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina.After becoming valedictorian at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem, she studied mathematics at Virginia Union University, a historically black university in Richmond, Virginia, and graduated magna cum laude in 1955.
David Oman McKay (September 8, 1873 – January 18, 1970) [2] was an American religious leader and educator who served as the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1951 until his death in 1970.
Ezra Taft Benson (August 4, 1899 – May 30, 1994) was an American farmer, government official, and religious leader who served as the 15th United States Secretary of Agriculture during both presidential terms of Dwight D. Eisenhower and as the 13th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1985 until his death in 1994.
Robertson was born in Brodick on the Isle of Arran; his father moved the family to Stirling while he was still young, and he attended school there until the age of 13. He worked first as a clerk and then as a journalist, eventually becoming assistant editor of the Edinburgh Evening News.
John Duncan Anderson (born 14 November 1956) is an Australian politician and commentator who served as the 11th deputy prime minister of Australia and leader of the National Party from 1999 to 2005.