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State flag of Pennsylvania Location of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pennsylvania, the fifth-most populous state in the United States, [1] is the birthplace or childhood home of many famous Americans. People from Pennsylvania are sometimes called "Pennsylvanians".
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In 1899 James Barr Ferree, an historian and native Pennsylvanian living in New York City, invited 55 fellow Pennsylvanians also living in New York to join him for dinner at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel. While enjoying a meal together, they decided to form a group known initially as “The Pennsylvania Society of New York.”
Ken Blackwell – former mayor of Cincinnati 1999–2007, Republican, Ohio Secretary of State and unsuccessful 2006 candidate for governor of Ohio; James G. Birney – abolitionist and Liberty Party presidential candidate; John Boehner – congressman and former Speaker of the House; William K. Bond – Whig congressman, 1849–1853
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Founded in 1917 at the University of Cincinnati, the Cincinnatus Honorary Society was created to strengthen alumni relations, later shifting its focus to student recruitment. In the 1930s and 1940s, the society became known for its efforts in recruiting students through organized trips to high schools across Ohio and neighboring states.
Doug Glanville: University of Pennsylvania Engineering class of 1992, with major in systems engineering: [192] one of only five Penn alumni to play in Major League Baseball since 1951, and first African-American Ivy League graduate to play in the majors; [193] received the Outstanding Pro Prospect award in 1990; [194] New York Times op-ed columnist