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Loughbridge was a Congressman from Iowa.

Harriet Hamlin (Harriet Proctor Underwood) was a neighbor and close personal friend to John H.T. Main in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Grinnell College for one year in 1923.

Paul Beall attended Grinnell College from 1928-1932, majored in Economics and minored in Speech. Married Helen Wadsworth in 1937. After a number of jobs, was employed by Pennsylvania State College in 1941 in the Department of Speech, where he received his PhD. in 1948.

Elizabeth (Betsy) Roberts Patterson Hawtrey graduated from Grinnell College in 1959.

After receiving a bachelor’s degree from Grinnell College in 1908 and the Ph. D. from Clark University in 1911, Louis Hartson taught psychology at Grinnell College 1911-1923 and at Oberlin 1923-52. He recorded his memories of these years in 1973 and 1973. This collection consists of the 1976 record of his Grinnell experiences; the first typescript was edited and prepared by Margaret Kiesel, a Grinnell graduate and family friend. A bound copy of Memoirs 1904-19 and Reminiscences and Records [1905-69], which includes a bibliography of Hartson’s writings, is in the College Archives.

Ochs was an associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh until his retirement. He was very active in the national Democratic Party and was involved with a variety of charitable organizations. He received his undergraduate degree at Grinnell College in 1949, his M.A. from the University of Michigan (1951), and his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois (1960).

Chekhov was a Russian dramatist and short story writer, born in 1860. He received his medical degree in 1884 and worked in and around Moscow, supporting his parents and sister, Mariya, much of his life. In 1901 he married the actress, Olga Knipper, who had appeared in his plays when they were produced by the Moscow Art Theatre. He had contracted tuberculosis in 1883 , became a semi-invalid in 1898, and died in 1904. He and Olga had no children.

The Searchlight Club was organized as a reading circle in the summer of 1892 by six Grinnell women. Originally called the "Reading Club", its name was changed at the suggestion of Rev. George White to "Searchlight Club", since its members were "searching for the light" through study of history, current events, and fine arts. Their first constitution was drafted in 1896.