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Brock Yates

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(1933-2016) Writer, journalist. Brock Yates was born in Lockport, New York, and died in Batavia, New York. He authored several books and also wrote for The Washington Post, Playboy, and The American Spectator.

Marcia Joan Brown

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(1918-2015) Author. Marcia Brown was born in Rochester, New York, and died in Laguna Hills, California. She won three Caldecott Medals.

John Curtis Chamberlain

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(1772-1834) John Curtis Chamberlain was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and died in Utica, New York. He wrote a series of essays as The Hermit which appeared for a year or more in “The Farmer’s Museum” beginning in the summer of 1796.

Galway Mills Kinnell

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(1927-2014) Poet. Galway Kinnell was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and died in Sheffield, Vermont. He received a master’s degree from the University of Rochester.

Lillian D Wald

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(1867-1940) Author. Lillian D. Wald was born in Cincinatti, Ohio, and died in Westport, Connecticut. She lived in Rochester and New York City and authored two books.

John R. Huizenga

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(1921-2014) Author. John R. Huizenga was born in Fulton, Illinois, and died in San Diego, California. Dr. Huizenga began teaching at the University of Rochester in New York in 1967 and remained there until his retirement.

Richard Ben Cramer

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(1950-2013) Writer, journalist. Richard Ben Cramer was born in Rochester, New York, and died in Baltimore, Maryland. During his career he wrote for The Baltimore Sun, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, and Esquire.