Martin E. "Pat" Murphy (1893-1964) first visited Palm Beach County in 1922 as a bridge consultant hired to investigate why the Royal Park Bridge had collapsed before it had officially…

Charles Alexander Munn, Sr. was born July 23, 1885, in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest child of Charles Munn (d. 1903) and Caroline "Carrie" Louise Gurnee Armour (1862-1922). Charles's father emigrated…

Arthur I. Meyer (1916-2008) was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He earned an accounting degree from New York University and a law degree from New York University School…

Luciano "Lou" Martinez (1948-2003) was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to Miami when he was twelve. He came to Palm Beach County after earning a degree in social work…

Howard Brougham Major (1882-1974) was born in New York, the grandson of a lithographer and the son of a printer's artist. Major studied at the New York Atelier of Beaux-Arts…

Gustav Adam Maass, Jr. (1893-1964) was born in New Orleans, the third of eight children of German immigrants. His father was a mechanical engineer. Maass grew up in New Orleans…

Richard Salisbury "Dick" Johnson (1930-2012) and Patsy Ann "Pat" Seaton (1931-2025) were both delivered, nearly a year apart, by Dr. W. W. George at a maternity home on Kenilworth Boulevard,…

Addison Hines (1928-2003) was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, the second child of Addison Hines Sr., an electrical engineer, and Pauline Powell Hines. His high school yearbook showed he was nicknamed…

George Greenberg (1915-2007), owner of Pioneer Linens, was born in Lake Worth. His Austrian father, Max Greenberg, founded Pioneer Hardware in 1912, providing settlers to the new town whatever they…

Clarence Henry Geist (1866-1938), former owner of the Boca Raton Club, was raised on an Indiana farm. At 19, he left home to seek success. Geist was a railroad conductor…

George Thomas Elmore (1929-) was born in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, where he worked from a young age for his uncle's paving business. After high school, Elmore came to Fort Lauderdale to…