Jerry Thomas (1929-1980) was born in West Palm Beach, where he graduated from Palm Beach High School (1946) and Palm Beach Junior College (1949). He earned a degree in public…
Catherine Strong (1911-1963) was born Catherine Elizabeth Link in New York and moved to Delray Beach with her family about 1920, when her father was a craftsman with Mizner Industries.…
Earl Edward Tailer Smith (1903-1991), a mayor of Palm Beach and U. S. Ambassador to Cuba, was born in Newport, Rhode Island, and studied at Yale. Smith founded an investment…
Barbara Joan Pariente (1948- ) was born and raised in New York City. While she majored in broadcast journalism at Boston University and volunteered for various organizations, Pariente met many…
Phillip Dillon O'Connell (1907-1987) was born in Macon, Georgia; the family started visiting Palm Beach seasonally in 1910. Phillip's mother died when he was eight; he came to West Palm…
Marvin Umphrey Mounts, Jr. (1932-2004) was born in West Palm Beach, the son of Marvin U. "Red" Mounts, Sr. , Palm Beach County's agricultural agent from 1929 to 1965. Marvin…
Robert Morel Montgomery, Jr. (1930-2008) was born in East Lake, Alabama, the son and grandson of attorneys. Robert graduated from the University of Alabama, where he met and married art…
Philip Daniel Lewis (1929-2012) was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and grew up in Chicago and Palm Beach. His father, Frank J. Lewis (1867-1960), had first visited the area to pave…
James Robert Knott (1910-1999) was born in Tallahassee, the grandson of a soldier in the Second Seminole War. Knott's father was William Valentine Knott, who served as Florida's auditor, comptroller,…
Harry Allison Johnston II (1931- ) was born in West Palm Beach, the son of Harry Allison Johnston, Sr. (1895-1983), who was known as "Colonel Johnston" for his service during…
Nancy Graham (1946- ) was born Nancy Carol Roskam in Nashville, Tennessee, the oldest of six children in a family she called "dirt poor. " Graham graduated from University of…
Charles Britton Fulton (1910-1996) was born in Nevada and moved to Lake Worth with his family in 1924. His mother, Lillian Britton Fulton, was pastor of the First Congregational Church…