The Galesburg Project:
The Galesburg project will attempt to document the names and dates of as many people as possible for whom Galesburg is a part of their lives. As we can determine the names of individuals who were or became famous nationally or internationally who either were born in, lived in, or visited Galesburg, they shall become part of the roster. Their listing will include a biographical sentence or two and the dates they lived in Galesburg. There is a second category for those people whose time in Galesburg was very brief, either to perform, speak or to visit — as long as a date or time period can be identified.
This list is
expected to be continually evolving but when it approaches completion, we will
print a copy. Along the way, and continually, it will be available on this
website, http://www.historicgalesburg.com
If you have additional names to be added to the list please email
them to editor@thezephyr.com.
Persons who
were born in Galesburg or resided in Galesburg for at least some time in their
life and achieved fame — including Knox and Lombard College students.
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Cyrus M. Avery
William Bainbridge
Newton Bateman
Jodie Bernstein
Mary Ann Bickerdyke
Jonathan Blanchard
John Block
Jerry Blundy
Richard L. Bowman (Knox College Football Coach 1965-1970, drafted by NY Giants)
Aaron Boyer
Hiawatha Bray (Knox 1976, Technology Columnist for Boston Globe)
Albert Britt
George W. Brown
John Buford
Earnest Elmo Calkins
John D. Campbell (Knox 1943, co-author, The Men of Company K)
Amy Carlson (Actress on "Third Watch" TV Show, went to Knox)
Julia Fletcher Carney
Clark E. Carr
Charles Cohen
Peter Cousins
Alfred M. Craig
Omer N. Custer (Illinois State Treasurer, owner of Register-Mail, WGIL, Intra-State Telephone Co., First Galesburg National Bank)
John Damgard, (president Futures Industry Assoc. Knox 1964)
Dr. Loyal Davis
Rodney Davis
Michael L. Davison
John Denny
Dennis Doyle
Ethyl Eichelberger
Joe Ferguson
George Washington Gale Ferris (Inventor of Ferris Wheel, born in Galesburg)
Eugene Field
John Huston Finley
Jack Finney
George Fitch
Jimmie Foxx (Baseball great, owned restaurant in Galesburg post-career)
George Washington Gale
Hobart "Hap" Gay (Knox 1917, 3-star General, Gen. George Patton's Chief of Staff, WWII)
Allen Green
Bruce C. Greenberg
Ruby Hamerstrom (Mrs. Clarence Darrow)
Todd Hamilton (Golfer, 2004 British Open Champion)
Ben Hampton
Robert Philip Hanssen
Otto Harbach
T. N. Hasselquist
Robert Hellenga
George W. Hunter
Ellsworth Huntington, (1876–1947) Geographer, b. Galesburg 1876
Bob Jamieson
David Starr Jordan
Garson Kanin
Edward John King
James Knox
A Kimbrough
Elbert Kimbrough
Harold P. Leinbaugh (Knox 1946, co-author, The Men of Company K)
Archie Lieberman
David Lundstrom
Don Marquis (Author)
Leroy Marsh
Edgar Lee Masters
Harvey Henry May
S. S. McClure
Semenya McCord
Emily Arnold McCully
Elof W. "E. W." Mureen (Mayor, State Rep., railroad historian)
Simon Peter Nelson
Robert "Shad" Northshield
Charles Osgood (Photographer)
Harold Peterson (professor, Univ. of Buffalo)
John Podesta (Chief of Staff, President Bill Clinton)
Jent Greig Post
Philip S. Post
George W. Prince
Robert Prout (Knox 1973, played with Oakland Raiders, Dallas Cowboys, N.Y. Jets)
Janet Wagner Rafferty (Model, Knox '54)
Gene Reyburn
Nancy Davis Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Paul Reuschel
Rick Reuschel
Hiram Revels
Gene Reyburn (Knox '39)
Sukey Richardson
Paul Robsky (one of Eliot Ness' "Untouchables")
Carl Sandburg
Ellen Browning Scripps
Kevin Seitzer
Chief Shaubena
Joe Sisco
Gerry Spence
James B. Stockdale
Lonnie Stewart
Marjabelle Stewart
Jim Sundberg
Evar Swanson
Dorothea Tanning
Thompson, Edward Lee II (Negro league baseball player buried in East Linwood Cemetery (d 1979)
Arthur S. "Old Hoss" Twineham
Elizabeth Van Steenwyk (f/k/a Betty Harler) Children's author
Chris Verene
Charles Walgreen
Robert Wallace
Mary Allen West
Moses Ocean Williamson
Joseph P. Williams (Mayor, Mich. State Rep.)
Doug Wilson (Lincoln scholar and author)
Philip Green Wright
Sewall Wright (Geneticist: GHS 1906, Lombard, B.S. 1911)
Persons who
visited Galesburg at least once in their life and achieved fame elsewhere.
Aaron Bohrod (Artist,
painted mural on Galesburg Post Office lobby wall)
Abraham Lincoln
Adlai Stevenson II (U. N.
Ambassador, Presidential candidate)
Adlai Stevenson III (U.S.
senator, Governor candidate)
Al Capone (?)
Alabama
Alan Dixon (U.S. Senator)
Albert A. Gore, Sr. (1960)
Alexander Kerensky (1944)
Alice Cooper
Amazing Kreskin
Amelia Earhart (Oct. 16,
1935)
Andrea Mitchell
Angela Davis (2000)
Anita Ekberg
Anthony "Tony, Big
Tuna" Accardo (visited his sister in Galesburg)
Antonin Scalia
Archibald Macleish
Armando Ghitalla
(Knoxville H.S., trumpet player w/Boston Pops)
Arthur Rubinstein
Association, The
B. J. Thomas
Barack Obama (2004, 2005)
Barbara Hale (1941)
Barbara Bush
Barry Goldwater (09/64)
Barry Williams
Basil Rathbone
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Hooks (2004)
Bennett Cerf (1955)
Bert Parks
Betty Ford (GHS, 4/21/85)
Betty Friedan (1965)
Bill Buckner
Billy "Crash"
Craddock
Billy Jean King
Billy Sunday (September 28-November 4 1907)
Billy Williams
Bjorn Borg
Bob Dole
Bob Feller
Bob Jones
Bobby Dunlap
Boog Powell
Boris Karloff (?)
Boxcar Willie
Brian Howe
Britt Hume (1/15/1995)
Bruce Catton (1958)
Bruce Kulick
Buckinghams, The
Buddy Guy
Burl Ives (1/6/1978)
Burt Ward (1973)
Burton Cummings
Carl Perkins (1990)
Carl Schurz
Carol Moseley Braun (U.S.
Senator)
Carrie Nation
Charlie Craig (2/1/1966)
Charlie Daniels
Charles Deere
Charles Kuralt
Chauncey M. Depew
Chet Atkins
Chico Hamilton
Chubby Checker
Chuck Berry
Chuck Percy
Chuck Yeager
Christy Minstrels
Clarence Darrow
The Coasters
Conway Twitty
Christy Lane
Daniel Ruge, M.D. (R. Reagan's personal physician, 1st term, in Gbg 3/16/85)
David Brinkley
David Halberstam
David Hartman (2001)
Dean Atcheson
Del ShannonDenny Doyle
Dean Martin (?)
Dennis Morgan
Dennis Weaver
Desi Arnez and his
orchestra (1947)
Dick Butkus
Dick Durbin
Dion
Dixie Dregs
Doobie Brothers
(7/15/2004)
Duane Eddy
Duke Ellington (performed
at Mayo Hospital 8/20/1944)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ed Asner
Eddie Foy
Eddie Kantor
Eddie Money
Edgar Snow
Edward Albee (1987)
Edward M. Kennedy
Edward Steichen (1957?)
Elizabeth Dole
Elizabeth Kubler Ross
Enos Slaughter
Eugene Carr (General, MOH
winner)
Eugene Debs
Eugene McCarthy
(5/18/1976)
Everett M. Dirksen
F. Lee Bailey
Fabian
Fanny Brice
Fishbone
Four Freshman (1950s)
Frances Willard
Franois Mitterand
Frank Church (1959)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Jackson Turner
(1892-93)
G. Gordon Liddy
Gary Hart (1984)
George Burns (10/12/84)
George H. W. Bush
George Harrison (?)
George Lynch
George McGovern
George Reeves (?)
George Wallace
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Gordon Jump
Gordon Parks
Gwendolyn Brooks (1/6/78
and 9/15/89)
Harry Houdini (?)
Harry S. Truman
Head East
Helen Keller/Anne Sullivan
Helga Sandburg Crile
Henry M. Stanley
Henry Mancini (May 5,1988)
Henry Ward Beecher
Horace Greeley
Horace Mann
Howard K. Smith
Ida M. Tarbell
Ike & Tina Turner
Isaac Stern
J. D. Sumner
Jack Benny (?)
Jack Dempsey
James Anthony Bailey
James Cotton
James J. Corbett
James Whitcomb Riley
Jane Addams (1880)
Jenny Lind
Jesse Jackson
Jim Kaat
Jim Nabors
Jimmy Dean
Joe Buck
Joe DiMaggio
Joe Ferguson
Joe Louis
Joe Pass
John Peter Altgeld
John B. Anderson
John Cage
John Ciardi (1959)
John Connally
John Sherman Cooper
John Deere
John Dillinger (?)
John Wayne Gacy (?)
John Hay
John Kerry
John Looney (1925) (Road
to Perdition)
John McCain (2000)
John M. Palmer (1896)
John Philip Sousa
John Prine
John L. Sullivan
John Tower (1962)
John Walsh
Johnny Weismuller
Jonathan Kozol
Josef von Sternberg
Judds, The
Julian Bond
Kathleen Turner (?)
Keith Hernandez
Ken Berry
Ken Reitz
Kenneth Starr
Kingston Trio
Lamar Alexander
Lawrence Welk
Lee Greenwood
Levon Helm (of The Band)
1983
Little River Band
Louis Armstrong
Louis Bellson
Lyman Trumbull
Mahalia Jackson
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Margaret Mead
Mark Elf
Mark Twain (1/9/1869)
Mark Van Doren
Marshall Tucker Band
Marx Bros.
Matt Wilson (Knoxville,
drummer)
Maynard Ferguson
Max Ernst
Mercedes McCambridge
(1977)
Michael Gross
Michael Martin Murphey
Mickey Rooney
Mike Schmidt
Milton Friedman
Muddy Waters
Myrtle Frankovitz
MxPx
Neal Schon
Nelson Rockefeller
Norman Thomas (1952)
Orville H. Browning
Otis Wilson
Owen Lovejoy
Ozzie Smith
Pam Shriver
Pat Robertson
Pat Travers
Paul Douglas
Paul Harvey (1957)
Paul Simon (Senator)
Pearl S. Buck (1947)
Penelope Niven
Pete Rose
Pete Seeger
Peter Fitzgerald
Philip Roth
Platters, The (1988)
Porter Wagoner
Preston Jackson
R. E. O. Speedwagon
Rachel Barton
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ramones, The (Oct. 12,
1979)
Ramsey Lewis Trio
(1973-74?)
Rare Earth
Red Auerbach (former
Boston Celtics coach, brought Tri-City Blackhawks to Galesburg during 1949-50
season)
Red Schoendienst
(1975–80)
Richard J. Daley
Richard Gephardt
Richard Pryor (?)
Richard Speck (?)
Richard T. Ely (1892-94)
Rick Danko (of The Band)
1983
Rick Derringer
Rita Dove
Robert Coles
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert G. Ingersoll
Robert LaFollette
Robert Michel
Robert Novak
Robert Reich (1/10/1995)
Robert Todd Lincoln
(10/7/1896)
Robert Young
Rockwell Kent (1942)
Roy Acuff (1950s)
Roy Clark
Rudy Gatlin
Rueben Askew
Russ Carlyle
Ruth Gordon
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel Gompers
Sawyer Brown
Scatman Crothers
Scott Lucas
Scott Turow
Seymour Hersh
Sheila Young
Shirley Jones
Siegel Schwall Band
Slide Hampton
Smashing Pumpkins, The
Smothers Brothers
Spike Jones (and his City
Slickers)
Spiro T. Agnew
Stan Kenton Orchestra
Stan Musial (1960)
Stephen A. Douglas
(10/7/1858)
Steve Goodman
Stuart Udall
Studs Terkel
Susan B. Anthony
Susan Sontag
Suzy Bogguss
Ted Koppel
Ted Mack
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Hart Benton
Tiny Hill
Tony Accardo (?)
Tracey Needham
Turtles, The
Ulysses S. Grant
Verne Gagne
Victor Borge
Vincent Bugliosi
Vinson Champ
Vladimir Nabokov (1942)
Vogues
W. H. Auden
Wallace Stegner (1961)
Wayne King Band
Westbrook Pegler (June
1943)
William Bendix (1947)
William H. Taft
William Holden
William Jefferson Clinton
(1/10/1995 and 6/2/2007)
William Jennings Bryan
William Kellogg (Judge)
William McKinley
William O. Douglas
William Proxmire (1959)
William Simon
William Allen White (1941)
Willie Mays
Willie McGee
Wolf Blitzer (1/10/1995)
Yevgeny Yevtushenko (Sept.
21-21, 2005)
Zazu Pitts
Galesburg references in movies and on TV
Democratic National
Convention, 2004. On July 27, 2004, Barack Obama, in the keynote address, spoke
these words: "And fellow Americans — Democrats, Republicans, Independents
— I say to you tonight: we have more work to do. More to do for the
workers I met in Galesburg, Illinois, who are losing their union jobs at the
Maytag plant that's moving to Mexico, and now are having to compete with their
own children for jobs that pay seven bucks an hour.
Movie: 1940, "Those
Were The Days." Set at a fictional college, filmed at Knox College. Stars
William Holden with Alan Ladd and Bonita Granville.
Movie: 1947, "Nightmare
Alley," starring Tyrone Power. Galesburg mentioned.
Movie: 1952, "The
Winning Team" stars Ronald Reagan as Grover Cleveland Alexander during his
playing days in Galesburg. Reagan wears a Galesburg uniform. Also stars Doris
Day.
Movie: 1953, Call Me
Madam with Ethyl Merman and Donald OConnor. Merman says at one point, I
wonder what they would think about that in Galesburg, Illinois.
Movie: 1981, "Dead
Kids," AKA "Strange Behavior," setting is in a college in
Galesburg, Illinois, not filmed in Galesburg. Stars Louise Fletcher and Michael
Murphy.
Movie: 1984,
"Supergirl." Helen Slater, as Supergirl looks at a map trying to
locate Smallville. On the map, it was in between Galesburg and Peoria.
Movie: 2000, "The
Golden Bowl." Lead character, played by Uma Thurman, is from Galesburg,
seen in a newspaper clip during the epilogue.
"Six Million Dollar
Man" Season One, Episode Four: A robot says he learned a trick because his
"ol' man ran a gym back in Galesburg, Illinois."
Cinemax comedy short, "The
Birthday Boy," starring James Belushi. Features Galesburg but not filmed
here
TV show, Tuesday
Rendezvous," 1969 episode features footage of the Galesburg Silver
Streaks.
Tonight Show starring
Johnny Carson. Interview with Garsin Kanin where Kanin talks about living as a
hobo for a summer in the railyards of Galesburg.
Perry Mason episode 74, The
Case of the Startled Stallion, first aired
October 31, 1959. Detective Paul Drake to Perry Mason (paraphrased) "Perry,
I've got the dope on the Brant woman. Born Clara Tinsley, Galesburg, Illinois.
Went to high school there."
Bonanza episode, April 1962: "Inger, My Love. Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) was flashing back to the time when he met Hoss's mother who was a Swedish lass by the name of Inger in Galesburg, Illinois. Ben was traveling to the West and just happened to stop off in the 'Burg.