1955 - This is Knox County - Illinois Ancestors

architect. When this work was completed, copies of tnedrawings and photographs were placed in the permanentkeeping of tne Library of Congress and the Burnham ArchitecturalLibrary in the Art Institute at Chicago."WHO'S WHO"IN KNOX COUNTYIn the latest edition (1955) of that standard referencework , W/io ' s Who in America, we find included the names ofthirteen Knox County residents who have won national reputationsin their respective fields. Most of them are educatorson the faculty of Knox College. The list is headedby Sharvey G. Umbecit, who has been president of Knox Collegesince 1949. Here, also, is Professor Charles H. Peake,college dean, and two outstanding professors of history,,Hermann R. Muelder and Alfred W. Newcombe.Other faculty members in Who's Who in America areProfessor Charles J. Adamec of the classics department,Professor Arthur C. Walton of the biology department.Professor Procter F. Sherwin of the English department,Professor Merritt H. Moore of the philosophy department,Professor Clarence L Furrow of the biology departmentand Professor Ira E. Neifert of the chemistry department.Listed, also, are three Knox County residents notconnected with the college. These are Rebecca L. Lowrie,publishing editor, writer and special contributor to theSaturday Review of Literature; Harold F. Nichols, presidentof the First Galesburg National Bank & Trust Company; and21