List of La Salle Extension University people

This is a list of notable people who were enrolled or employed at La Salle Extension University in Chicago.

Graduates

• Harold Arthur (1904–1971), Governor of Vermont from 1950 to 1951 ^[1]
• Maryam Babangida (1948–2009), Nigerian diplomat, wife of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida
• Bertram L. Baker (1898-1985), American politician, New York State Assemblyman from 1948 to 1970.^[2]
• Stephen Barrett (born 1933), American psychiatrist, author, co-founder of the National Council Against Health Fraud
• Madge Bradley (1904-2000), attorney and judge in San Diego, California
• Peter M. Callan (1894–1965), Illinois state representative
• Linwood Clark (1876–1965), U.S. Representative from Maryland
• Bruce C. Clarke (1901–1988), U.S. Army general who served as commander-in-chief in Europe^[3]
• Arthur Fletcher (1924–2005), government official known for affirmative action (Revised Philadelphia Plan), head of the United Negro College Fund^[4]
• John Strickland Gibson (1893–1960), U.S. Representative from Georgia^[5]
• William Thomas Granahan (1895–1956), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania 1945–47 and 1949–56 ^[6]
• Patricia Herzog (1922-2010), lawyer involved in key marital law case in California.^[7]
• Frank Reed Horton (1896–1966), Alpha Phi Omega founder ^[8]
• Tom Huening (born 1942), American author, politician, and businessman
• Philippe Kieffer (1899-1962), French Navy officer
• Barry Melton (born 1947), guitarist (Country Joe and The Fish), criminal defense attorney.^[9]
• John Warwick Montgomery (born 1931), American lawyer, theologian and academic known for his work in the field of Christian Apologetics; Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at Patrick Henry College.^[10]
• Edwin W. Blomquist, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and mayor of Adams, Wisconsin
• Jessie Menifield Rattley (1929–2001), first Black female president of the National League of Cities, and chairperson of the Virginia Civil Rights Commission ^[11]
• Eurith D. Rivers (1895–1967), Georgia Governor from 1937 to 1941 ^[12]
• Gertrude Elzora Durden Rush (1880–1962), first black woman admitted to the bar in Iowa ^[13]
• Arthur Shores (1904–1996), lawyer and civil rights advocate ^[14]
• Barney F. Spott (1898–1975), Wisconsin State Assemblyman^[15]
• Thelma Loyace Hawkins Stovall (1919–1994), Kentucky's first female Secretary of State, first female lieutenant governor, and female acting governor ^[16]
• Craig Lyle Thomas (1933–2007), Wyoming Congressman (1989–1995) and senator (1995–2007) ^[17]
• Stanley R. Tupper (1921–2006), U.S. Representative from Maine
• Clarence D. Tuska (1896-1985), co-founder of the American Radio Relay League and Director of Patent Operations at the Radio Corporation of America^[18]
• Kenneth Walker (1898–1943), United States Army Air Forces general, awarded the Medal of Honor
• Vic C. Wallin, Wisconsin State Assemblyman^[19]

Instructors and administrators

• Jesse Grant Chapline (1870–1937), founder
• Hugo Münsterberg (1863–1916), psychologist and textbook author ^[20]
• Adlai E. Stevenson I (1835–1914), politician, taught at LaSalle Extension University in its business and law programs.^[21]

References

1. John J. Duffy, Samuel B. Hand, Ralph H. Orth (2003). The Vermont encyclopedia. UPNE, ISBN 978-1-58465-086-7
2. Howell, Ron (2018). Boss of Black Brooklyn – The Life and Times of Bertram L. Baker. New York, N.Y.: Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-8099-5.
3. Military Government Association (1958). Military government journal, Volume 10.
4. Holley, Joe (July 14, 2005). Affirmative Action Pioneer Advised GOP Presidents. Washington Post
5. John Strickland Gibson biography via Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
6. U.S. Govt. Print. Off. (1957). Memorial addresses delivered in Congress. 85th Cong., 1st sess.
7. Hevesi, Dennis (18 October 2010). "Patricia Herzog, 88, a Lawyer Who Changed Marital Law, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
8. Frank Horton bio Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine via Alpha Phi Omega
9. Cornell University Legal Information Institute: Barry Melton
10. "JWM's Web Site". Retrieved 10 September 2012.
11. Doris Funnye Innis, Juliana Wu, Joyce Duren (1976). Profiles in Black: biographical sketches of 100 living Black unsung heroes. CORE Publications, ISBN 978-0-917354-01-4
12. Georgia Dept. of Archives and History (1925). Georgia's official register. Longino and Porter
13. J. Clay Smith, Jr., Thurgood Marshall (1999). Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844–1944. University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 978-0-8122-1685-1
14. Pace, Eric (December 18, 1996). Arthur D. Shores, 92, Lawyer And Advocate for Civil Rights. New York Times
15. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1927, Biographical Sketch of Barney F. Spott, pg. 712
16. Kleber, John E., ed. "The Kentucky Encyclopedia", (Lexington, 1992).
17. Kevin Merida and Kenneth J. Cooper (September 25, 1994). A Matter of Degrees. Washington Post
18. "Clarence Denton Tuska" (obituary), Trinity Reporter, Winter 1986, page 47.
19. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1958, Biographical Sketch of Vic C. Wallin, pg. 33
20. Münsterberg, Hugo (1922). Business psychology. La Salle Extension University
21. Staff report (March 2, 1909). Stevenson to Quit Law; Former Vice President Will Aid La Salle Extension University. New York Times