List of people from Holyoke, Massachusetts

The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S. == Notable people == (B) denotes that the person was born there. === Academics and educators === Lois Green Carr (1922–2015), American historian whose work primarily focused on Chesapeake Bay; daughter of Constance McLaughlin Green (B) Joseph Ellis (born 1943), Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian best known for his work on the founders of the United States Henrietta Hooker (1851–1929), botanist and educator, among the first women to receive a doctorate in botany from an American university Constance McLaughlin Green (1897–1975), Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian best known for her history of Washington, D.C.; her dissertation and first major published work was a comprehensive history of Holyoke Justin Perkins (1805–1869), Presbyterian missionary, and linguist, described as an "apostle to Persia" (B) Edward Pinkowski (1916–2020), writer, journalist, and historian whose focus was Polish-American history; best remembered as re-discoverer of the bones of Casimir Pulaski (B) Dorothy E. Reilly (1920–1996), nurse, played instrumental role in the development of nursing education in the United States and Canada; inductee in American Nurses Association Hall of Fame (B) Ervin Staub (born 1938), professor emeritus of psychology, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; founding director of the doctoral program on the psychology of peace and violence Morris Swadesh (1909–1967), linguist known for the Swadesh list, a compilation of unifying concepts across cultures for the purposes of comparative linguistics (B) David E. Sweet (1933–1984), founding president of Metropolitan State University and later president of Rhode Island College (B) Eric Toensmeier (born 1970), lecturer in permaculture and regenerative agriculture at Yale University, author of Paradise Lot, documenting his work with Jonathan Bates converting a house in Holyoke into a permaculture garden === Artists === Arthur Adams (born 1963), comic book artist known for his work on Longshot and Monkeyman and O'Brien (B) William Chadwick (1879–1962), British-born American Impressionist painter, and member of the Old Lyme art colony Jerome Connor (1874–1943), Irish-born 19th-century sculptor Ray D'Addario (1920–2011), photographer best known for his work as the chief photographer of the Nuremberg trials, whose portraits are found in all contemporary news reports and history books covering the postwar trial of Nazi leadership (B) Mitch Epstein (born 1952), fine-art photographer, director, cinematographer, and production designer (B) Gary Hallgren (born 1945), illustrator and underground cartoonist whose work has appeared in publications including The New York Times and MAD William Wegman (born 1943), photographer best known for his compositions posing Weimaraners in costume; his work has been featured on Sesame Street (B) === Business and industry === Michael J. Kittredge II (1952–2019), businessman, founder of the Yankee Candle Company; alumnus of Holyoke Community College; opened his first factory in a Holyoke mill before relocating to South Deerfield Junius Spencer Morgan (1813–1890), businessman, father of J. P. Morgan (B) Belle Skinner (1866–1928), businesswoman and philanthropist who donated Wistariahurst to the city, and worked with Holyoke's government to reconstruct the village of Apremont, France after the First World War J. Lewis Wyckoff (1864–1931), businessman and co-founder of stationery manufacturer White & Wyckoff, golf promoter, and credited with Holyoke's 1909 annexation of Smith's Ferry === Clergy === Timothy Joseph Harrington (1918–1997), Roman Catholic clergyman, cishop of Worcester (Massachusetts) 1983–1994 Leo Edward O'Neil (1928–1997), Auxiliary Bishop of Springfield (1980–1989), 6th cishop of Manchester NH (1990–1997) === Government and law === David M. Bartley (born 1935), politician and educator (B) Stanley C. Cox (1883–1942), physician and head of the Medical Division of the Office of Civilian Defense during World War II Maurice A. Donahue (1918–1999), Massachusetts state representative and president of the Massachusetts Senate (B) Eileen Donoghue (born 1954), former member of Massachusetts Senate, city manager of Lowell, Massachusetts (B) Donald Dwight (born 1931), newspaper executive of Holyoke Telegram-Transcript Dwight family, 64th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts during Governor Francis Sargent's administration (B) Bob Goodlatte, U.S. representative from Virginia, served as chair of the House Judiciary Committee (2013–2019) and chair of the House Agriculture Committee (2003–2007) (B) Marshall Green (1916–1998), assistant secretary of state (B) Robert Jubinville (born 1946), member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council and one of three board-certified criminal trial attorneys in the Commonwealth (B) François A. Pouliot (1896–1990), member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (B) Grace Mary Stern (1925–1998), Illinois state legislator; born in Holyoke (B) William Whiting, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts William Fairfield Whiting, former U.S. secretary of commerce === Military === Ralph T. Browning (1941–2018), Air Force brigadier general (retired), POW of the Vietnam War, CEO of Greater Phoenix Leadership, Inc.

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List of people from Holyoke, Massachusetts

The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S. == Notable people == (B) denotes that the person was born there. === Academics and educators === Lois Green Carr (1922–2015), American historian whose work primarily focused on Chesapeake Bay; daughter of Constance McLaughlin Green (B) Joseph Ellis (born 1943), Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian best known for his work on the founders of the United States Henrietta Hooker (1851–1929), botanist and educator, among the first women to receive a doctorate in botany from an American university Constance McLaughlin Green (1897–1975), Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian best known for her history of Washington, D.C.; her dissertation and first major published work was a comprehensive history of Holyoke Justin Perkins (1805–1869), Presbyterian missionary, and linguist, described as an "apostle to Persia" (B) Edward Pinkowski (1916–2020), writer, journalist, and historian whose focus was Polish-American history; best remembered as re-discoverer of the bones of Casimir Pulaski (B) Dorothy E. Reilly (1920–1996), nurse, played instrumental role in the development of nursing education in the United States and Canada; inductee in American Nurses Association Hall of Fame (B) Ervin Staub (born 1938), professor emeritus of psychology, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; founding director of the doctoral program on the psychology of peace and violence Morris Swadesh (1909–1967), linguist known for the Swadesh list, a compilation of unifying concepts across cultures for the purposes of comparative linguistics (B) David E. Sweet (1933–1984), founding president of Metropolitan State University and later president of Rhode Island College (B) Eric Toensmeier (born 1970), lecturer in permaculture and regenerative agriculture at Yale University, author of Paradise Lot, documenting his work with Jonathan Bates converting a house in Holyoke into a permaculture garden === Artists === Arthur Adams (born 1963), comic book artist known for his work on Longshot and Monkeyman and O'Brien (B) William Chadwick (1879–1962), British-born American Impressionist painter, and member of the Old Lyme art colony Jerome Connor (1874–1943), Irish-born 19th-century sculptor Ray D'Addario (1920–2011), photographer best known for his work as the chief photographer of the Nuremberg trials, whose portraits are found in all contemporary news reports and history books covering the postwar trial of Nazi leadership (B) Mitch Epstein (born 1952), fine-art photographer, director, cinematographer, and production designer (B) Gary Hallgren (born 1945), illustrator and underground cartoonist whose work has appeared in publications including The New York Times and MAD William Wegman (born 1943), photographer best known for his compositions posing Weimaraners in costume; his work has been featured on Sesame Street (B) === Business and industry === Michael J. Kittredge II (1952–2019), businessman, founder of the Yankee Candle Company; alumnus of Holyoke Community College; opened his first factory in a Holyoke mill before relocating to South Deerfield Junius Spencer Morgan (1813–1890), businessman, father of J. P. Morgan (B) Belle Skinner (1866–1928), businesswoman and philanthropist who donated Wistariahurst to the city, and worked with Holyoke's government to reconstruct the village of Apremont, France after the First World War J. Lewis Wyckoff (1864–1931), businessman and co-founder of stationery manufacturer White & Wyckoff, golf promoter, and credited with Holyoke's 1909 annexation of Smith's Ferry === Clergy === Timothy Joseph Harrington (1918–1997), Roman Catholic clergyman, cishop of Worcester (Massachusetts) 1983–1994 Leo Edward O'Neil (1928–1997), Auxiliary Bishop of Springfield (1980–1989), 6th cishop of Manchester NH (1990–1997) === Government and law === David M. Bartley (born 1935), politician and educator (B) Stanley C. Cox (1883–1942), physician and head of the Medical Division of the Office of Civilian Defense during World War II Maurice A. Donahue (1918–1999), Massachusetts state representative and president of the Massachusetts Senate (B) Eileen Donoghue (born 1954), former member of Massachusetts Senate, city manager of Lowell, Massachusetts (B) Donald Dwight (born 1931), newspaper executive of Holyoke Telegram-Transcript Dwight family, 64th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts during Governor Francis Sargent's administration (B) Bob Goodlatte, U.S. representative from Virginia, served as chair of the House Judiciary Committee (2013–2019) and chair of the House Agriculture Committee (2003–2007) (B) Marshall Green (1916–1998), assistant secretary of state (B) Robert Jubinville (born 1946), member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council and one of three board-certified criminal trial attorneys in the Commonwealth (B) François A. Pouliot (1896–1990), member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (B) Grace Mary Stern (1925–1998), Illinois state legislator; born in Holyoke (B) William Whiting, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts William Fairfield Whiting, former U.S. secretary of commerce === Military === Ralph T. Browning (1941–2018), Air Force brigadier general (retired), POW of the Vietnam War, CEO of Greater Phoenix Leadership, Inc.

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