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Leila Forbes Clark
1887-1964
Born: Canton, N.Y.
St. Lawrence Class: 1908
Distinctions:
● Chief librarian of the Smithsonian Institution; frst
woman to hold that post
● Renowned writer and authority on butterfies
Alexander O. Brodie
1849-1918
Born: Edwards, N.Y.
St. Lawrence Class: 1867
Distinctions:
● Creator of the Rough Riders, led by Teodore Roosevelt,
who gained fame charging up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-
American War
● Governor of Arizona Territory, 1902-05; father of Arizona
statehood
● Chief Engineer of Western dam projects
Albert P. Crary
1911-1988
Born: Crary Mills, N.Y.
St. Lawrence Class: 1931
Distinctions:
● First person to set foot on both the North and South Poles
● Chief scientist of the Antarctic Research Program
● Director of the National Science Foundation’s Division of
Environmental Sciences
● Advocate for international cooperation in Arctic research
and exploration