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2 unusual facts about Frederic W. Boatwright


Frederic W. Boatwright

Earl Hamner, creator of the hit CBS-TV series The Waltons, attended Richmond College during Boatwright's tenure, and named the fictional Boatwright University where the character of John-Boy Walton attended college after him.

In 1914, under Dr. Boatwright's leadership, the College moved from the Fan district of downtown Richmond to its current West End campus.


Boatwright

Daniel E. Boatwright (born 1930), American politician from California; state legislator 1973–80

Frederic Lincoln

Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr. (1898–1968), American member of Rockefeller family

Jeffrey Amestoy

On January 10, 1997, Governor Howard Dean appointed Amestoy to the Vermont Supreme Court, following the retirement of Chief Justice Frederic W. Allen.

Northport, Michigan

The second commander of the American Legion, war hero and businessman Frederic W. Galbraith, maintained a summer home in Northport during the 1910s and early 1920s.


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