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3 unusual facts about Henry F. Dimock


Henry F. Dimock

He married Susan Collins Whitney, whose siblings included Henry Melville Whitney, industrialist; William Collins Whitney, financier and Secretary of the Navy: and Lucy Collins "Lily" Whitney, wife of banker Charles T. Barney.

He was also a director of the McCall Ferry Power Company, Boston & Maine Railroad, Knickerbocker Trust Company, and the Metropolitan Steamship Company.

Henry Dimock was a distant cousin of Ira Dimock (1827-1917), silk manufacturer, and Dr. Susan Dimock (1847-1875), early female physician who perished in the wreck of the SS Schiller in the Scilly Islands.


Anglo-Persian Oil Company

US President Harry S. Truman and US ambassador to Iran Henry F. Grady opposed intervention in Iran but needed Britain's support for the Korean War.

Frank Hagney

Because of his tall and strong appearance, Hagney often played officers or henchmans, such as Mr. Potters wordless wheelchair pusher in It's a Wonderful Life.

God Save the Tsar!

In 1842, English author Henry F. Chorley wrote God, the Omnipotent! set to Lvov's tune and published in 19th and 20th century hymnals as the Russian Hymn.

Henry Ashurst

Henry F. Ashurst (1874–1962), U.S. Senator from Arizona, 1912–1941

Henry Chandler

Henry F. Chandler (1835–1906), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

Henry F. Grady

On October 18, 1917 he married Lucretia Louise del Valle (daughter of California State Senator Reginaldo Francisco del Valle and Helen M. (White) del Valle, and granddaughter of Ygnacio del Valle).

Grady's daughter, Patricia Louise Grady, was born in Paris France 11 May 1920 and died 28 May 2000 in Asheville, Buncombe, NC.

Henry F. Lippitt

He served on the Governor's staff with the rank of colonel in 1888-1889 and was president of the New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association (now the National Textile Association) in the latter year.

They had two children - Rhode Island politician and philanthropist Frederick Lippitt and Mary Ann Lippitt.

Henry F. May

Born in Denver, Colorado, he was reared in Berkeley, California and spent a formative year in Europe with his family as the youngest of three children.

He was an assistant professor, and then associate professor, at Scripps College from 1947 to 1949 and taught as a visiting associate professor at Bowdoin College from 1950 to 1951.

Henry F. Miller House

The house was designed and built in 1948-1949 by Henry F. Miller as a thesis project for a Master of Architecture at the Yale School of Architecture.

Henry F. Thomas

He renewed his studies in the Ypsilanti Normal School, (now Eastern Michigan University) and graduated from the medical department of University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1868 and commenced practice in Constantine.

Henry F. Warner

Seeing a Mark IV tank looming out of the mist and heading toward his position, Cpl. Warner scored a direct hit.

Henry F. Zwack

Governor George Pataki subsequently appointed him Executive Deputy Commissioner, New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and later as a Judge on the New York State Court of Claims in December, 2006.

Henry F. Zwack (born December 5, 1952) is a lawyer and politician, most notable for having served as Rensselaer County, New York county executive and as an Acting New York State Supreme Court Justice.

Henry Grady

Henry F. Grady (1882 – 1957), United States ambassador to India, Greece and Iran

Henry Little

Henry F. W. Little, sergeant in the Union Army and Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War

Metropolitan Steamship Company

Other members of the family eventually became financially interested in the company, including Whitney's younger son, William Collins Whitney, and his sons-in-law, Henry F. Dimock and Charles T. Barney.

Roy R. Rubottom, Jr.

Upon the resignation of Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Henry F. Holland in September 1956, Rubottom was named Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.

World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists

Some of the presidents of WATOC (present and past) are Leo Radom, Paul von Rague Schleyer, H.F. Schaefer and I.G. Csizmadia.


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