William Emery Merrill (1837–1891), American soldier and military engineer
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William Henry Merrill, American electrical engineer and founder of Underwriters Laboratories
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William Merrill Whitman (1911–1993), American lawyer and officer of the Panama Canal Company
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William Merrill Whitman (January 7, 1911 – November 24, 1993) was born in Omaha, Nebraska and graduated from the Nebraska State Teachers College in Wayne, Nebraska in 1930 with an A.B. degree.