Saturday, December 19, 2009

Frank McKinney Jr.

full name: Frank Edward McKinney, Jr.

born 3 November 1938 in Indianapolis, Ind.

son of Frank Edward McKinney (Wikipedia entry)

died 11 September 1992 in a mid-air collision between two (small) aircraft. McKinney was traveling to Columbus, Ohio, with three other Indianapolis civic leaders (a, b and c), who were also killed along with the pilots of both aircraft

first wife: Katherine Berry (div. 1987)
second wife: Marianne Williams

Father of Frank McKinney 3rd and five other children: Martie, Marlen, Madeleine, Robert and Heather.

Olympic swimming champion (backstroke) in 1956 and 1960

Succeeded his father, Frank McKinney, as president of American Fletcher National Bank, which was bought by Bank One in 1986; chairman of Bank One Indiana and president of its Ohio-based parent company, Banc One.

New York Times obituary

Wikipedia entry

Frank McKinney

http://www.frank-mckinney.com/

(more to come)

this page is about Frank McKinney, the son of Frank McKinney Jr.

Friday, December 18, 2009

John Mellencamp


Born and grew up in Seymour, Ind.

Official website.

(more to come)

Monday, December 14, 2009

Paul Samuelson

Economist Paul Samuelson, who won a Nobel prize for his effort to bring mathematical analysis into economics, helped shape tax policy in the Kennedy administration and wrote a textbook read by millions of college students, died Sunday [13 December 2009]. He was 94. See: Associated Press article in Indianapolis Business Journal.

Samuelson was born in Gary, Ind., in 1915.

See also: Wikipedia.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Pete Dye


(more to come)

full name: Paul Dye

Born in Urbana, Ohio.
Son of: Paul and Elizabeth Dye.

This golf course designer moved to Indianapolis (from Ohio) in 1950.

Official site

Married: 1950

Wife: Alice Holliday O'Neal (born in Indianapolis in 1927)

Elder son: Perry O'Neal Dye

Younger son: Paul Burke(P.B.) Dye, born in 1955.

Perry Dye Courses Designed with Pete Dye