CITY

Population:
53421 (2000 census)

County:
Kanawha County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Charleston	1888

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Harriet C. Babbitt	Diplomat	13-Nov-1947		US Ambassador to OAS, 1993-97
Tony Brown	Talk Show Host	11-Apr-1933		Host of Tony Brown's Journal
Gaston Caperton	Politician	21-Feb-1940		Governor of West Virginia, 1989-97
John T. Chambers	Business	23-Aug-1949		CEO of Cisco
Frances D. Cook	Diplomat	7-Sep-1945		US Ambassador to Oman, 1996-99
Diane C. Creel	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Ecovation
George Crumb	Composer	24-Oct-1929		1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music
Martin R. Delany	Activist	6-May-1812	24-Jan-1885	Black nationalist
Julie H. Edwards	Business	c. 1958		CFO of Frontier Oil, 1994-2005
Conchata Ferrell	Actor	28-Mar-1943		Head nurse Joan Thor on E/R
Jim Harrick	Basketball	25-Jul-1938		Former UCLA and UGA head coach
Ann Magnuson	Actor	4-Jan-1956		Film actress, Bongwater vocalist
Sara Jane Moore	Assassin	15-Feb-1930		Tried to kill Gerald Ford
Alex Schoenbaum	Business	8-Aug-1915	6-Dec-1996	Founder, Shoney's
Mary Lee Settle	Novelist	29-Jul-1918	27-Sep-2005	Beulah Land
Red Sovine	Country Musician	17-Jul-1918	4-Apr-1980	The Old Syrup Sopper
Jason Williams	Basketball	18-Nov-1975		White Chocolate

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Walter E. Clark	Politician	7-Jan-1869	4-Feb-1950	Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1909-13

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