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Lawrence Dale Bell

Lawrence Dale Bell BusinessIndustrialist About Lawrence Dale Bell Lawrence Dale Bell: Buffalo's Aviation Trailblazer On April 5, 1894, in Mentone, Indiana, Lawrence Dale Bell was born—a man destined to leave…

Lewis F. Allen

Lewis F. Allen BusinessFarmerPolitician About Lewis F. Allen Lewis F. Allen: Buffalo’s Pioneer in Agriculture and Civic Leadership On January 1, 1838, Buffalo, New York, saw the birth of a…

Samuel Wilkeson Jr.

Samuel Wilkeson Jr. BusinessJournalistNewspaper editorRailroad executiveReal-estate developer About Samuel Wilkeson Jr. Samuel Wilkeson Jr.: A Gentleman of Enterprise and Leadership in Buffalo’s Formative Years On May 9, 1817, in Buffalo,…

Samuel Wilkeson

Samuel Wilkeson Business About Samuel Wilkeson Samuel Wilkeson: The Visionary Who Shaped Buffalo’s Destiny On January 1, 1825, Buffalo, New York, gained a figure whose vision and determination would catapult…

Jacob F. Schoellkopf

Jacob F. Schoellkopf Business About Jacob F. Schoellkopf Jacob F. Schoellkopf: Buffalo's Industrial Pioneer and Power Visionary On November 15, 1819, in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany, Jacob F. Schoellkopf was…

Russell Salvatore

Russell Salvatore Business About Russell Salvatore Russell Salvatore: A Buffalo Icon of Hospitality and Generosity On January 27, 1933, Buffalo, New York, welcomed a boy who would grow into one…

Herbert A. Hauptman

Herbert A. Hauptman MathematicianNobel laureateNobel Prize in Chemistry (1985) (jointly with Jerome Karle)UNSW Dirac Medal (1991) About Herbert A. Hauptman Herbert A. Hauptman: A Buffalo-Born Nobel Laureate Who Transformed Science On February 14, 1917,…