What about F. Scott Fitzgerald?  He is official from NY since he was born
in Buffalo even though his family in Buffalo only briefly.

At 01:10 PM 12/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks to David for posting the goals of the NYer Hall of Fame.  Item (a.)
>certqinly opens up the possibilities of people to be nominated.
>
>I would like to propose a couple of more famous New Yorkers
>Sir John Johnson
>Walter Butler
>Joseph Brant
>Adam Chrysler
>Stephen Watt
>
>to mention a few and on the infamous side:
>The Loomis brothers
>
>R. Miner (not included in the infamous list)

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