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) Andrew C. Maines Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Humanities and Social Sciences Department 1 Lafayette Square Buffalo, NY 14203 716-858-7108 E-mail: [log in to unmask]