Statesmen Greats:

                       

William R. Day

         
William R. Day was born on April 17, 1849 in Ravenna, Ohio. After receiving a Bachelor's Degree in 1870 at the University of Michigan, and pursuing law studies he returned to practice law with William Lynch in Canton, Ohio. Admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1872, he practiced law becoming over a quarter of a century one of the most respected lawyers in Northern Ohio. He was a friend of Willliam McKinley through those years, and in 1897 President McKinley, concerned about the failing health of Secretary of State Sherman, appointed Day Assistant Secretary of State. In May of 1898 President McKinley appointed Day Secretary of State. Day was responsible for negotiating the Peace with Spain, and later the annexation of Hawaii. In 1899 he was appointed to the bench of the United States Circuit Court for the Sixth Judicial District. In 1903 he was appointed by President Teddy Roosevelt to the United States Supreme Court and remained there 13 years.
           
 
John A. Scali

John A. Scali was born on April 27, 1918 in Canton, Ohio. He received hi Bachelor's Degree in journalism from Boston University in 1942. He served as a reporter for the Boston Herald, the Boston Bureau of the United Press and for the Boston Herald Traveler from 1942-1943. From 1943-45 he served as an Associated Press War Correspondent in the European Theater of Operations. From 1945-1961 he was Diplomatic Correspondent at the Washington Bureau of the Associated Press. From 1961-1971 he was Chief Diplomatic Correspondent to ABC News. In 1971 he was Special Consultant to the President. In 1973 he was appointed U.S. Representative to the United Nations. He is famous for his role in negotiating the solution of the Cuban Missile Crisis during the John F. Kennedy Presidency.

   
   
 
 
 
Atlee Pomerene
 

Atlee Pomerene was born in Berlin, Ohio on December 6, 1863. He received both a Bachelor's Degree (1884)and a Master's Degree (1887) from Princeton University and a Law Degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1886. He began practice of Law in Canton, Ohio and served at different capacities in Canton City Government until 1908. Elected as Lieutenant Governor, he served in that position from January of 1910 until April of 1911. He resigned to assume a U.S. Senate position and after reelection he served until March 3, 1923. He moved to Cleveland in 1923 practicing law there. He was appointed by President Coolidge in 1924 to prosecute the Teapot Dome oil fraud cases. He ran unsuccessfully for the Presidential Candidacy of the Democrats in 1928. He was appointed by President Herbert Hoover to the chairmanship of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation serving from 1932-1933. He died in 1937 and is buried in West Lawn Cemetery in Canton, Ohio.