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Few Granite Staters have been more a part of an international debate than Gene Robinson. Within a six month span in 2003, Robinson went from virtually unknown to a worldwide newsmaker, after being elected the first openly gay Episcopal bishop. |
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Known today as "Mr. Balsams," Steve Barba spent nearly fifty years as a part of one of New Hampshire's oldest and most prestigious resorts, becoming almost a steward of vacationers in the Granite State, as well as an ambassador for tourism and the North Country. |
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Inventor Dean Kamen's name has become synonymous with innovation and technology, from the Ibot transporter to the Segway to his work in water purification. And he's been inspiring future scientists with his support of the FIRST robotics competition. |
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Union Leader publisher Joe McQuaid started as a news office boy under his father, working his way up to become an influential voice in Granite State media and politics, especially in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary. |
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Twenty-five years ago Arnie Alpert was just beginning his long tenure as New Hampshire program director for the American Friends Service Committee. Since then he's been one of the state's most prominent voices for causes from peace to social justice to globalization. |
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As a three-term former New Hampshire governor and former White House Chief of Staff for the first President Bush, John H. Sununu has a unique perspective on state and national politics. |
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New Hampshire's first female House Speaker, Donna Sytek, has left an imprint on Granite State politics, from her work on prison and sentencing reform to the debate over education funding to the aftermath of the clergy sex abuse scandal. |
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Hero to some, villain to others, Andru Volinsky has been a central figure in the debate over school funding for two decades, starting with his work as lead counsel in the Claremont education funding lawsuits. |
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In sixty years of calling dances and playing music, Dudley Laufman has helped re-light the torch for traditional country dancing, building a movement that has played out in the churches and barns of small town New England. |
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Through his documentaries, Walpole filmmaker Ken Burns has been helping Americans learn more about their history and culture, from wars to music, from national parks to national pastimes. |
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Chosen from thousands of applicants to be America's first teacher in space, Concord educator Christa McAuliffe continues to inspire and educate through her example more than two decades after her death. |
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In his books, television programs and years of columns, the Union Leader's John Clayton shares almost-forgotten facts about the Granite State, as well as the stories of Granite Staters who do extraordinary things. |
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While New Hampshire's longtime Secretary of State supervises all state elections, Bill Gardner is best known as a steadfast protector of, and advocate for, the state's first in the nation presidential primary. |
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The ninth Catholic Bishop to head the Diocese of Manchester, John McCormack's tenure has not been without challenge or controversy, facing a child sex abuse scandal, priest shortages, parish closings and efforts to re-energize the faithful. |
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In cofounding HealthSource, Inc., Norm Payson changed the model by which health care was delivered in the U.S. |
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One of New Hampshire's most accomplished and honored poets, Maxine Kumin chronicles the sights, smells and sounds of rural New Hampshire. |
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Serving as Agriculture Commissioner for a quarter century, Steve Taylor has been a voice and advocate for farms and farmers in New Hampshire. |
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