| Name |
Place(s)
of Residence |
Comments
|
Underhill,
Howard |
New
York |
- 1890s - Served as financial secretary,
Manhattan Single Tax Club
- 1927 - Died (age 74)
|
Unold,
Magnus A. |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1943 - Letter, responding to an earlier
letter on socialism by Howard Penley, Henry George News,
October
|
Unruh,
Jesse |
California |
- Speaker of California
Assembly
- 1965 - Address, "Sex and the Single
Tax," delivered at Henry George School, Winter term
|
Upton,
Winthrop L. |
...
|
- 1939 - Article, "Tax Analysis of [New
England] Town," The Freeman, August
- 1940 - Article, "Realtors Demand
Tax-Proof Shelter," The freeman, December
- 1940 - Address, "Henry George and the
Present Crisis," at commencement exercises, Henry George
School, 17 December
|
Urell,
Robert E. |
Pennsylvania
(Mansfield) |
- 1851 - Born
- 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress,
Philadelphia
- 1931 - Member, Manhattan Single Tax Club
- 1934 - Died (age 84)
|
U'Ren,
W.S. |
Oregon |
- 18-- - Born, Wisconsin
- 1909 - Serving as Secretary, Oregon Single
Tax League, headquartered in Oregon City
- 1910 - Participated in Single Tax
Conference, New York, NY, November
- 1910 -
Photograph
- 1910-14 - Led Single Tax campaign, funded
by the Fels Fund; worked to get citizens initiative adopted in
Oregon
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
- 1915 - Article, "Single Tax,"
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social
Science, Vol.58, March, pp. 222-227
- 1917 - Letter, Everyman, October,
in which he wrote: "Keep a stiff
upper lip. The Equity taxation reformers will soon fall from
sight. The great mass of voters know noting of them."
- 1918 - Letter, Everyman, March, in
which he wrote: "...surely this
year and in your state the people will vote to abolish land
speculation and for public ownership of land rental values, and
at the same time leave improvements free from tax."
- 1926 - Elected to National Advisory
Committee, Henry George Foundation of America
- 1946 -
Photograph
|
Utess,
R.O. |
New
York
(Brooklyn) |
- 1888 - Member, Executive Committee, Brooklyn
Single Tax Club
|
Valasek,
Harry
Photograph |
California
(LaMesa) |
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
- 1974 - Became an original member of
L.E.A.F. (Land, Equality and Freedom), based in San Diego
- 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
- 1984 - Attended International Union
conference, Cambridge, England
- 1990 - Chairman Pro Tem, Basic Economic
Education
|
Vallandigham,
Edward Noble |
Massachusetts
(Boston) |
- 18-- - Graduated, University of Delaware;
later became a Professor of English at the university
- 18-- - Began journalist career at the Philadelphia
Times and Philadelphia Record
- 1890 - Began writing for The Standard
- 1896 - Attended a dinner of the Delaware
Society, New York, NY, February
- 19-- - Became a close friend of Henry
George, Jr. and Louis F. Post
- 1910 - Employed as an editorial writer at
the Boston Herald
- 1922 - Book, Delaware and the Eastern
Shore
- 1926 - Wrote a biographical introduction to
Louis F. Post's book, What Is The Single Tax?
- 1929 -
Preface,
to Louis F. Post's book, What is the Single Tax?,
reprinted in Land & Liberty under the title "A
Notable Tribute to Louis F. Post, February
- 1930 - Died (n Seville, Spaind), while
traveling
|
Van
Arnuui,
Van (Dr.) |
Virginia
(Richmond) |
- 1890 - Serving as President, Richmond Single
Tax Club
|
Van
Ben,
Maurie |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1890s - Active in the single tax movement
- 1958 - Died, 12 February
|
Van
Buskirk,
Ethel |
... |
- 1957 - Article, "Henry George and his
Contemporaries," Henry George News, October
- 1953 - Letter, Henry George News,
October
- 198- Became member, HGI
- 1980 - Died, December 30
|
Van
Buskirk,
Nancy |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1965 - Letter, Henry George News,
June
|
Van
Deerlin,
Lionel L. |
California
(San Diego) |
- 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, San Diego, CA
|
Van
Horn,
Richard P. |
... |
- 1960 - Article, "Oranges from Iowa?"
Henry George News, March
|
Van
Hyning,
G.H. (Mrs.) |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1940 - Instructor, Henry George School
- 1941 - Attended Henry George Congress,
Chicago, Illinois; 29 September - 1 October
|
Van
LEEUWEN,
M.J. |
Massachusetts
(Franklin) |
- 1932 - Comment, on presentation, "Rational
Form of Taxation," made by George H. Duncan. Land and
Freedom, January-February
|
Van
Ornum,
William Henry |
...
|
- 189- - Acted in Single Tax movement;
subsequently drifted to anarchism; pamphlet, Why Government
At All, published by Charles H. Kerr
|
Van
Tassel,
Edward D. |
Massachusetts
(Boston) |
- 1942 - Resigned from board of Henry George
Institute of New England, to enter military service
|
Van
Veen,
Morris |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1890 - Attended National Conference of
Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
- 1921 - Address, "How to Abolish
Poverty," to the Hamilton Community Council, 3 May
- 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress,
Philadelphia
- 1927 - Address, at the American Educational
Forum, New York, NY, 13 February
- 1927 - Actively speaking on behalf of the
Commonwealth Land Party
- 1935 - Attended Henry George Congress, New
York, NY
- 1929 - Address, "Can Poverty Be
Abolished?" to Elks, Lynbrook, Illinois
- 1939 - Address, "Economic Causes of
Anti-Semitism," at Jewish Community Center of Staten
Island, 15 December
- 1943 - Article, "Little Tales of
Robbery," Land and Freedom, January-February
|
Van
Winkle,
George W. |
New
York
(Rochester) |
- 1890s - Became a personal friend of Henry
George
- 1928 - Remained active Single Tax supporter
|
Vanderwende,
Peter |
Pennsylvania
(Bradford) |
- 1936 - Letter, of appreciation for Land
and Freedom, July-August
|
Varamini,
Hossein |
Montana |
- 1987 - Assistant Prof. of Economics and
Public Finance at Eastern Montana College; prepared study on
impact of LVT
|
Varley,
Elizabeth |
Delaware
(Arden) |
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
|
Veitch,
Alexander |
Kansas
|
- 18-- - Born, Leith, Scotland
- 1929 - Pamphlet, Peace and Freedom,
published. Quote: "...very real
and practicla ends which may be obtained by a free people using
political democracy as a means to secure economic democracy to
democratize the land..."
|
Venturella,
Dorothy |
...
|
- 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Philadelphia, PA
|
Venturella,
Joseph |
...
|
- 1902 - Born, Italy
- 1921 - Migrated to the United States
- 19-- - Became involved with the Henry
George School, Chicago; elected Vice President
- 1944 - Taught Henry George course to Foam
Blowers Club
- 1952 - Attended International Union
conference, Odense, Denmark
- 19-- - Translated Economics Simplified
by E.E. Bowen into Italian
- 1970 - Book, Tax Reform with Justice,
published
- 1975 - Died, 11 October
|
Venturella,
Sam
|
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1942 - Enrolled in Henry George course in
Des Plaines, IL
- 19-- - Joins faculty, Henry George School
- 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
- 1978 -
Photograph
with Harry Pollard
- 1979 - Elected President, Henry George
School board
- 1979 -
Photograph
- 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
San Francisco, CA
- 1979 - Article,
Association
in Equality, New Leaf, Vol.4, No.3; July
- 1988 - Elected chair, CGO
- 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Philadelphia, PA
- 1990 -
Photograph
- 1990 - Article,
Bashing the
Poor, The Illinois Georgist, Vol.3, No.2,
Spring/Summer
- 1990 - Letter from Gurney Breckenfeld,
A
Meeting in Chicago, with Sam Venturella, 12 July
- 1991 - Paper,
Brief
History of the Henry George School - Chicago
- 1991 - Guest commentary,
Housing
Crisis is Real, and Getting Worse, News Star,
29-30 October
- 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama
- 1998 - Article, "Why Study Henry
George? Seven Good Reasons," Georgist Journal,
Spring
- 1999 - Address,
Understanding
Comes One Person at a Time, delivered at Henry George
Institute conference, Arden, Delaware
- 2000 - Article by Crissa Shoemaker,
A
Remembrance of Sam Venturella, Chicago Tribuine, 9
June
- 2000 - Died, June 4, age 78
|
Verby,
Victor |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1937 - Elected President, Henry George
Fellowship
|
Vereraena,
Robert |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1940 - Completed Fundamental Economics
course at Henry George School
|
Verity,
Walter (Dr.) |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
|
Veriwealther,
Leo |
Missouri
|
- 1890 - Attended National Conference of
Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
|
Vernam,
William B. |
New
York
(Brooklyn) |
- 1857 - Born, England
- 1874 - Migrated to the United States
- 1880s - Friend of Henry George and active in
the single tax movement
- 1909 - Serving as Secretary, Brooklyn
Single Tax Club
- 1938 - Died, 4 February, age 81
|
Verney,
Walter A. |
Massachusetts
(Soslindale) |
- 1857 - Born, 18 July, Richmond, Maine
- 1887 - Heard Henry George speak at Tremont
Temple
- 1944 - Died, March, age 87
|
Vernier,
Alice |
Delaware
(Newark) |
- 2005 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August
- 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA,
July
|
Vernoff,
Benjamin |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference,
Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
|
Vernon,
Frank L. |
New
York
(Brooklyn) |
- 1939 - Completed Henry George course
|
Veseth,
Michael |
...
|
- Profession: Professor of International
Political Economy, University of Puget Sound
- Article, "Uncorking the Economics of
Terroir," Land & Liberty, Autumn
|
Vessey,
Robert S. (Hon.) |
South
Dakota |
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Vestal,
C.L. |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Vetterman,
Arthur H. |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1936 - Elected President, Henry George
Fellowship
- 1936 - Attended Henry George Conference,
Suffern, New York; 20 June
- 1937 - Resigned as President, Henry George
Fellowship
|
Vick,
Henry |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
- 1927 - Involved in effort to reorganize the
Henry George Club of Chicago
|
Vickery,
_______ (Miss) |
Illinois
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Vickrey,
William
Photograph
|
New
York
(New York) |
- 1914 - Born
- 19-- - Earned Ph.D. in economics at
Columbia University
- 19-- - Became Professor of Economics,
Columbia University
- 1964 - Joined with Mason Gaffney and others
to form TRED
- 1995 - Article,
Propositions
Relating to Site Value Taxation, 28 September, deivered at
TRED conference, 29-30 September and at the Levy Institute, 2-4
November
- 1996 - Paper,
Fifteen
Fallacies of Financial Fundamentalism, A Disquisition on
Demand Side Economics, October
- 1996 - Wins Nobel Prize for Economics
- 1996 - Died
- 1996 - Article,
A
Remembrance of William Vickrey, by Dick Netzer, from Land
Lines, November 1996, Vol. 8, No.6
- 1997 - Article,
Warm
Memories of Bill Vickrey, written by Mason Gaffney, Land
& Liberty, Winter
- 1998 - Article,
Remembrance:
Nobel Laureate William Vickrey, at Stockholm Seminar, by
C. Lowell Harris, American Journal of Economics and
Sociology, April
|
Vierth,
Frank |
Iowa
(Cedar Rapids) |
- 1901 - Pamphlet series, "Why,"
published monthly, devoted to promotion of the Single Tax
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Vierth,
Vernon M. |
Iowa
|
- 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference,
Chicago, Illinois, November
|
Villard,
Oswald Garrison |
... |
- 1872 - Born, Germany, 13 March
- 18-- - Graduated, Harvard University;
joined his father's newspaper, the New York Evening Post
- 1900 - Became owner of the paper and The
Nation upon his father's death
- 1902 - Article, "The New Army of the
U.S.," Atlantic
- 1912 - Article,
"Socialism
and Syndicalism," The Nation, May 30
- 1930 - Pamphlet,
The
Tariff Scandal, published by the League for Independent
Political Action, New York, NY
- 1935 - Essay,
A
Remembrance of Frank Stephens, 1935
- 1939 - Article,
"The
Latest Anti-Jewish Horror," The Nation,
December 30
- 1947 - Book published, Free Trade and
Free World
- 1949 - Died, October 1 (age 77)
- 1990 - Article,
Oswald
Garrison Villard
|
Vincent,
Doris |
New
York
(Delmar) |
- 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama
|
Vincent,
Joshua R. |
Maryland
(Columbia) |
- 199- - Joins staff, Henry George Foundation
and the Center for the Study of Economics
- 199- - Appointed Director and elected
President of the board, Henry George Foundation
- 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, Fairhiope, Alabama
- 1995 - Article, "No Left, No Right,
Only Green & George," Groundswell,
November-December
- 1997 - Article, "Allentown: LVT Wins!"
Georgist Journal, Summer
- 2000 - Article, "Pennsylvania's Smart
Tax Sharpens our Teeth," Land & Liberty, Autumn
- 2001 - Address, "How We Lost
Pittsburgh," Council of Georgist Organizations conference,
Pittsburgh, PA, 30 August
- 2003 - Address, "How cna Connecticut
Cities Balance Their Budgets Without Driving Residents and
Businesses Away? at a public forum on Affordable Cities;
Bridgeport, CT, 18 July
- 2004 - Address, "Tax Incentives for New
Urbanism," Council of Georgist Organizations conference,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 23 July
- 2004 - Participated in panel, "Balanced
Growth for Albuquerque -- Financing Infrastructure,"
Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, 23 July
- 2004 -
Photograph,
at Henry George School, Philadelphia, September
- 2005 - Attended Council of Georgist
Organizations conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August
- 2005 - Letter, "Suburbs Benefit, So
Why Would They Criticize Sprawl?" Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, 31 August
- 2005 - Letter, "Get Real on
Philadelphia Realty Tax," Philadelphia Inquirer, 22
November
- 2006 -
Biography
- 2007 - Participated in Council of Georgist
Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA,
July
- 2008 -
Photograph, at a
meeting in New London, Connecticut
- 2009 - Article, "The Philadelphia
Project and its Forebears," Equal Rights, Spring
|
Viner,
Jacob |
...
|
- 1930 - Article, "Self-Interest and the
Tariff," Century Quarterly, in defense of
protectionist measures
|
Vining,
J.B. |
...
|
- 1909 - Serving as Secretary-Treasurer, Ohio
Single Tax League (76 Harriet Avenue, Cleveland)
|
Vinton,
Lindley |
New
York
|
- 1890 - Attended National Conference of
Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
|
Voelker,
Frank |
Michigan
(Detroit) |
- 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools
conference, Detroit, MI
|
Voeller,
Gayle |
California
(Sacramento) |
- 1988 - Elected President, Henry George
School extension
|
Voitch,
Alexander |
Kansas
(Linwood) |
- 1928 - Letter, regarding the Single Tax,
Kansas City Journal-Post
|
Volpe,
Domenic Della |
New
York
(New York) |
- 1942 - Article,
Are
Rights Natural?, The Freeman, October
- 1943 - Lectures on the land problem given
at the International Institute of Democracy at Woochefee
University, February-May
- 1945 - Conducted teachers training class at
Henry George School
- 1946 - Appointed dean at Henry George
School
- 1968 - Paper, on teaching Henry George,
presented at Henry George Schools conference, Miami Beach, FL
|
Von
Auer,
George |
Ohio
(Cincinnati) |
- 1897 - Befriended Herbert S. Bigelow and
brought him into the Georgist movement and convinced Single
Taxers to join Bigelow's congregation
- 1929 - Died (January?)
|
Von
Seggern,
E.M. |
Nebraska
(Omaha) |
- 19-- - Appointed chairman, "We, the
Citizens"
- 1935 - Serving as Director, Henry George
League of Nebraska; also serving in the Nebraska State
legislature
- 1942 - Died
|
Voorhees,
Harold C. |
Florida
(Maitland) |
- Nephew of Robert
Voorhees
- Maintained interest in Henry George program
at Voorhees College
|
Voorhees,
Robert |
... |
- 1890s - Became active in Single Tax movement
- 1914 - Became patron of Voorhees College in
Denmark, S.C.
|
Voorhis,
Horace J. (Jerry) |
California
(Los Angeles) |
- 1901 - Born, 6 April (Kansas)
- 192- - Graduated from Yale University; then
earned a Masters from Claremont Graduate School
- 1936 - Elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives, as a New Deal Democrat (had earlier been a
Socialist). In the Congress, he supported legislation to
regulate Wall Street and was therefore opposed by the Chandler
family (owners of the Los Angeles Times) who supported
Richard Nixon against him in the 1946 campaign, in which he was
defeated
- 1942 - Introduced a bill in the U.S. House
of Representatives to propose a constitutional amendment for a
national tax on land values
- 1940s - Supported the cause of interned
Japanese-Americans. Quote from a Nobu Kawai (in Frank Chin. Born
in the USA: a Story of Japanese America, 1889-1947: "And
I appreciate Jerry Voorhis, because his stand in our support led
to his defeat in congress."
- 194- - Book, Beyond Victory,
exposing the collaboration of large U.S. firms with the Nazi
regime during the early part of the Second World War
- 1947 - Became active in the cooperative
movement and Director, Cooperative League of the USA
- 1947 - Book, Confessions of a
Congressman
- 1984 - Died, age 83, 11 September
|
Vorce,
Myron (Mrs.) |
Michigan
(Detroit) |
- 1937 - Attended Henry George Congress,
Detroit, Michigan; 14-16 October
|
Voss,
John De |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 19-- - Teacher, Henry George School
|
Vrooman,
R.H. |
Illinois
(Chicago) |
- 1938 - Serving as Secretary, Single Tax
League
- 1940 - Instructor, Henry George School
|
Vyne,
Nicholas A. |
Arizona
(Camp Verde) |
- 1927 - Editor, Arizona Single Taxer
- 1928 - Campaigned for the state legislature
- 1931 - Elected to the National Advisory
Committee, Henry George Foundation of America
- 1931 - Died
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