Jean Brown was married to Cameron Brown. The couple had one daughter together named Sophie. Brown had three other daughters, Phyllis, Paula and Leila.
William Arthur Holt was born in Lake Forest, Illinois to Devillo and Ellen Holt. He attended Lake Forest Academy and Lake Forest College. He began his career in 1882 at the Holt-Balcom Lumber Company in Chicago, where his father was a partner. In 1888 he moved to Oconto, Wisconsin, where there was also a branch of the lumber company, and began work there, eventually serving as president.
Holt also served as president of the Oconto Canning Company, the Oconto River Improvement Company and the Holt Hardwood Company, the latter of which he was also chairman of the board. Additionally, he was director for a time of the Oconto Falls Manufacturing Company. Holt helped found the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association and the National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association.
Holt served as mayor of Oconto from 1904-1908.
Holt was married in 1895 to Lucy Rumsey Holt. The couple had four children, Jeanette, Alfred, Mary Eleanor and Donald.
The Foundation for Architecture and Landscape Architecture (FALA) was a summer program for architecture training for graduates. Students lived at Lake Forest College during the program, which existed from 1926-1931. The students learned from master architects, examined local estates, and collaborated on drawings. These drawings were housed at Lake Forest College in storage in 1935 and found 50 years later.
Madeline Ashton taught Modern Languages at Lake Forest College.
The Caxton Club, located in Chicago, was founded in 1895. It is a private social organization and bibliophilic society bringing people together from different backgrounds who have a communal love of books and literary study. The club was named after William Caxton, a noted printer during the fifteenth century.
While the club did not allow female membership until 1976, it has gone on to have three female presidents. The club holds dinner and lunch programs, sponsors various events and exhibitions, and publishes books and a monthly newsletter, the Caxtonian.
Cameron Brown was born in Chicago to George and Irene (nee Larmon) Brown. He graduated from the University of Illinois. Brown fought in World War II, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the army. After the war, Brown went on to have a career in the reinsurance business. Brown loved to travel and visited over 200 countries in his lifetime.
Brown had a wife, Jean, two daughters, Sophie and Debrah, one son, Reid, and three stepdaughters, Phyllis, Paula and Leila.
Brown served on the board of the National Association of Independent Insurers and was the head of Lloyd's Brokers Association in the United States, as well as being President of Planned Parenthood of Chicago.