Janet Land Van der Eb was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania to Helen Ortlip and Clarence G. Land. Van der Eb was a painter and teacher.
She was married to Henry G. Van der Eb and the two lived in Lake Forest, Illinois for a period of time. The couple had one daughter, Susan, and two sons, Henry Jr. and Peter.
Marvin Kent was born in Ravenna Ohio to Zenas and Pamelia Kent. He was educated at both Tallmadge and Claridon Academies.
Kent married Maria Stewart in 1840. The couple had two sons, William and Henry.
Kent worked in businesses owned by his father for a time as supervisor at a tannery and at the Kent Flouring Mill. Kent founded a glass works in the 1850s.
By 1851 Kent had joined the railroad industry and helped to plan and develop the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. He also served as its first president. The railroad was completed in 1863. Kent ensured the town of Franklin Mills, where some of his father’s businesses resided, was named a hub for the railroad. The shops and business opportunities this brought with it to the area led residents to rename the town in 1864 in honor of Marvin Kent. From then on Franklin Mills became known as Kent, Ohio.
Kent also went on to serve as bank president at Kent National Bank. He was involved in politics as well and served as an Ohio State Senator, elected in 1875.
Bruce Lineburg taught Biology at Lake Forest College from 1924-1954 and served as the Department Chair towards the end of his career.
Lineburg received his B.A. from Ohio University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He published several articles from 1923-1925 on the honey bee and co-authored "A Laboratory Manual for General Biology."
Prior to working at Lake Forest College, he was principal of Webster, Pennsylvania Public Schools and of West Lafayette Ohio High School, as well as superintendent of the Monroe County, Ohio Public Schools. He also served as assistant beekeeper for the Bureau of Entomology in Washington, D.C.
Lineburg was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Society of Zoologists, the American Society of Parasitologists, and Sigma Xi.