Famous Civitans
Several well-known individuals have been Civitans, including:
- Thomas Edison
- President Calvin Coolidge
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt, charter member of the New York Civitan Club
- Rep. Joseph W. Byrns, Sr., Speaker of the House under Franklin D. Roosevelt from January 3, 1935 to June 4, 1936
- President John F. Kennedy
- President Harry Truman
- Jake Delhomme, former NFL quarterback
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ed Sanford
- General John Pershing
- Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, charter member of the New York Civitan Club
- Richard Petty
- Andrew Sass
- Bo Jackson
- Frank Thomas
- Richard Rohmer, who served as a Civitan district governor and international treasurer.
- Richmond H. Hilton, Medal of Honor recipient.
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““Why visit the playhouse to see the famous Parisian models, ... when one can see the French damsels, Norma and Diana? Their names have been known on both continents, because everything goes as it will, and those that cannot be satisfied with these must surely be of a queer nature.””
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