Interesting Lakeman stories.
Below are stories of famous/infamous people with the LAKEMAN surname.
If you have an interesting story of a LAKEMAN (whether related or not), please send it to me and I will include it.
In Kelly's Directory of 1883 Mr E G Lakeman was recorded as 'patentee and manufacturer of turn-wrest plough etc, etc', and in 1889 as 'patentee and manufacturer of the deep pulverizing harrow etc, etc'. (Source: A History of Modbury, publ by Modbury Local History Society, 1971). [Thanks to Lorna Leadbetter for the information]
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Derrick Evan Lakeman (born Cincinnatti, Ohio 1958) was the U.S. national long distance running champion in 1985 and 1988, winning titles at 10k & 15k. The fastest high school mile runner in the U.S. in 1977, Dirk still holds the Oregon state high school record at 4:04.9. [Thanks to Mark Lakeman, Portland, Oregon for the information]
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Richard Evan Lakeman (born Cincinnatti, Ohio 1931) founded the Dept of Urban Planning in Portland, Oregon and led the successful effort stop the construction of a parking tower and instead build the first major North American public square built since 1930. [Thanks to Mark Lakeman, Portland, Oregon for the information]
Last updated on 27 August 2002