Ransom family

Born May 5, 1914 in Milwaukee, Wis., Eugene Ransom received his Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (1941).

Following his graduation and with the outbreak of war, Ransom as a conscientious objector served in the Civilian Public Service first at Camp Stronach in the Manistee National Forest and then as a medical technician at the Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. In July 1943, he married Jeanne Bailey who had received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1942. She taught science for one year in Clintonville, Wisconsin before her marriage.

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