Ransdell
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Ransdell is a surname, and may refer to:
- Joseph Morton RansdellJoseph Morton RansdellJoseph Morton Ransdell, was an associate professor of philosophy from 1974 to 2000 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. A native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Ransdell in 1961 received his Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California....
, philosopher - Joseph E. RansdellJoseph E. RansdellJoseph Eugene Ransdell was a United States Representative and Senator from Louisiana. Born in Alexandria, the seat of Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, Ransdell attended public schools. In 1882, he graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York...
, Louisiana senator. In 1930 he sponsored the Ransdell ActRansdell ActThe Ransdell Act , reorganized, expanded and redesignated the Laboratory of Hygiene as the National Institute of Health....
which turned the 1887 Laboratory of Hygiene into the National Institutes of HealthNational Institutes of HealthThe National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
. - Sanford RansdellSanford RansdellSanford Wesley Ransdell was an early American pioneer and soldier in the Battle of Tippecanoe. Ransdell was born in Orange County, Virginia on September 11, 1781...
, Indiana pioneer