a farm outside of Galena in the 1940s; Governor of Illinois (1949–1953); United States Ambassador to the United Nations; Democratic Party presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956 James Wright, president of Dartmouth College (1998–2009), and history department faculty member 1969–2009; graduated from Galena High School in 1957; wrote a book on Galena's lead district in 1966 LaMetta Wynn, first black woman to head an Iowa municipality: mayor of Clinton, Iowa (1995–2007); graduated from Galena High School References Galena Galena