U.S. Secretary of Labor Paul W. Richards, former astronaut Conrad Richter, author Hugh Rodham, father of Hillary Rodham Clinton Tim Ruddy, former professional football player, Miami Dolphins Victor Schertzinger, composer, film director, film producer and screenwriter William Scranton, former Governor of Pennsylvania and 1964 U.S. Presidential candidate William Scranton, III, former Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania B. F. Skinner, psychologist, radical behaviorist, Harvard professor, and author Jimmy Spencer, former NASCAR driver and current TV analyst Bob Sura, former NBA basketball player Charley Trippi, played for Pittston Patriots, NFL Hall of Fame John Anthony Walker, spy for the Soviet Union Ed Walsh, former professional baseball player, Chicago White Sox See also Eckley Miners' Village Franklin B. Gowen Major coal producing regions Schuylkill Canal References External links Coal Mine Region - The Carpathian Connection Pennsylvania's Northern Coal Field A collection of nostalgia and regionalisms from the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania The Anthracite Coal region Map of the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania History of anthracite coal mining Abandoned Anthracite Mines in PA Brief history of the Molly Maguires "A Jewel In the Crown of Old King Coal Eckley Miners' Village" by Tony Wesolowsky, Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine, Volume XXII, Number 1 - Winter 1996 A website with extensive detail on and a virtual tour of Eckley 01 Coal mining regions in the United States Mining in Pennsylvania Regions of Pennsylvania Carbon County, Pennsylvania Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania