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Schwartz, Delmore

(Encyclopedia) Schwartz, Delmore, 1913–66, American poet, b. New York City, grad. New York Univ., 1935. He was an editor of the Partisan Review (1943–55). His first work, In Dreams Begin…

Schwartz, Melvin

(Encyclopedia) Schwartz, Melvin, 1932–2006 American physicist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Columbia, 1958. He was on the faculty at Columbia (1958–66, 1991–2000, emeritus 2000–2006) and Stanford (1966–83…

Anderson, Sherwood

(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Sherwood, 1876–1941, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Camden, Ohio. After serving briefly in the Spanish-American War, he became a successful advertising man and…

Sherwood Forest

(Encyclopedia) Sherwood Forest, formerly a large royal forest, mainly in Nottinghamshire, central England. Remnants of the forest exist near Mansfield and Hucknall; efforts began in the 1990s to…

Schwartz, Anna Jacobson

(Encyclopedia) Schwartz, Anna Jacobson, 1915–2012, American research economist and financial historian, b. the Bronx, N.Y., grad. Barnard (B.A. 1934), Columbia (M.A. 1935, Ph.D. 1964). An outstanding…

F. Sherwood (Sherry) Rowland

chemist, Nobel laureateBorn: June 28, 1927Birthplace: Delaware, Ohio Roland's early work was on the chemistry of radioactive atoms. Branching out, in 1973, he and Mario Molina began researching…

Rowland, Frank Sherwood

(Encyclopedia) Rowland, Frank Sherwood, 1927–2012, American chemist, b. Delaware, Ohio, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1952. Rowland taught at Princeton from 1952 to 1956 and at the Univ. of Kansas from…

Sherwood, Robert Emmet

(Encyclopedia) Sherwood, Robert Emmet, 1896–1955, American dramatist, b. New Rochelle, N.Y., grad. Harvard, 1918. After serving in World War I, he wrote for Vanity Fair and Life, serving as editor of…

Don SHERWOOD, Congress, PA (1941)

SHERWOOD, Don, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Nicholson, Wyoming County, Pa., March 5, 1941; attended Lackawanna Trail High School and Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School; B.A.,…

Allyson Y. SCHWARTZ, Congress, PA (1948)

SCHWARTZ, Allyson Y., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., October 3, 1948; graduated from the Calhoun School, New York, N.Y., 1966; B.A., Simmons College,…