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Coro

(Encyclopedia) Coro, Venezuela: see Santa Ana de Coro.

Naomi Campbell

modelBorn: 5/22/1970Birthplace: London, England International supermodel who was discovered at age 15 in Covent Garden by an agent from Elite and went on to earn millions by her early twenties. She…

E. L. Konigsburg

Children's book authorBorn: Feb. 10, 1930Birthplace: New York, N.Y. Born in New York City, Elaine Lobl grew up in small towns in Pennsylvania. She was the first member of her family to attend…

Elle Macpherson

(Eleanor Gow)model, actressBorn: 3/29/1964Birthplace: Sydney, Australia Elle Macpherson, like so many of her supermodel colleagues, has used a successful modeling career as the foundation for…

Garden Grove

(Encyclopedia) Garden Grove, city (2020 pop. 171,949), Orange co., S Calif., a suburb of Long Beach and Los Angeles, on the Santa Ana River; founded…

James Boyd UTT, Congress, CA (1899-1970)

UTT, James Boyd, a Representative from California; born in Tustin, Orange County, Calif., March 11, 1899; attended the public schools of Orange County, student at Santa Ana Junior College in…

New Mexico State University

(Encyclopedia) New Mexico State University, at Las Cruces; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1889 as a college. It became New Mexico State Univ. of Engineering,…

Jerry Mumford PATTERSON, Congress, CA (1934)

PATTERSON, Jerry Mumford, a Representative from California; born in El Paso, El Paso County, Tex., October 25, 1934; graduated from Tucson High School, Tucson, Ariz., 1952; B.A., California…

Johnson, Lady Bird

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912–2007, b. Karnack, Tex., as Claudia Alta Taylor. She married (1934) Lyndon B. Johnson and played an active role in his political career. As first lady (1963–69…