businessmanDied: December 27, 2007 (Burr Ridge, Illinois) Best Known as: former chairman and CEO of Sears Edward Brennan was the chairman and chief executive of…
For African-American authors and illustrators whose books promote the contributions to the American dream; given by the American Library Association. A separate award…
(Encyclopedia) Cross, Wilbur Lucius, 1862–1948, American educator and public official, b. Mansfield, Conn., grad. Yale (B.A., 1885; Ph.D., 1889). He was instructor (1894–97), assistant professor (…
(Encyclopedia) Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson, 1868–1941, American educator, b. Andrews, Ind., grad. Univ. of Indiana, 1891, Ph.D. Columbia, 1905. He was a pioneer writer in the history of American…
(Encyclopedia) Aberhart, WilliamAberhart, Williamāˈbərhärt [key], 1878–1943, premier of Alberta, Canada, b. Ontario. He was a schoolteacher and a founder and dean of the Calgary Prophetic Bible…
(Encyclopedia) Shuster, George Nauman, 1894–1977, American educator, b. Lancaster, Wis., grad. Notre Dame (B.A., 1915; M.A., 1920) and Columbia (Ph.D., 1940). He was head of the department of English…
(Encyclopedia) Vincent, George Edgar, 1864–1941, American educator, organizer, and sociologist, b. Rockford, Ill., grad. Yale, 1885, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1896; son of Bishop John Heyl Vincent. He…
(Natasha Nikolaevna Gurdin)actressBorn: 7/20/1938Birthplace: San Francisco, California Dark-haired, browned eyed smoldering beauty who began acting at age four in the 1943 movie, Happy Land. Wood…
TSONGAS, Nicola S. (Niki), (wife of Paul Tsongas), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Chico, Butte County, Calif., April 26, 1946; graduated from Narimasu American High School, Tokyo…
former U.S. congresswomanBorn: 7/30/1940Birthplace: Portland, Ore. During her 12 terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado (1972–1996), Schroeder was an…
