(Encyclopedia) Mikan, George LawrenceMikan, George Lawrencemĭkˈən [key], 1924–2005, American basketball player, b. Joliet, Ill. After leading De Paul Univ. to the 1945 National Invitational…
(Encyclopedia) Lawrence, William Beach, 1800–1881, American political leader and jurist, b. New York City. He was appointed secretary of the legation in Great Britain in 1826 and was made (1827)…
(Encyclopedia) Hocking, William Ernest, 1873–1966, American idealist philosopher, b. Cleveland, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1901; Ph.D., 1904). He was professor of philosophy at Harvard from 1914 until his…
Senate Years of Service: 1897-1903Party: RepublicanMASON, William Ernest, (father of Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck), a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Franklinville,…
(Encyclopedia) Godkin, Edwin LawrenceGodkin, Edwin Lawrencegŏdˈkĭn [key], 1831–1902, American editor, b. Moyne, Ireland, of English parentage. His idealism found expression in his History of Hungary…
(Encyclopedia) Cremin, Lawrence ArthurCremin, Lawrence Arthurkrĕmˈĭn [key], 1925–91, American educator and historian, b. New York City. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1949 and began teaching…
(Encyclopedia) Bax, Ernest Belfort, 1854–1926, English socialist philosopher. He studied music and philosophy in Germany. In England, influenced by Marxist and other radical thought, he became active…
(Encyclopedia) Hemingway, Ernest, 1899–1961, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Oak Park, Ill. one of the great American writers of the 20th cent.
Hemingway's fiction usually focuses on…
ANDREWS, Robert Ernest, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Camden, Burlington County, N.J., August 4, 1957; graduated from Triton High School, Runnemeade, N.J., 1975; B.S., Bucknell…
FLETCHER, Ernest L., a Representative from Kentucky; born in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Ky., November 12, 1952; graduated from LaFayette High School, Lexington, Ky., 1970; B.S.,…
