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Korematsu, Fred Toyosaburo

(Encyclopedia) Korematsu, Fred Toyosaburo, 1919–2005, Japanese-American internment protester, b. Oakland, Calif. He was a shipyard welder when, after the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor in 1942,…

Rogers, Fred McFeely

(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Fred McFeely, 1928–2003, American children's television personality, b. Latrobe, Pa. Rogers began working in television immediately after he graduated (1951) from Rollins…

Whipple, Fred Lawrence

(Encyclopedia) Whipple, Fred Lawrence, 1906–2004, American astronomer, b. Red Oak, Iowa. After graduating from the Univ. of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1931), he accepted a position at Harvard, where…

Phelps, Michael Fred

(Encyclopedia) Phelps, Michael Fred, 1985–, American swimmer, b. Baltimore. One of the world's greatest competitive swimmers, Phelps became (2001) the youngest world record holder (in the 200-m…

Sir Fred Hoyle

astrophysicistBorn: 6/24/1915Birthplace: Bingley, Yorkshire, England prominent astrophysicist who wrote extensively about cosmological theory, the belief that the universe is in a steady state of…

Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory

(Encyclopedia) Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, astronomical observatory located 35 mi (56 km) S of Tucson, Ariz., at an altitude of 8,500 ft (2,590 m). It is operated jointly by the Smithsonian…

Fred WAMPLER, Congress, IN (1909-1999)

WAMPLER, Fred, a Representative from Indiana; born in Carriers Mills, Saline County, Ill., October 15, 1909; B.A., Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Ind., 1931; M. Ed., Indiana State…

Fred Dalton THOMPSON, Congress, TN (1942)

Senate Years of Service: 1994-2003Party: RepublicanTHOMPSON, Fred Dalton, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Sheffield, Ala., on August 19, 1942; attended the public schools in Lawrenceburg,…

Fred MARSHALL, Congress, MN (1906-1985)

MARSHALL, Fred, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Union Grove Township, near Grove City, Meeker County, Minn., March 13, 1906; graduated from Paynesville (Minn.) High School; engaged in…

Fred Sampson PURNELL, Congress, IN (1882-1939)

PURNELL, Fred Sampson, a Representative from Indiana; born on a farm near Veedersburg, Fountain County, Ind., October 25, 1882; attended the common schools and the high school at Veedersburg;…