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TAYLOR, Gary Eugene (Gene), Congress, MS (1953)

TAYLOR, Gary Eugene (Gene), a Representative from Mississippi; born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., September 17, 1953; graduated from De LaSalle High School, New Orleans, La., 1971; B.A.,…

Gary Eugene (Gene) TAYLOR, Congress, MS (1953)

TAYLOR, Gary Eugene (Gene), a Representative from Mississippi; born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., September 17, 1953; graduated from De LaSalle High School, New Orleans, La., 1971; B.A…

Frank Boyd GARY, Congress, SC (1860-1922)

Senate Years of Service: 1908-1909Party: DemocratGARY, Frank Boyd, a Senator from South Carolina; born in Cokesbury, Abbeville County, S.C., March 9, 1860; attended the Cokesbury Conference…

Julian Vaughan GARY, Congress, VA (1892-1973)

GARY, Julian Vaughan, a Representative from Virginia; born in Richmond, Va., February 25, 1892; attended the public schools; University of Richmond, B.A., 1912 and from its law department, B.L…

Louis Gary CLEMENTE, Congress, NY (1908-1968)

CLEMENTE, Louis Gary, a Representative from New York; born in New York City June 10, 1908; attended St. Ann’s Academy in New York City and LaSalle Military Academy, Oakdale, L.I., N.Y.;…

Wirt, William Albert

(Encyclopedia) Wirt, William Albert, 1874–1938, American educator, b. Markle, Ind., grad. DePauw Univ. (Ph.B., 1898; Ph.D., 1916). In 1907 he became superintendent of schools in Gary, Ind., where he…

Calumet, region, United States

(Encyclopedia) CalumetCalumetkălˈy&oomacr;mĕtˌ [key], industrialized region of NW Ind. and NE Ill., along the south shore of Lake Michigan. Once a great heavy industry and steel manufacturing…

Indiana University

(Encyclopedia) Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The…

East Chicago

(Encyclopedia) East Chicago, city (2020 pop. 26,370), Lake co., extreme NW Ind., on Lake Michigan, in the industrialized Calumet region…

Adam BENJAMIN, Jr., Congress, IN (1935-1982)

BENJAMIN, Adam, Jr., a Representative from Indiana; born in Gary, Lake County, Ind., August 6, 1935; attended the public elementary schools of Gary; graduated, Kemper Military (high) School,…