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Keats, Ezra Jack

(Encyclopedia) Keats, Ezra Jack, 1916–83, American author and illustrator of children's books, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Jacob Ezra Katz. During the Great Depression, he painted murals for the Works…

Kemp, Jack French

(Encyclopedia) Kemp, Jack French, 1935–2009, American politician and government official, b. Los Angeles. He played football while at Occidental College (grad. 1957) and was a professional…

Yeats, Jack Butler

(Encyclopedia) Yeats, Jack ButlerYeats, Jack Butleryāts [key], 1871–1957, Irish painter, son of the painter John Butler Yeats and brother of the poet William Butler Yeats. He began his career as an…

Szostak, Jack William

(Encyclopedia) Szostak, Jack William, 1952–, American molecular biologist, b. London, England, Ph.D. Cornell, 1977. Szostak has been a professor at Harvard Medical School and a researcher at…

John R. Jack Horner

PaleontologistBorn: 6/15/1946Birthplace: Shelby, Montana One of the best known American paleontologists, Jack Horner discovered and named two species of dinosaurs, Maiasaura and Orodromeus. He…

Jack KINGSTON, Congress, GA (1955)

KINGSTON, Jack, a Representative from Georgia; born in Byron, Brazos County, Tex., April 24, 1955; attended public schools in Athens, Ga.; A.B., University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., 1978; business…

Jack DAVIS, Congress, IL (1935)

DAVIS, Jack, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., September 6, 1935; B.A., Southern Illinois University, 1956; served in the U.S. Navy, 1956-1959; operated a steel warehouse…

Kilby, Jack St. Clair

(Encyclopedia) Kilby, Jack St. Clair, 1923–2005, American electrical engineer, b. Jefferson City, Mo., B.S. Univ. of Illinois, 1947, M.S. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1950. In 1958, Kilby began working for…