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Olympic Preview: Basketball

First Olympic Appearance: 1936 (men); 1976 (women) by Mike Morrison and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 20122008 Summer Games: Basketball ResultsEncyclopedia: Olympic BasketballMen…

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Jewel Plummer Cobb

biologist, physiologistBorn: 1/17/1924Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Jewel Plummer Cobb has had wide-ranging influence in the sciences. Awarded a Ph.D. in cell physiology from New York University in…

William Henry AVERY, Congress, KS (1911-2009)

AVERY, William Henry, a Representative from Kansas; born in Wakefield, Clay County, Kans., August 11, 1911; attended the public schools; A.B., University of Kansas at Lawrence, 1934; engaged…

Paul Ranous GREEVER, Congress, WY (1891-1943)

GREEVER, Paul Ranous, a Representative from Wyoming; born in Lansing, Leavenworth County, Kans., September 28, 1891; attended public and high schools, and was graduated from the law department…

Stanley Lloyd GREIGG, Congress, IA (1931-2002)

GREIGG, Stanley Lloyd, a Representative from Iowa; born in Ireton, Sioux County, Iowa, May 7, 1931; B.A., Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, 1954; M.A., Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y…

Charles Eugene BELKNAP, Congress, MI (1846-1929)

BELKNAP, Charles Eugene, a Representative from Michigan; born in Massena, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., October 17, 1846; attended the common schools; Twenty-first Regiment, Michigan Volunteer…

Hugh Reid BELKNAP, Congress, IL (1860-1901)

BELKNAP, Hugh Reid, a Representative from Illinois; born in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, September 1, 1860; attended the public schools, Adams Academy, Quincy, Mass., and Phillips Academy,…

William CLARK, Congress, PA (1774-1851)

CLARK, William, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Dauphin, Pa., February 18, 1774; captain of militia in Dauphin County in 1793 and 1795; went to Crawford County, Pa., early in life…