(Encyclopedia) Kim, Jim Yong, 1959–, Korean-American physician, university administrator, and global health specialist, b. Seoul, grad. Brown (A.B., 1982), Harvard (M.D., 1991, Ph.D., 1993). He moved…
(Encyclopedia) Brady, Diamond Jim (James Buchanan Brady), 1856–1917, American financier and philanthropist, b. New York City. He was a bellboy and messenger and then worked for the New York Central…
Born: Apr. 8, 1946Baseball RHP won 20 games or more 5 times (1971-75); played on 5 World Series winners with Oakland and NY Yankees; threw perfect game in 1968; won AL Cy Young Award in 1974; 224-…
George W. Bush's secretary of Health and Human Services Born: 11/19/1941Birthplace: Elroy, Wis. Thompson was the governor of Wisconsin for an unprecedented 14 years. During his tenure, he was an…
Labor leaderBorn: 8/1/1944Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas Linda Chavez-Thompson, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO since 1995, is the first person of color to hold an executive office of that…
singerDied: Nov. 6, 2007 (Keller, Texas) Best Known as: country singer Country singer who produced seven decades of songs fusing jazz, Western swing, and…
(Encyclopedia) Dobell, Sydney ThompsonDobell, Sydney Thompsondōbĕlˈ [key], 1824–74, English poet. He is best known for the melodramatic, extravagantly emotional poem Balder (1853). In 1855 he…
(Encyclopedia) Meynell, Alice (Thompson)Meynell, Alice (Thompson)mĕnˈəl [key], 1847–1922, English poet and essayist. She spent most of her youth in Italy. Converted to Roman Catholicism in 1872, she…
(Encyclopedia) Preston, Lewis Thompson, 1926–95, American financial executive, b. New York City. After serving as a U.S. Marine during World War II and graduating from Harvard (1951), he joined J. P…
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Edward Thompson, 1793–1871, American Methodist missionary preacher among seamen, known as Father Taylor, b. Richmond, Va. He was licensed in 1814 to preach and ordained in 1819…
