(Encyclopedia) Belluschi, PietroBelluschi, Pietropyĕˈtrō bəl&oomacr;ˈskē [key], 1899–1994, Italian-American civil engineer, designer, and architect. Belluschi served as dean and professor at the…
(Encyclopedia) Borden, Lizzie Andrew, 1860–1927, American woman accused of killing her father and her step-mother, b. Fall River, Mass. The elder Bordens were hacked to death with an ax on Aug. 4,…
(Encyclopedia) New York City Ballet (NYCB), one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th and 21st cents. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in…
MARQUETTE, Turner Mastin, a Representative from Nebraska; born near Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, July 19, 1831; attended the common schools, the Springfield High School, and Wittenberg…
McGINLEY, Donald Francis, a Representative from Nebraska; born on a ranch in Keith County, near Keystone, Nebr., June 30, 1920; graduated from Ogallala High School, Ogallala, Nebr., 1938; B.A…
STRODE, Jesse Burr, a Representative from Nebraska; born in Farmers Township, Fulton County, Ill., February 18, 1845; attended the public and high schools and was graduated from Abingdon (Ill…
REDMOND, William Thomas, a Representative from New Mexico; born in Chicago, Ill., January 28, 1955; attended Gage Park High School; B.A., 1979, Lincoln Christian College in Illinois; M.Div.,…
DICKSON, Joseph, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Chester County, Pa., in April 1745; moved with his parents to Rowan County, N.C., and was reared and educated there; engaged in…
HAINER, Eugene Jerome, a Representative from Nebraska; born in Funfkirchen, Hungary, August 16, 1851; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Columbia, Mo., in 1854,…
JONES, George Washington, a Representative from Tennessee; born in King and Queen County, Va., March 15, 1806; moved to Tennessee with his parents, who settled in Fayetteville; received a…
