(Encyclopedia) Sloan, Alfred Pritchard, Jr., 1875–1966, American businessman and philanthropist, b. New Haven, Conn., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1895. He began his career as a…
(Encyclopedia) Stettinius, Edward Reilly, Jr.Stettinius, Edward Reilly, Jr.stətinˈeəs [key], 1900–1949, American statesman and industrialist, b. Chicago. He held (1926–34) several executive posts in…
(Encyclopedia) Richards, Dickinson Woodruff, Jr., 1895–1973, American physician and physiologist, b. Orange, N.J., grad. Yale, 1917, M.D. Columbia, 1923. He joined the staff of the College of…
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, John Glover, Jr., 1955–, American public official, 17th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2005–), b. Buffalo, N.Y., grad. Harvard (B.A. 1976, J.D. 1979). He clerked (…
Senate Years of Service: 1895-1919Party: DemocratMARTIN, Thomas Staples, a Senator from Virginia; born in Scottsville, Albemarle County, Va., July 29, 1847; attended the Virginia Military…
Senate Years of Service: 1939-1949Party: RepublicanREED, Clyde Martin, a Senator from Kansas; born near Champaign, Champaign County, Ill., October 19, 1871; moved with his family to Labette…
DIES, Martin, (father of Martin Dies, Jr.), a Representative from Texas; born in Jackson Parish, La., March 13, 1870; moved with his parents to Freestone County, Tex., in 1876; attended the…
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