(Encyclopedia) Dolby, Ray Milton, 1933–2013, American inventor, audio engineer, and corporate executive, B.S. Stanford, 1957, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1961. While a teenager, he worked for Ampex Corp. (1949–…
(Encyclopedia) Chivington, John Milton, 1821–92, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Lebanon, Ohio. Ordained a Methodist minister (1844), he served in Missouri and Nebraska before moving to…
(Encyclopedia) Hart, Lorenz Milton, 1895–1943, American lyricist, b. New York City, studied at Columbia. Hart began collaborating with Richard Rodgers in 1919; their initial success was The Garrick…
(Encyclopedia) Hay, John Milton, 1838–1905, American author and statesman who was an important political figure from the mid-19th cent. into the early 20th cent.; b. Salem, Ind., grad. Brown. He…
(Encyclopedia) Hershey, Milton Snavely, 1857–1945, American manufacturer and philanthropist, b. near Derry Church (now Hershey), Pa. The son of Mennonite farmers, at 15 he was apprenticed to a…
(Encyclopedia) Jones, Samuel Milton, 1846–1904, American political reformer, known as “Golden Rule” Jones, b. Wales. He was brought to America as a child and worked in the oil fields of Pennsylvania…
(Encyclopedia) Obote, Apollo MiltonObote, Apollo Miltonōbōˈtā [key], 1924–2005, president of Uganda (1966–71, 1980–85). Obote, a member of the legislative council of Uganda from 1957, founded (1960)…
(Encyclopedia) Margai, Sir MiltonMargai, Sir Miltonmärˈgī [key], 1895–1964, prime minister of Sierra Leone (1961–64). A prominent doctor, he turned to politics in 1949 and led his country to…
BRADLEY, Jeb, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, on October 20, 1952; B.A., Tufts University, Medford, Mass., 1974; business owner; member of the New…
KRAUS, Milton, a Representative from Indiana; born in Kokomo, Howard County, Ind., June 26, 1866; attended the common and high schools; was graduated from the law department of the University…
