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Robert De Niro

actorBorn: 8/17/1943Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning actor known for his demanding, tough-guy roles in Martin Scorsese films. His films include The Godfather Part II (1974), Raging…

Dr. Robert Jackson

Born: Aug. 6, 1932Surgeon revolutionized sports medicine by popularizing the use of arthroscopic surgery to treat injuries; learned technique from Japanese physician that allowed athletes to return…

Garretson, James Edmund

(Encyclopedia) Garretson, James Edmund, 1828–95, American pioneer in oral surgery, b. Wilmington, Del., M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1859. From 1874 he taught at Philadelphia Dental College (now part…

Joel McFee PRITCHARD, Congress, WA (1925-1997)

PRITCHARD, Joel McFee, a Representative from Washington; born in Seattle, King County, Wash., May 5, 1925; attended the public schools; Marietta College, 1946-1947; served in the United States…

Terkel, Studs

(Encyclopedia) Terkel, Studs, 1912–2008, American writer, social historian, and radio and television personality, b. the Bronx, N.Y., as Louis Terkel, grad. Univ. of Chicago (Ph.B. 1932, J.D. 1934).…

Judaism

Judaism is the oldest of the monotheistic faiths. Monotheism is the belief that there is only one god. Judaism affirms the existence of the one God, Yahweh, who entered into a covenant, or…

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Genital Herpes

Genital HerpesSexually Transmitted DiseasesIntroductionChlamydia: The Most Common STDGenital HerpesGenital Warts and HPVSyphilis: A Sexual Scourge with a Long HistoryGonorrhea Herpes simplex virus…

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Genital Herpes

Genital HerpesSexually Transmitted DiseasesIntroductionChlamydia: The Most Common STDGenital HerpesGenital Warts and HPVSyphilis: A Sexual Scourge with a Long HistoryGonorrhea Herpes simplex virus…

J. Robert Cade Biography

nephrologistDied: Nov. 27, 2007 (Gainesville, Florida) Best Known as: inventor of the Gatorade drink Dr. Cade was a nephrologist who invented Gatorade starting a…