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Kennedy, Robert Francis

(Encyclopedia) Kennedy, Robert Francis, 1925–68, American politician, U.S. Attorney General (1961–64), b. Brookline, Mass., younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and son of Joseph P. Kennedy.…

Lee, Robert Edward

(Encyclopedia) Lee, Robert Edward, 1807–70, general in chief of the Confederate armies in the American Civil War, b. Jan. 19, 1807, at Stratford, Westmoreland co., Va.; son of Henry (“Light-Horse…

Laird, Melvin Robert

(Encyclopedia) Laird, Melvin Robert, 1922–2016, American politician, U.S. secretary of defense (1969–73), b. Omaha, Nebr. After serving (1942–46) in the navy during World War II, he entered politics…

Mondavi, Robert Gerald

(Encyclopedia) Mondavi, Robert GeraldMondavi, Robert Geraldməndäˈvē [key], 1913–2008, American vintner who was in the forefront of establishing California as a major table-wine-producing region and…

Milgrom, Paul Robert

(Encyclopedia) Milgrom, Paul Robert, 1948–, American economist, b. Detroit, Ph.D. Stanford, 1979. He has been a professor of economics at Stanford since 1987, and previously taught at Northwestern…

Milken, Michael Robert

(Encyclopedia) Milken, Michael RobertMilken, Michael Robertmĭlˈkən [key], 1946–, American financial executive, b. Van Nuys, Calif. Nicknamed the “junk bond king,” he was an executive at Drexel…

Millikan, Robert Andrews

(Encyclopedia) Millikan, Robert AndrewsMillikan, Robert Andrewsmĭlˈĭkən [key], 1868–1953, American physicist and educator, b. Morrison, Ill., grad. Oberlin College, 1891, Ph.D. Columbia, 1895,…

Morgenthau, Robert Morris

(Encyclopedia) Morgenthau, Robert Morris, , 1919-2009, b. New York, N.Y, Amherst College (B.A., 1941); Yale Univ. Law School (J.D., 1948). He was the…