(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…
(Encyclopedia) Millikan, Robert AndrewsMillikan, Robert Andrewsmĭlˈĭkən [key], 1868–1953, American physicist and educator, b. Morrison, Ill., grad. Oberlin College, 1891, Ph.D. Columbia, 1895,…
(Encyclopedia) Moog, Robert ArthurMoog, Robert Arthurmōg [key], 1934–2005, American electronic engineer, inventor of the Moog synthesizer, b. New York City, grad. Queens College (B.S, 1957), Columbia…
(Encyclopedia) Merrifield, Robert Bruce, 1921–2006, American chemist, b. Fort Worth, Tex., Ph.D. Univ. of California at Los Angeles, 1949. As a researcher at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical…
(Encyclopedia) Merton, Robert Carhart, 1944–, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970. He has taught at MIT (1970–88, 2010–) and Harvard (1988–2010).…
(Encyclopedia) Merton, Robert King, 1910–2003, American sociologist, b. Philadelphia as Meyer Schkolnick, grad. Temple Univ. (A.B., 1931) and Harvard (M.A., 1932; Ph.D., 1936). From 1941 on he was a…
(Encyclopedia) Leslie, Charles RobertLeslie, Charles Robertlĕzˈlē [key], 1794–1859, English painter and writer, b. London. Educated in the United States, he returned to England to study art and to…
