financier and fugitiveDied: November 23, 2007Best Known as: American financier who allegedly stole $200 million dollars from investors Deathplace: Cuba…
Congressional delegate Underwood holds bachelor's and master's degrees in history from California State University, and a Ph.D. in education in policy planning from UCLA. In 1972 he became a…
science teacherBorn: 2/3/1953Birthplace: Norfolk, Va. Roberts was a seventh grade life science teacher at the W.E. Waters Middle School in Portsmouth, Va., from 1975 until 2004 when she moved to…
Union general Born: 6/11/1816Birthplace: near Salem, Ind. Born on a farm in southern Indiana, Milroy attended a private military academy in Vermont, graduating in 1843. He served as a company…
art collectorBorn: 1877 Clark and his wife, Francine Clary Clark, became well-known collectors of Old Masters and 19th century paintings. As heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune (his…
merchant, authorBorn: 1804Birthplace: Jamaica Plain, Mass. Began his career in his uncles' company, which specialized in trade with China. The company became Russell & Company as a result of a…
business executive, art collectorBorn: 1861Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa. After studying in Zurich, he became a partner in the Swiss needlework importing business started by his father, Meyer…
writerBorn: 9/17/1932Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts While teaching at Boston area colleges, Robert Brown Parker began writing his series of mystery novels. The first, The Godwulf…
media executiveBorn: 7/2/1918Birthplace: New York City Son of David Sarnoff, a pioneer in radio and television who had organized NBC in 1926, Robert W. Sarnoff was groomed to succeed his father at…
economistBorn: 1944Birthplace: New York City As a professor of economics at the University of Rochester since 1975, he espoused “new classical macroeconomics” which focus on the study of business…
