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Melbourne Haddock FORD, Congress, MI (1849-1891)

FORD, Melbourne Haddock, a Representative from Michigan; born in Salem, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 30, 1849; moved to Lansing with his parents in 1859; attended the common schools and the…

Patrick Henry KELLEY, Congress, MI (1867-1925)

KELLEY, Patrick Henry, a Representative from Michigan; born near Dowagiac, Silver Creek Township, Cass County, Mich., October 7, 1867; moved to Berrien County with his parents, who settled in…

Sanlúcar de Barrameda

(Encyclopedia) Sanlúcar de BarramedaSanlúcar de Barramedasänl&oomacr;ˈkär dā bärämāˈᵺä [key], city (1990 pop. 56,375), Cádiz prov., S Spain, at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River, in Andalusia.…

Michigan State University

(Encyclopedia) Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state…

Krebs, Edwin Gerhard

(Encyclopedia) Krebs, Edwin Gerhard, 1918–2009, American biochemist, b. Lansing, Iowa. He and fellow Univ. of Washington professor Edmond Fischer discovered a biological regulatory mechanism,…

James Whitney DUNN, Congress, MI (1943)

DUNN, James Whitney, a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., July 21, 1943; attended the public schools; B.A., Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1967;…

Conrad, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Conrad, Joseph, 1857–1924, English novelist, b. Berdichev, Russia (now Berdychiv, Ukraine), originally named Jósef Teodor Konrad Walecz Korzeniowski. Born of Polish parents, he is…

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Mayor: John Suthers (to 2019)2010 census population (rank): 416,427 (41); % change: 28.4; Male: 203,944 (49.0%); Female: 212,483 (51.0%); White: 328,326 (78.8%); Black: 26,253 (6.3%); American…

CARR, Milton Robert (Bob), Congress, MI (1943)

CARR, Milton Robert (Bob), a Representative from Michigan; born in Janesville, Rock County, Wis., March 27, 1943; educated in public schools of Janesville; B.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison…

Milton Robert (Bob) CARR, Congress, MI (1943)

CARR, Milton Robert (Bob), a Representative from Michigan; born in Janesville, Rock County, Wis., March 27, 1943; educated in public schools of Janesville; B.S., University of Wisconsin,…