(Encyclopedia) California State University System, coordinating agency established in 1960 by the merger of individual California state colleges, now consisting of 23 campuses. It constitutes one of…
(Encyclopedia) surfing, sport of gliding on a breaking wave. Surfers originally used long, cumbersome wooden boards but now ride lightweight synthetic boards that allow a greater degree of…
(Encyclopedia) Versace, Gianni (Giovanni Maria Versace), 1946–97, Italian fashion designer, b. Reggio Calabria. A dressmaker's son, Versace worked for several Italian designers before opening (1978)…
(Encyclopedia) Townsend, Francis EverettTownsend, Francis Everetttounˈzənd [key], 1867–1960, American reformer, leader of an old-age pension movement, b. Fairbury, Ill., grad. Univ. of Nebraska…
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BACON, Henry, a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 14, 1846; attended the Mount Pleasant Academy in Sing Sing, the Episcopal Academy in Cheshire, Conn., and was…
GWINN, Ralph Waldo, a Representative from New York; born in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Ind., March 29, 1884; attended the public schools and the preparatory school of Taylor University,…
HAMILTON, Lee Herbert, a Representative from Indiana; born in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., April 20, 1931; attended the public schools of Evansville, Ind.; graduated from De Pauw…
HANNAFORD, Mark Warren, a Representative from California; born in Woodrow, Lincoln County, Colo., February 7, 1925; attended public schools in Anderson, Ind.; B.A., Ball State University,…
BARR, Joseph Walker, a Representative from Indiana; born in Bicknell, Knox County, Ind., January 17, 1918; graduated from DePauw University in 1939 and from Harvard University in 1941; served…
