MIERS, Robert Walter, a Representative from Indiana; born near Greensburg, Decatur County, Ind., January 27, 1848; attended the common schools; was graduated from the academic department of…
Senate Years of Service: 1964-1976Party: DemocratMONDALE, Walter Frederick, a Senator from Minnesota and Vice President of the United States; born in Ceylon, Martin County, Minn., January 5,…
PIERCE, Walter Marcus, a Representative from Oregon; born on a farm near Morris, Grundy County, Ill., May 30, 1861; attended the common schools, Morris (Ill.) Academy, and the University of…
POWELL, Walter Eugene, a Representative from Ohio; born in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, April 25, 1931; attended Hamilton public schools; A.B., Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, 1953; M.Ed…
REEVES, Walter, a Representative from Illinois; born near Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., September 25, 1848; moved with his parents to Illinois in 1856, where they settled upon a farm in La…
OLVER, John Walter, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pa., September 3, 1936; B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., 1955; M.S., Tufts…
(Encyclopedia) Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau deMaupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau depyĕr lwē môrōˈ də mōpĕrtüēˈ [key], 1698–1759, French mathematician and astronomer. For his skillful support of…
(Encyclopedia) de la Mare, Walterde la Mare, Walterdə lə mâr [key], 1873–1956, English poet and novelist. For many years he worked in the accounting department of the Anglo-American Oil Company. Much…
(Encyclopedia) De Maria, Walter Joseph, 1935–2013, American sculptor, b. Albany, Calif. From the late 1950s into the 60s De Maria partcipated in “Happenings,” created Dada-influenced minimalist…
(Encyclopedia) Haworth, Sir Walter Norman, 1883–1950, British chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1911. Haworth held academic posts at Imperial College of Science and Technology in London (1911–12),…
