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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

(Encyclopedia)Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, case decided in 1978 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court held in a closely divided decision that race could be one of the factors considered in choos...

Pembroke College

(Encyclopedia)Pembroke College, Providence, R.I.: see Brown University. ...

Sewanee

(Encyclopedia)Sewanee: see South, University of the. ...

Meier, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Meier, Richard mīˈər [key], 1934–, American architect, b. Newark, N.J., educated at Cornell. During the 1960s, he was a member of the New York “Five” or “white” architects, a group that e...

Moog, Robert Arthur

(Encyclopedia)Moog, Robert Arthur mōg [key], 1934–2005, American electronic engineer, inventor of the Moog synthesizer, b. New York City, grad. Queens College (B.S, 1957), Columbia (B.S., 1957), Cornell (Ph.D., ...

City College

(Encyclopedia)City College: see New York, City University of. ...

Hunter College

(Encyclopedia)Hunter College: see New York, City University of. ...

Lehman College

(Encyclopedia)Lehman College: see New York, City University of. ...

York College

(Encyclopedia)York College: see New York, City University of. ...

Brooklyn College

(Encyclopedia)Brooklyn College: see New York, City University of. ...