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Lamb, Willis Eugene, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Lamb, Willis Eugene, Jr., 1913โ2008, American physicist, b. Los Angeles, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1938. Lamb was a professor at Columbia (1938โ51), Stanford (1951โ56), Oxford (1956โ...King, Martin Luther, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929โ68, American clergyman and civil-rights leader, b. Atlanta, Ga., grad. Morehouse College (B.A., 1948), Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D., 1951), Boston Univ. (Ph.D., 1...Portman, John Calvin, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Portman, John Calvin, Jr., 1924โ2017, American architect and developer, b. Walhalla, S.C., grad. Georgia Institute of Technology (1950). In the 1960s and 70s, he radically changed the look of the ho...Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908โ72, American politician and clergyman, b. New Haven, Conn. In 1937 he became pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, and he soon became known as a m...Powell, Lewis Franklin, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Powell, Lewis Franklin, Jr., 1907โ98, American lawyer, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1971โ87), b. Suffolk, Va. He studied law at Washington and Lee Univ. and was admitted to the Vir...Phelps, Edmund Strother, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Phelps, Edmund Strother, Jr., 1933โ, American economist, b. Evanston, Ill., Ph.D. Yale, 1959. He has been a professor at Yale (1960โ66), the Univ. of Pennsylvania (1966โ71), Columbia (1971โ), ...Baker, Howard Henry, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Baker, Howard Henry, Jr., 1925โ2014, U.S. politician and public official, b. Huntsville, Tenn., grad. Univ. of Tennessee Law College 1949. The son of Howard Henry Baker, 1902โ64, a lawyer, newspap...Buchanan, James McGill, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Buchanan, James McGill, Jr., 1919โ2012, American economist, b. Murfreesboro, Tenn., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1948. After teaching at the universities of Tennessee, Florida State, Virginia, and Califo...Buckley, William Frank, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Buckley, William Frank, Jr., 1925โ2008, American editor, author, and lecturer, b. New York City, grad. Yale, 1946. A popular, eloquent, and witty spokesman for the conservative point of view, Buckle...Browse by Subject
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