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Brooke, Alan Francis

(Encyclopedia) Brooke, Alan Francis: see Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount.

1991 Academy Awards

The 1991 Academy Awards were presented March 30, 1992 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureBeauty and the Beast, Don Hahn, producer (Buena Vista)Bugsy, Barry Levinson…

Hovhaness, Alan

(Encyclopedia) Hovhaness, AlanHovhaness, Alanhōvhäˈnəs [key], 1911–2000, American composer, b. Somerville, Mass., as Alan Vaness Chakmakjian. Hovhaness was of Armenian and Scottish descent, and many…

1989 Academy Awards

The 1989 Academy Awards were presented March 26, 1990 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureBorn on the Fourth of July, A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone, producers (…

2007 Academy Awards

The 2007 Academy Awards were presented February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre. The winners of the Oscars are in bold. Best Picture Atonement…

1993 Grammy Awards

Whitney HoustonArchive PhotosRecord of the Year“I Will Always Love You,” Whitney HoustonAlbum of the YearThe Bodyguard—Original Soundtrack Album, Whitney Houston (Arista)Song of the Year“A…

Eustace, Alan

(Encyclopedia) Eustace, Alan (Robert Alan Eustace), 1956–, American computer scientist and adventurer, b. Pine Hills, Fla., Ph.D. Univ. of Central Florida, 1984. He worked for Digital Equipment Corp…

Lomax, John Avery

(Encyclopedia) Lomax, John AveryLomax, John Averylōˈmăks [key], 1867–1948, American folklorist, b. Goodman, Miss. Lomax's first book, Cowboy Songs (1910), contained for the first time in print such…

Heeger, Alan Jay

(Encyclopedia) Heeger, Alan Jay, 1936–, American physicist and chemist, b. Sioux City, Iowa, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1961. Heeger has held faculty positions at the Univ. of Pennsylvania…

1992 Academy Awards

The 1992 Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1993 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureThe Crying Game, Stephen Woolley, producer (Miramax)A Few Good Men, David…