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Dean BARKLEY, Congress, MN (1950)

Senate Years of Service: 2002-2003 Party: Independence Party (Minnesota) BARKLEY Dean , a Senator from Minnesota; born August 31, 1950, in Annandale, Minn.; graduated Annandale High School 1968; B…

Bill W.

(William Griffith Wilson)founder of Alcoholics AnonymousBirthplace: East Dorset, VermontBorn: 1895Died: 1971

Eames, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Eames, CharlesEames, Charlesāmz [key], 1907–78, American designer, b. St. Louis, Mo. He opened his own architectural practice in 1930 and in the late 30s studied with Eliel Saarinen at…

Yorty, Samuel W.

ex-mayor of Los AngelesBirthplace: Lincoln, Neb.Born: 1909Died: 1998

Lizette W. Reese

Reese, Lizette Woodworth[1856-1935](4)Born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 9, 1856. Educated in the schools of that city. She has been for many years a teacher of English in West High…

Robert W. Sarnoff

Robert W. Sarnoffmedia executiveBorn: 7/2/1918Birthplace: New York City Son of David Sarnoff, a pioneer in radio and television who had organized NBC in 1926, Robert W. Sarnoff was groomed to…

Jay W. Forrester

Jay W. Forrester Born: 1918Birthplace: Climax, Nebraska Multicoordinated digital information storage device—While working on the Whirlwind, the largest computer project in the late 1940s and early…

Louis W. Parker

Louis W. Parker Born: 1906 Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary Television receiver—Parker is best known for the “…

Robert W. Bower

Robert W. Bower Born: 1936 Birthplace: Santa Monica, Calif. Field-effect device with insulated gates—Also known as the…