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George A. Hormel Biography
George A. HormelmeatpackerBorn: 1860Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y. Hormel settled in Austin, Minnesota after working throughout the Midwest, opening the George A. Hormel and Company meat packing…Raymond A. Kroc Biography
Raymond A. Kroc restaurateur Born: 10/5/1902 Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Having dabbled in everything from…Michael A. Spence Biography
Michael A. Spence scholar, economistBorn: 1943Birthplace: Montclair, N.J. A bi-coastal economist specializing in the study of dynamic competition and the economics of information, he taught…Charles A. Stone Biography
Charles A. Stone electrical engineerBorn: 1867Birthplace: Newton, Mass. Stone met his lifelong friend and partner, Edwin Webster, while they were studying electrical engineering at the…Coleman A. Young Biography
Coleman A. YoungAge: 79 former union organizer who became first black mayor of Detroit. Died: Nov. 29, 1997.Jimmy Witherspoon1997 DeathsEarl YoungThurman, Robert A. F.
scholar, Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studiesBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 8/6/40A. L. Rowse Biography
A. L. RowseAge: 93 Flamboyant British Shakespearean scholar who identified the “Dark Lady” of Shakespeare's sonnets.Died: Oct. 3, 1997.Marvin Rothenberg1997 DeathsMike RoykoGeorge A. Vicas Biography
George A. Vicasproducer, director Emmy award-winning producer of television documentaries and historical films on politics and culture, including The Pope and the Vatican and Germany: Fathers…A. E. Housman: 1887
1887From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain, From north and south the sign returns And beacons burn again.Look left, look right, the hills are bright, The dales…A. E. Housman: Introduction
Introduction The method of the poems in A Shropshire Lad illustrates better than any theory how poetry may assume the attire of reality, and yet in speech of the simplest, become in spirit…