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Donald Davies Biography

inventorBorn: 1924Died: 2000 Working independently from Paul Baran, Davies came up with the idea of packet switching, enabling the efficient exchange of…

Donald Hall Biography

American poetBorn: September 20, 1928Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. Former Poet Laureate of the U.S., Donald Hall is known for his descriptions of rural landscape --…

Donald Cram Biography

Donald CramchemistBorn: 4/22/1919Birthplace: Chester, Vt. chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in chemistry for “synthesizing three-dimensional molecules that could mimic the functioning…

Evans, Donald L.

ex-secretary of CommerceBirthplace: Houston, Tex.Born: 7/27/46

Donald Sutherland Biography

Donald SutherlandactorBorn: 7/17/1934Birthplace: St. John, New Brunswick, Canada Film actor who struggled for years as a supporting actor before establishing himself as a lead in M*A*S*H (…

Donald Davis Biography

Donald DavisactorBorn: 2/26/1928Birthplace: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Best-known for his work in New York and Canadian theater from the 1950s to the 1990s, he also occasionally appeared in feature…

Donald Fletcher Holmes

Donald Fletcher Holmes Born: 1910 Birthplace: Woodbury, N.J. Polyurethane—The Hanford and Holmes process is the basis…

C. Donald Bateman

C. Donald BatemanBorn: 1932 Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS). In response to tragic airline crashes during the 1960s, Bateman invented a device that automatically warned pilots if…

Knuth, Donald Ervin

(Encyclopedia) Knuth, Donald ErvinKnuth, Donald Ervinn&oomacr;th, kən&oomacr;thˈ [key], 1938–, American mathematician and computer scientist, b. Milwaukee, Wis., grad. Case Institute of…

Judd, Donald Clarence

(Encyclopedia) Judd, Donald Clarence, 1928–94, American artist, b. Excelsior Springs, Mo. His sculpture, allied with the minimalist school of the late 1960s (see minimalism; modern art), has the…