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Doris Kearns Goodwin Biography
Doris Kearns GoodwinPulitzer Prize-winning writer of historical biographiesBorn: 1/4/1943Birthplace: Rockville Centre, New York Goodwin has won wide praise for her meticulous, in-depth…Doris Troy 2004 Deaths
Doris TroyAge: 67 pop singer who recorded the 1963 hit “Just One Look.” Her life story inspired the musical Mama, I Want to Sing. Died: Las Vegas, Feb. 16, 2004Boris TrajkovskiR - ZPeter…Point Roberts
(Encyclopedia) Point Roberts, uninc. town (1990 pop. 750), Whatcom co., NW Wash., on the Strait of Georgia near the tip of the Point Roberts, or Tsawwassen, peninsula, extending south from British…Poinsett, Joel Roberts
(Encyclopedia) Poinsett, Joel RobertsPoinsett, Joel Robertspoinˈsĕt [key], 1779–1851, American diplomat and politician, b. Charleston, S.C. In 1810 he was sent as a special commissioner to South…Rinehart, Mary Roberts
(Encyclopedia) Rinehart, Mary RobertsRinehart, Mary Robertsrīnˈhärt [key], 1876–1958, American novelist, b. Pittsburgh. A graduate nurse, she married Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart in 1896. The first of her…Roberts, Owen Josephus
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, Owen Josephus, 1875–1955, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930–45), b. Philadelphia. After receiving (1898) his law degree from the Univ. of Pennsylvania, he…Locris
(Encyclopedia) LocrisLocrislōˈkrĭs [key], region of central Greece. The state was probably in existence before the arrival of the Phocians. The rise of Doris and Phocis split the original region into…Weidman, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Weidman, Charles, 1901–75, American modern dancer and choreographer, b. Lincoln, Neb. Weidman performed with the troupe formed by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn from 1920 to 1927, when…Doris Kenner-Jackson 2000 Deaths
Doris Kenner-JacksonAge: 58 singer with The Shirelles, one of pop's most successful girl groups of the 1960s. She sang lead vocals on songs such as “Blue Holiday” and “I Saw a Tear.” The band…Robert Takeo MATSUI, Congress, CA (1941-2005)
MATSUI, Robert Takeo, (husband of Doris Matsui), a Representative from California; born in Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., September 17, 1941; graduated from C.K. McClatchy High School…