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57, venerated longtime Georgetown University basketball coach, resigned in January for personal reasons. Under Thompson's 27-year tutelage, Georgetown's Hoyas spawned Patrick Ewing, reached…Kay Thompson 1998 Deaths
Kay ThompsonAge: 93 entertainer best known for authoring the enormously popular “Eloise” books about the adventures of a bratty child living at the Plaza Hotel in New York.Died: July 2,…Sophia Charlotte
(Encyclopedia) Sophia CharlotteSophia Charlottezōfēˈä shärlôtˈə [key], 1668–1705, first queen of Prussia, second wife of King Frederick I, daughter of Electress Sophia of Hanover, and sister of King…Albert Achilles
(Encyclopedia) Albert AchillesAlbert Achillesəkĭlˈēz [key], 1414–86, elector of Brandenburg (1470–86); third son of Elector Frederick I. He succeeded his brother in 1470. Anxious to consolidate…Korematsu, Fred Toyosaburo
(Encyclopedia) Korematsu, Fred Toyosaburo, 1919–2005, Japanese-American internment protester, b. Oakland, Calif. He was a shipyard welder when, after the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor in 1942,…Heck, Richard Fred
(Encyclopedia) Heck, Richard Fred, 1931–2015, American chemist, b. Springfield, Mass., Ph.D. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, 1954. Heck was a researcher at the Hercules Corporation in Wilmington,…Rogers, Fred McFeely
(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Fred McFeely, 1928–2003, American children's television personality, b. Latrobe, Pa. Rogers began working in television immediately after he graduated (1951) from Rollins…Phelps, Michael Fred
(Encyclopedia) Phelps, Michael Fred, 1985–, American swimmer, b. Baltimore. One of the world's greatest competitive swimmers, Phelps became (2001) the youngest world record holder (in the 200-m…Friendly, Fred W.
(Encyclopedia) Friendly, Fred W., 1915–98, American broadcaster and author, b. New York City as Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer. He began his career at age 22 at a radio station in Providence where…Whipple, Fred Lawrence
(Encyclopedia) Whipple, Fred Lawrence, 1906–2004, American astronomer, b. Red Oak, Iowa. After graduating from the Univ. of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1931), he accepted a position at Harvard, where…Trending
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