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Morgenthau, Robert Morris

(Encyclopedia) Morgenthau, Robert Morris, , 1919-2009, b. New York, N.Y, Amherst College (B.A., 1941); Yale Univ. Law School (J.D., 1948). He was the…

Evans, John

(Encyclopedia) Evans, John, 1814–97, American founder of educational institutions, b. Waynesville, Ohio, grad. Lynn Medical College, Cincinnati, 1838. He practiced medicine in Indiana and was the…

Connally, John Bowden, JR.

(Encyclopedia) Connally, John Bowden, Jr.Connally, John Bowden, Jr.kŏnˈəlē [key], 1917–93, U.S. public official, b. Floresville, Tex. A lawyer, he became associated with Lyndon B. Johnson, managed…

Shippen, William, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Shippen, William, Jr., 1736–1808, American surgeon, b. Philadelphia, M.D. Edinburgh, 1761. A pioneer lecturer on anatomy and midwifery, he was instrumental in the organization (1765)…

Watson, Thomas John, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Watson, Thomas John, Jr., 1914–93, American industrialist, b. Dayton, Ohio. The son of Thomas John Watson, Sr., the founder of the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), he…

Nash, John Forbes, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Nash, John Forbes, Jr., 1928–2015, American mathematician, b. Bluefield, W.Va., grad. Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon Univ., B.A. and M.A. 1948), Ph.D. Princeton…

Portman, John Calvin, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Portman, John Calvin, Jr., 1924–2017, American architect and developer, b. Walhalla, S.C., grad. Georgia Institute of Technology (1950). In the 1960s and 70s, he radically changed the…

Gordon B. Hinckley Biography

president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsDied: January 27, 2008Best Known as: president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. Biography

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr.Age: 38 charismatic magazine editor and former lawyer who, born just three weeks after his father's election to the presidency, grew up in the spotlight and never…

Kennedy, John F., Jr. Biography

Kennedy, John F., Jr. publisherBirthplace: Washington, D.C.Born: 1960   Click here for full length biography. Died: 1999       Kennedy, George K Kennedy, Joseph P.