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Henry Viscardi, Jr.Age: 91 advocate for the disabled who, with the encouragement of Eleanor Roosevelt, created Abilities Inc., organization that helped the disabled find jobs. Viscardi, who…Robert Fulton, Jr. 2004 Deaths
Robert Fulton, Jr.Age: 95 inventor and adventurer whose creations range from a flying car, the Airphibian, to a system to evacuate spies from enemy territory, called the Fulton Skyhook. Died…Al Lapin, Jr. 2004 Deaths
Al Lapin, Jr.Age: 76 entrepreneur who cofounded the International House of Pancakes with his brother in 1958. By 1970 the company was worth $40 million. Died: Los Angeles, June 16,…Howard E. Rollins, Jr. Biography
Howard E. Rollins, Jr. actorBorn: 11/17/1950Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Rollins gained critical acclaim for his role as a young Black man in search of justice in the film Ragtime (1981), a…Stuart, James Ewell Brown
(Encyclopedia) Stuart, James Ewell Brown (Jeb Stuart), 1833–64, Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War, b. Patrick co., Va. Most of his U.S. army service was with the 1st Cavalry in…Martin, William McChesney, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Martin, William McChesney, Jr., 1906–98, U.S. banker, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (1951–70), b. St. Louis. After an early career as a stockbroker,…Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr., 1868–1953, American art critic and teacher, b. Deep River, Conn., grad. Williams, 1889, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1892. He taught (1893–1900) at Williams and was…Mays, Willie Howard, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Mays, Willie Howard, Jr. (“Say Hey” Willie Mays), 1931–, American baseball player, b. Fairfield, Ala. He began his professional career at 17 with the Black Barons of the Negro National…Jackson, Maynard Holbrook, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Maynard Holbrook, Jr., 1938–2003, American politician, b. Dallas, Tex., grad. Morehouse College (B.A., 1956), North Carolina Central Univ. (J.D., 1964). Jackson, a Democratic…Jaggar,Thomas Augustus, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Jaggar,Thomas Augustus, Jr., 1871–1953, American geologist and volcanologist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. Harvard, 1897. One of the team of U.S. scientists (1902) who surveyed the eruptions…Trending
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