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Baker, Howard Henry, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Baker, Howard Henry, Jr., 1925–2014, U.S. politician and public official, b. Huntsville, Tenn., grad. Univ. of Tennessee Law College 1949. The son of Howard Henry Baker, 1902–64, a…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…Price, Vincent Leonard, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Price, Vincent Leonard, Jr., 1911-93, American film actor, b. St. Louis, Mo., Yale Univ. (B.A., 1933). Price studied English and art…Pincay, Laffit Alejandro, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Pincay, Laffit Alejandro, Jr.Pincay, Laffit Alejandro, Jr.läfˈēt älākhänˈdrō pēnˈkī, pĭnˈ– [key], 1946–, Panamanian jockey, b. Panama City. He began racing in Panama and came to the…Barr, Alfred Hamilton, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Barr, Alfred Hamilton, Jr., 1902–81, American art historian, b. Detroit. Barr taught art history at several colleges and was the first director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York…Phelps, Edmund Strother, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Phelps, Edmund Strother, Jr., 1933–, American economist, b. Evanston, Ill., Ph.D. Yale, 1959. He has been a professor at Yale (1960–66), the Univ. of Pennsylvania (1966–71), Columbia (…Paulson, Henry Merritt, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Paulson, Henry Merritt, Jr., 1946–, U.S. investment banker and government official, b. Palm Beach, Fla., grad. Harvard (M.B.A., 1970). After working as an assistant to the comptroller…Sloan, Alfred Pritchard, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Sloan, Alfred Pritchard, Jr., 1875–1966, American businessman and philanthropist, b. New Haven, Conn., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1895. He began his career as a…Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr., 1923–98, American astronaut, b. East Derry, N.H., grad. Annapolis, 1944. He served on a destroyer during World War II and later had extensive experience as…Stettinius, Edward Reilly, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Stettinius, Edward Reilly, Jr.Stettinius, Edward Reilly, Jr.stətinˈeəs [key], 1900–1949, American statesman and industrialist, b. Chicago. He held (1926–34) several executive posts in…