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1998 Deaths: R - Z

Ellis RabbEddie RabbittEarl M. RamerJennings RandolphJames Earl RayGene RaymondBebe RebozoJheri ReddingEberhard F. M. ReesHugh ReillyClaude RetherfordRonald RidenhourRisen StarJerome RobbinsT…

Pulitzer Prizes: Special Local Reporting

1964James V. Magee, Albert V. Gaudiosi, and Frederick A. Meyer (Philadelphia Bulletin)1965Gene Goltz (Houston Post)1966John A. Frasca (Tampa Tribune)1967Gene Miller (Miami Herald)1968J.…

Reagan, Ronald Wilson

(Encyclopedia) Reagan, Ronald WilsonReagan, Ronald Wilsonrāˈgən [key], 1911–2004, 40th president of the United States (1981–89), b. Tampico, Ill. In 1932, after graduation from Eureka College, he…

Acknowledgments

The first five editions of The Columbia Encyclopedia were published in 1935, 1950, 1963, 1975, and 1993. All editions owe a debt of gratitude to Clark Fisher Ansley, the editor of the first edition,…

2003 Academy Awards

The 2003 Academy Awards were presented Feb. 29, 2004 at the Kodak Theatre.Best PictureThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh,…

Poems: A Dream

by WilliamBlakeInfant JoyOn Another's SorrowA Dream Once a dream did weave a shade O'er my angel-guarded bed, That an emmet lost its way Where on grass methought I lay. Troubled…

William Smith MESICK, Congress, MI (1856-1942)

MESICK William Smith , a Representative from Michigan; born in Newark, Wayne County, N.Y., August 26, 1856; attended the common schools, Kalamazoo (Mich.) Business College, and was graduated from…

2002 Academy Awards

The 2002 Academy Awards were presented March 23, 2003 at the Kodak Theatre. Best Picture Chicago, Martin Richards, producer Gangs of New York, Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein,…

Helen Ward 1998 Deaths

Helen Wardsinger sang with Benny Goodman's band in the 1930sBorn: 1916Died: 1998J. T. WalshR - ZJerome Weidman